Gartner says worldwide media tablet sales to end users will total 63.6 million units in 2011, a 261.4 percent increase from 2010 sales of 17.6 million units. Yes…that says 261%!!.
As consumers increasingly buy these devices they inevitably start bringing them to work, pushing the adoption of business applications for tablets. Gartner expects this adoption to increase substantially over the next few years as businesses start rolling out enterprise applications that support major business initiatives.
According to Gartner, the top 10 commercial business application categories for tablet devices are:
- Sales Automation. Sales automation systems for customer collateral, sales presentations, and ordering systems
- Business intelligence. Analytical and performance applications with management dashboards
- Email. Containerized email to separate corporate messaging environments from personal email
- Collaboration. Collaboration applications for meetings
- File Utilities. For sharing and document distribution
- Business Processes. General corporate/government enterprise applications for CRM, ERP, SCM and messaging
- Healthcare. Medical support systems for doctors, nurses, and physical therapists
- Desktop Virtualization. Hosted virtual desktop agents to provide secure remote operations of traditional desktop applications and environments
- Social Media. Social networking applications with intelligent business insight
- Board Books. For secure document and report distribution
For more detail on Gartner’s thoughts on this subject, see it’s press release “Gartner Identifies Top 10 Commercial Business Applications for Tablet Devices”
Thanks for letting us know about Top 10 Business Apps for Tablets. This is fantastic info shared.
Posted by: Sales Letter | December 07, 2011 at 03:42 AM
Great to see the trends as they emerge. Thanks!
Posted by: Geo | December 08, 2011 at 12:03 PM