Dive summary:
- Getting from tablet computers at job sites back to Windows-based applications on a company's office network will be much easier when enterprise-grade Microsoft tablets, to be called Surface Pro, hit the market, probably early next year, IT managers report.
- At New York City-based Hunter Roberts Construction, for example Jason Burns, vice president of technology, says there are hurdles in trying to connect Apple or Android-based tablets to enterprise networks, but Windows-powered units will be easy to connect.
- An added benefit may be that touch-screen tablets running Windows 8 will be powerful and useful enough that users will not want laptops or desktop computers, eliminating a support task for IT staffs.
From the article:
Microsoft’s slow-roll release of the professional, enterprise-grade version of the Surface tablet has construction’s mobile IT managers holding their breaths. ...
