The number of tablet owners continues to soar, making it difficult for manufacturers to keep up with demand. New tablet owners are increasingly business users, particularly within industries such as retail, banking, and healthcare. Estimates indicate that 25 percent of tablet sales in 2011 will be made by enterprises, leading some to call 2011 the year of the enterprise tablet. All estimations aside, a tablet’s ability to provide mobility and flexibility is irrefutable, and businesses are noticing. But can tablets be deployed in an enterprise without sacrificing security?
With newer technologies, there’s always risk; however, the natural progression from laptops to tablets (compared to the leap from workstations to laptops in the ’90s) provides risk maturity that can make the move relatively seamless for an enterprise. Still, there are considerations that should be made prior to migrating.