South African IT decision-makers agree with their global counterparts that tablets are becoming an integral part of their IT offering, with 90% or more of the workforce now using tablets.
In fact, according to Dell International Tablet Survey 2014, 90% of IT decision-makers are either deploying or evaluating tablers as a coherent part of their IT offering.
In addition, South African decision-makers agree that tablets have met or exceeded their business expectations, tying in the the global finding that a majority of companies around the world experienced between 10% and 30% productivity gains in initial tablet deployments.
In the survey of more than 1 400 IT decision-makers across 10 countries, the Dell survey found that tablets are better or comparable to desktops and laptops across a number of areas: mobility, ease of use, lifetime cost, connectivity, adaptability, productivity, multi-tasking, collaboration, scalability, security, realiability, lifecycle and processing power/speed.
The purpose of this study was to gain insight and feedback from the ITDMs in these countries regarding their tablet usage, specifically: their policies toward the use of tablets in their company, their tablet purchase habits for their company, the impact of tablets on their company in terms of benefits and challenges, their views on tablets vs. desktops, laptops and smartphones, and how well tablets met their expectations.
The main finding is that tablets are no longer perceived as personal toys; rather business tools that are adding value.
Importantly, the study found that tablets can enable employees to achieve more without compromising on security. As they are considered just as secure as or more secure than laptops when guarding against viruses.
It appears from the study that employees are increasingly asking for tablets and, since they don’t cost more than laptops, companies don’t end up spending more.
