Last week at the WWDC event, Apple announced its new operating system — iPadOS. While on the surface it feels like a small move, in reality, it signals a fundamental shift from decades-old desktop computing paradigms to tablet-based computing paradigm. This release gives the additional horsepower and capabilities that tablets needed to fully replace a desktop computer in the enterprise setting.

To give a perspective on how far the tablet adoption in the enterprise has come and continues to grow, I recently boarded a flight to London and was greeted by a flight attendant as she tapped and scanned a tablet. Within seconds, she had retrieved a trove of real-time information about me, including my travel plans, my preferences, and my loyalty status. She wasn’t holding a stack of computer printouts and wasn’t reliant on potentially outdated information. The power of the tablet in her hand allowed her to do her job more efficiently and led to a most enjoyable flight for me. This was enterprise mobility at its finest.

Enterprise mobility is the notion of empowering employees to do their jobs efficiently from anywhere, by accessing a simple user interface on an iPad, iPhone or Android device, and leveraging the power of the cloud for data access and storage. And by implementing a strategy of enterprise mobility, companies everywhere are now creating elevated experiences not only for their employees but for their customers as well.

Last week at the WWDC event, Apple announced its new operating system — iPadOS. While on the surface it feels like a small move, in reality, it signals a fundamental shift from decades-old desktop computing paradigms to tablet-based computing paradigm. This release gives the additional horsepower and capabilities that tablets needed to fully replace a desktop computer in the enterprise setting. Read more:

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