http://gigaom.com/2011/06/15/in-business-the-ipad-is-for-bigwigs-and-shot-callers/ Sun, 19 May 2013 00:13:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2011/06/15/in-business-the-ipad-is-for-bigwigs-and-shot-callers/#comment-631736 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:42:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=361962#comment-631736 The iPad is a toy. An expensive one. The “bigwigs” I know use it as a toy. In one meeting at work, and after some gentle probing, they confessed to me that they use it mostly at home while sitting with their kids in front of the TV, so that they can do some light reading, light work emailing, and playing games. The “smallwigs”, like myself, would probably prefer the laptop they use at work to do the same stuff, plus some CPU-intensive work.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/06/15/in-business-the-ipad-is-for-bigwigs-and-shot-callers/#comment-631686 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:11:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=361962#comment-631686 @Bill is dead-on. Executives and senior management are the ones able to a) get the gear corporate IT doesn’t want to support on a widespread basis, and b) get the company to pay for their gadgets. Furthermore, the fact that “the top days for accessing content from the TradePub app were on weekends” is hardly surprising–they take the iPad home for personal use.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/06/15/in-business-the-ipad-is-for-bigwigs-and-shot-callers/#comment-631672 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:36:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=361962#comment-631672 Agree with @bill. In my organisation, all the senior management had iPads within weeks of launch, but few of them now use them or even know how.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/06/15/in-business-the-ipad-is-for-bigwigs-and-shot-callers/#comment-631596 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:07:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=361962#comment-631596 It’s also invaluable to IT as well. IPL’ing the mainframe remotely sure beats rolling into the data center. If only Apple were more accepting of the jail breakers. It makes the iPad 10 times more useful then in it’s non cracked state.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/06/15/in-business-the-ipad-is-for-bigwigs-and-shot-callers/#comment-631540 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:26:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=361962#comment-631540 Agreed. It confirms what many of us had assumed. With that being said, it’s always good to have 3rd party validation of our collective opinions on the emerging tablet ecosystem.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/06/15/in-business-the-ipad-is-for-bigwigs-and-shot-callers/#comment-631496 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:44:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=361962#comment-631496 Most managers and directors probably laugh at the idea that they’re bigwigs and shot-callers.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/06/15/in-business-the-ipad-is-for-bigwigs-and-shot-callers/#comment-631456 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:42:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=361962#comment-631456 Seems obvious considering only higher ups get exceptions for toys and gadgets. Also since they consume more content than producing.

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