Tablets And Tomorrow’s Business

I read an article recently that may have just been an opportunity to hawk different services, but it did make a compelling question. How are businesses (if at all) transforming based on tablet computing?

Mitch Lazar, on TechCruch.com, has an article that begins:
“Staying on top of your game and understanding the competitive landscape is essential to winning in the modern business world. A huge component to staying ahead of the curve is keeping a close eye on competitors in your market, which entails maintaining a watchful eye on industry news. Some companies turn to expensive news monitoring services to keep track of their respective industry, but in reality there are more viable options. Emerging tablet news and information services like Flipboard, Pulse and others are proving an incredible companion to business and consulting executives in staying current with industry changes occurring around them.
Jeff Cavins, CEO of Fuzebox, recently wrote in Business Insider that the explosive uptake of tablet computers is fueling the growth of what he called the new “iPad economy.” Cavins said: “The iPad is shifting the way businesses function, changing how executives interact and transforming the economics of today’s business operations.”
The iPad economy is a growing reality across the globe, and businesses are turning to enterprise apps to help them succeed. Simple RSS readers are used to condense multiple streams of content from a variety of sources into single channels, granting users access to diverse content all in one place. Some applications have further simplified news aggregation by using innovative search technology that goes beyond the function of RSS readers to deliver richer streams of highly targeted information to business users – a critical asset to businesses large and small.”

Some of the readers have commented on the article claiming that it has nothing to do with Business Intelligence, but whatever. The man makes a solid point, or at least begs the question of how exactly ARE business embracing tablet computing and what has that done/will do for the future of business as we know it? One business I’ve been too has iPad’s in the line to order. You simply walk up to it and navigate the menu and select what you’d like. Other restaurants will place tablets at the table and you’ll navigate and select what you’d like that way. Other business users that aren’t in the restaurant game may, as Lazar suggests, use RSS feeds to have a more streamlined news feed to gain valuable knowledge about a particular field they’re in or researching. Other potential uses could include the ability to useSquare to process payments at a nail salon, show off photos to a potential client during a wedding photography consultation, or even do what my CPR instructor did recently and show me exactly how a heart attack looks on EKG. The opportunities are limitless and businesses are learning to embrace the new technologies. With social media becoming just as much a part of business as an HR department or payroll division, business owners and it’s employees are becoming more savvy than ever, and that’s just what’s needed to keep up. Technological advancement… all aboard!
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