Has anyone here successfully deployed iPads as their primary device for salespeople or field staff? If so, how has the experience been? And is the ROI obvious?

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CIO6 years ago

We’re increasingly seeing that iPad pros--Surfaces to a lesser degree--are a great mobile solution. And so our job is to make it so it doesn’t really matter what the end point is and they all have to be brought into our secure environment. So we have to know about them and we have to integrate with them. But the iPads are great because a lot of people have a train ride. So they need to review documents and be able to red-line a document on the train.

CxO and Startup Advisor in Software6 years ago

Have you considered a Microsoft Surface?

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no title6 years ago

Surface go & pro are good alternatives for iPads.

Chief Information Officer in Finance (non-banking)6 years ago

We use iPad based point of sales for all our agency field work force so that they can complete the financial needs analysis, proposal illustration, eApplication, payment etc and close the complex sales process for insurance. The benefits are seamless, speedy straight thru policy issuance which results in more sales, reduced operational cost and superior customer experience.

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Has anyone here successfully deployed iPads as their primary device for salespeople or field staff? If so, how has the experience been? And is the ROI obvious?

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Employee Count and Licensing Usage:

- What is your employee count?

- Do you use Microsoft E3, E5, or a variation (e.g., E3 + Security E5)?

- Do you rely only on Microsoft EOP and/or Defender for O365 for email protection? If not, what other product(s) do you use (e.g., Proofpoint, Abnormal)?

Which of the following category of endpoints represents the weakest security in your organization?

Does anyone have any experience implementing an Electronic Medical Record at national level across multiple health care institutions ? What strategy did you adopt? How did you approach the requirement gathering, design, and implementation processes? What were the main challenges you experienced?

Do you personally prefer detachable laptops or clamshell laptops?

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Has anyone here successfully deployed iPads as their primary device for salespeople or field staff? If so, how has the experience been? And is the ROI obvious?

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Employee Count and Licensing Usage:- What is your employee count?- Do you use Microsoft E3, E5, or a variation (e.g., E3 + Security E5)?- Do you rely only on Microsoft EOP and/or Defender for O365 for email protection? If not, what other product(s) do you use (e.g., Proofpoint, Abnormal)?

Which of the following category of endpoints represents the weakest security in your organization?

Does anyone have any experience implementing an Electronic Medical Record at national level across multiple health care institutions ? What strategy did you adopt? How did you approach the requirement gathering, design, and implementation processes? What were the main challenges you experienced?

Do you personally prefer detachable laptops or clamshell laptops?

What sets us apart?

Take Your Insights On-the-Go

Employee Count and Licensing Usage:

- What is your employee count?

- Do you use Microsoft E3, E5, or a variation (e.g., E3 + Security E5)?

- Do you rely only on Microsoft EOP and/or Defender for O365 for email protection? If not, what other product(s) do you use (e.g., Proofpoint, Abnormal)?