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IT Pro Ranking: Smartphone and Tablet OSes

Nelson, Fritz | 08/11/11
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Apple and Google topple the BlackBerry as consumer phones and tablets swarm the enterprise. And IT doesn't seem to mind.

Apple's IOS and Google's Android platforms have crashed the mobile enterprise party. And based on survey results from 651 business technology professionals, these smartphone and tablet OSes are wildly popular with the crowd. Meanwhile, RIM’s BlackBerry is sitting quietly in the corner, wondering why no one wants to talk anymore.

Both Apple's and Google's phones are tied for first as the best-performing platforms, according to our survey. The BlackBerry comes in a surprising fifth, as Google’s tablet and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 ranked ahead of RIM in IT's evaluation of general criteria such as performance and cost. It’s clear from the research that your mobile strategy--including security, device management and application development--is going to have to include a mix of platforms. (R2900711)

Survey Name: InformationWeek Analytics Mobile OS Vendor Evaluation
Survey Date: May 2011
Region: North America
Number of Respondents: 651

Purpose:
To determine preference for vendors supplying mobile operating systems for smartphones and tablets to enterprise organizations.

Table of Contents

    4 Executive Summary
    5 Three Strategies
    7 It's Complicated
    9 Mobile Platform Deployment
    13 App Dev
    19 Brass Tacks
    22 Appendix
    31 Author's Bio
    32 Research Synopsis
    33 Related Reports

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Fritz Nelson is editorial director of InformationWeek and executive producer of TechWeb TV. He has covered the technology industry for 18 years.

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