Evans reports, “The iPad engages its users to move beyond mere productivity—applying technology to a something you already know how to do and delivering a more-efficient outcome—and into the realm of innovation by allowing people to create new ways of seeing things, new ways of presenting ideas, new ways of communicating, and new ways delivering almost every fathomable type of information, from business graphics to images to text to video… This is not just a new thing that Apple’s a little bit out in front with—this is a game-changer across multiple industries.”
“SAP CIO Oliver Bussmann plans to equip 17,000 SAP employees with iPads over the next 12 months,” Evans reports.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: With apologies to Axl Rose and Slash:
Welcome to the bloodbath
iPad’s got fun ‘n’ games
It’s got everything you want
Honey you know the names
It’s the device that can find
Whatever you may need
If you got the money honey
Apple’s got your disease
In the bloodbath
Welcome to the bloodbath
Watch it bring rivals to their sha na na na na na na na knees, knees
We gonna watch ’em bleed
They know where they are?
They’re in the bloodbath baby
They’re gonna die!
Down in the bloodbath
Welcome to the bloodbath
Watch it bring ’em to thier
It’s gonna bring ’em down
Ha!
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Travis L.” for the heads up.]
@ KillJoyDeluxe
Yes, I’m sure you have it all figured out while the folks at SAP don’t have a clue. It’s too bad you’re not the CEO or CIO at SAP. Pity, isn’t it?
@Chrissyone
Yes, it certainly seems Steve and the Apple senior managers learned a thing or two from the Mac.
It’s certainly not without it’s risks, doing much of the whole widget itself, means that Apple has to keep the bleeding edge in Software, Chip design, and whatever else they have made proprietary. Only time will tell if they can do it. But this is the one area where Steve’s health can become a bigger issue. Don’t know may CEO’s that can be good and make the right calls on all those fronts. But certainly, Apple isn’t going to let price move them to a niche in the tablet market.
Kudo’s for Apple.