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Windows 8 to Boost Sophisticated Business Use of Tablets and Smartphones

Time: 09:38 EST/14:38 GMT | News Source: ComputerWorld | Posted By: Robert Stein

In a September survey of 599 C-level executives and IT decision-makers in 19 countries, managed services provider Avanade found that 61 percent of companies now report that employees are using personal devices in the workplace. More than half of employees (54 percent) are still using only smartphones for basic work functions like reading email, Web sites and calendaring. The story is different with tablets. Avanade found 33 percent of companies say that the majority of employees use tablets for basic work functions, but 33 percent also say the majority of their employees use tablets for advanced business uses with enterprise applications like CRM, project management, content creation and data analysis.