iPad at Work

One of my favorite blogs to follow is UberMobile, run by Eric Lai – as it covers lots of interesting topics around mobile technology in the enterprise. It offers a great look at how mobile tech (both hardware and mobile apps) are being put to use in enterprise environments.

Two recent posts at UberMobile caught my eye, as they featured details on a couple of huge rollouts of iPads at blue-chip companies. The first is at SAP, where Lai works, a world leader in enterprise application software. By the end of 2011, SAP had rolled out 14,000 iPads to employees around the world – and rollouts will continue this year and may reach 20,000 by the end of 2012. And these iPads are being deployed as real work devices as well:

Every iPad came with a suite of useful enterprise apps. Salespeople and managers got CRM and BI dashboards, along with the standard e-mail and VPN. These made the iPads more than toys, but real tools.

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Looks like the iPad has decided to take its talents to South Beach.

Well, Lebron James has decided to make use of its talents in his new hometown that is. No less than 45 iPads are being used in Lebron James’ new ‘Unknwn’ store at the Aventura Mall in South Florida. Unknwn is James’ ‘interactive apparel’ store – where the 45 iPads are being put to use as wall-mounted kiosks placed next to each pair of sneakers on a wall of sneakers.

Each iPad kiosk offers shoppers access to a wealth of information for each shoe including stylish clothing and sneaker combinations, sneaker pricing, and technical specifications.

The iPad kiosks are there to both entice and assist shoppers in Unknwn, just as they are in Apple stores – and will even be offering advice on what sort of clothes to wear in tandem with each pair of sneakers.

The iPad wall mount enclosures used at James’ new store are provided by iPad Enclosures.

I wonder how long before one of those iPads gets hacked to show highlights of last year’s NBA finals.

Spotted this story via The iPad Fan

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Hospitals around the world are yet another area where the iPad is seeing increasing use. As Apple Insider reports, the range of use for the iPad in hospitals is also expanding. What strikes me about their report is the number of different uses being found for the iPad – by nurses, doctors, and now patients and visitors as well.

Here are some of the current uses of iPads in hospitals mentioned in the report that show the tablet’s versatility:

– As a kiosk for patients and visitors to check in and access information

– As a source of up-to-date information for doctors before and during patient visits – giving access to patients’ data for analysis and diagnosis.

– Mounted iPads are used for EKG and other diagnostic machines.

Nurses, technicians and doctors are said to view the iPad as a great time-saver in all of these and other use cases for it.

I’m no doctor, nor could I ever even come close to playing one on TV, but to me the iPad seems a very natural fit for use in hospitals and doctor’s offices. Its instant on ability, big high-quality display and powerful range of specialist medical apps, should make it an ideal device for these environments.

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We’ve known for a long time that the UK”s Prime Minister, David Cameron, is an iPad user. Now it looks like he’s set to be getting even more job-related use out of it. TUAW reports today that a custom iPad app is being written for the Prime Minister.

The app, which is being developed in-house by Cabinet Office programmers, will allow the PM to view crime statistics, unemployment figures, NHS waiting list data, and other useful facts and figures for citing at cabinet meetings, Question Time, and wherever else they come in handy.

Always good to see when a world leader is tech-savvy and using technology well to stay informed.

Image Source: DailyMail.co.uk

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