Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Tips on Buying a Tablet PC

Information technology market is currently enlivened many different types of tablet computer products. Users who works at the company also faced with many choices that they can use devices to support mobility. As is known, although the initial objective was to read digital books and become a Internet mobile devices, tablet computers can be more than just the endpoints. He is now a useful device to improve productivity and support the business significantly.
However, the number of tablet PC devices also bring a disparate impact for the IT managers at companies that their employees are using that tool. And based on input from a Cisco customer, here are some points that need to be considered by the IT manager if you want to implement the use of tablet computers in the company:
Security
When implementing the overall use of tablet computers in the enterprise, IT managers should consider how such devices can provide business class security - including encryption, authentication devices, security when connected in a wired network like any wireless network, and VPN connectivity.

Supporting Collaboration 
The tablet users to the company should be able to easily use collaboration applications, such as business-class voice communications, conferences in various forms, Instant Messaging (IM), presence, email, and collaboration in virtual teams from a single mobile device.

Enterprise Management & Administration

IT administrators can simplify administration and management of the use of tablet computers in the company by maintaining the use of internal communication systems used, ensuring interoperability with other devices, and provisioning to support scalability. Based on security policy and the existing provisioning, IT managers also have the authority to allow or not allow users to download applications from a variety of marketplace.
 

Video Communication Interoperability
To support the communication business, employees need a tablet computer that not only supports mobile video used in the company's internal, but should also support interoperability with multi-vendor video solutions and video standards such as H.264.
 

Computational capabilities Strong
For business use, tablet computers must have the processing power that enables the use and sharing of data, as well as to create and edit content. With such power, users can experience an entirely through the use of desktop computer tablet.
 

Available in the Clouds
Desktop virtualization allows you to host applications in a flexible and secure software in the data center and use the network to deliver these applications as a service, whenever and wherever. This virtualized environment can be passed seamlessly to mobile devices, including tablet computers.
 

Opensource 
Tablet computers to companies that use open platforms such as Android OS, can take advantage of the Android developer community that is growing to provide business-class productivity applications and even allow users to develop their own applications that are tailored to their needs.