iPad Supports SAS, IBM and SAP in the Enterprise Software Market
Enterprise software vendors are very interested in current developments in the tablet market. Access to information on the move by sales and service personnel is very important to both the company using it and the vendors as one give its staff an advantage and the other gets its software being used more. The problem with most enterprise software is that it needs a certain amount of screen real estate to enable it to be used properly. This is where the Apple iPad comes in.
SAS and Mobile Business Intelligence (Mobile BI) company Mellmo to port analytic software application to the Apple iPad. Mellmo has also recently done deals with IBM, SAP, Salesforce.com, Microsoft and Oracle which puts the iPad in very good company indeed and further re enforces the business credentials of the iPad. For a company that relies on enterprise software for its business this means that they could now choose the iPad if they so wish.
When this type of software is running on an iPad the salesman will be able to pull up any information that it needs to show to a customer. This includes images, graphs and software demos that can all be displayed on what is still a wow factor product that is sure to impress the customer. It is important to check out all the claims that a vendor may make about the performance of its product on a mobile device as all may not be what it seems. Another very important factor to consider is security, you do not want the competition to get access to the sort of information that you make available to a salesman on the road.
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