Small kids can use them just fine. They are more portable than a laptop, more powerful than a smartphone, and perform nearly every duty that a business person needs (especially when an external keyboard is added, which sort of defeats the purpose of having a tablet, but that’s another debate). Why, then, are more corporations and large businesses not adopting tablets as their primary method of mobile productivity? Why do so many continue to push clunky laptops onto their employees? The answers are numerous. Some companies simply do not trust the cloud, yet. Some still require access to programs…

With a growing number of people buying tablets every day, the clear progression is for the devices to start taking over the business world. On the enterprise level, tablets are not only starting to make a splash – they’re taking over. They are often viewed as something brand new, starting with the iPad, but Microsoft has been selling them in business for over a decade. The recent influx isn’t as much about internal technology as much as an improvement in internet infrastructure (3G and 4G are covering most of America now) as well as popular demand. Apple put the devices on the map and everyone else…

In the enterprise, technology often moves slowly. It’s not what most would expect – big business was once the first to adopt the latest and greatest technologies because of the cost associated with innovation. Today, technology is going bulk – apps are the perfect example. Taking advantage of and integrating apps into small, nimble business models is less challenging than it is for corporations. Still, the giants are catching up. They’re seeing that inexpensive technologies such as mobile and social media apps can have a significant effect on their bottom line. They get it, and now they’re…