Saturday, January 14, 2012

Business Uses For The Apple iPad

By Amitesh Villiers


Since its start, the iPad has long been touted as a social media consumer's product. It is without a doubt mostly known for its flawless graphic rendering, video playback and vast hard drive space. Nonetheless, the iPad's ultimate goal or purpose doesn't begin and end on fun and recreation alone. It can also be purposeful for business-savvy users who would prefer to explore Apple's finest add-on to its list of technologically sophisticated products.

Apple isn't yet entirely detached from Microsoft-based productivity applications; in fact, the iPad possesses built-in support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and 2007. The maker recognizes the distribution of Microsoft's Business Email service and would not let their users be disadvantaged in business if they settle upon an iPad.

The Microsoft Exchange support will permit push email service and will be offered to the user's schedule events and contacts' information stored in their Microsoft profile. It also happens to be plausible to manage targeted calendar information, query global address lists and mailbox messages by means of this enhanced application feature.

Security is very important on the iPad; at the owner's desire, a number of complex passwords can be assigned to make certain that secret information remain hard to get at to unauthorized persons. Data exchanged over-the-air or through the Internet can be encoded to ensure security. Plus, corporate communication over-the-air is truly protected by a certificate-based authentication system via Exchange and VPN. Even an unlucky experience such as loss or theft of the iPad would not leave vital computer files vulnerable because information on it can be securely obliterated through a remote command.

Specialized applications such as commerce metrics tracker, proposal evaluator, journey organizer, and flight tracker have been created with the iPad's industry users in mind. Similar to the enterprise version of the BlackBerry RIM, Apple also hosts the iPhone Developer Enterprise Program. The significant difference of the iPhone Developer Enterprise from the Blackberry RIM is that the Apple-supported initiative will make it possible for businesses to create their own specialized apps. Their own personal apps will be shared among their people and will be deemed exclusive by the client company.

Similarly, iPad profiles can be simply produced for businesses. Companies can set up their own profiles, along with particulars such as VPN, e-mail, wireless network, and password and share it with connections on the iPad through Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or the Internet.

Most importantly, iPad services iWork, Apple's office productivity suite of apps that enables the user to create and browse documents, spreadsheets and presentations. These apps have been enhanced to complement the iPad's multi-touch system.

Keynote slides can be presented, created, and enhanced by way of the touchscreen apparatus. iWork's mobile versions of Numbers and Pages can also be managed by tapping features on the multi-touch display. Each of these documents can be distributed in diverse ways; for instance, a VGA adapter may be used to link the iPad to a projector to allow larger displays for a roomful of viewers. Microsoft documents can also be imported to the iPad. Slides, spreadsheets and written text documents can easily be shared on a wider scale by uploading to iWork.com where the masses can peruse these documents.




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