Apple’s revolutionary iPad going corporate

“Though marketed as a consumer device, the iPad has proven to some corporate buyers that the device can increase worker productivity without risking private corporate data. The iPad’s ability to access a wireless telecom network untethers workers from either a wired connection or a WiFi network, and puts the device into many more hands,” Paul Ausick writes for InvestorPlace.

“In a warehouse company, iPad-equipped workers use the device to carry their pick lists, complete the order, and then update the inventory database without ever having to go to a desktop machine, of which only a few are ever positioned where warehouse workers can get to them,” Ausick writes. “This saves hours a day of useless travel time between bins and computer workstations.”

Ausick writes, “The tablet device can also seriously reduce the amount of paper a company uses. Xerox Corp. estimates that for every dollar spend on printing another six dollars are spent on handling and distribution costs. At that rate, it doesn’t take long to justify the cost of a $499 iPad.”

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Joe Architect” for the heads up.]