Bob Evans for InformationWeek:
Out here at the InformationWeek 500 Conference, I was talking last night with a few CIOs about the iPad and what it is that makes it so special: why lots of big companies in various industries are turning to Apple’s latest bit of wizardry.
And as I listened to the wisdom of our audience, I think the answer finally penetrated even my thick skull: the iPad allows individuals and companies to do what they could not do before. […]
The iPad engages its users to move beyond mere productivity—applying …

Don’t worry when you read pundits declaring that iPad is a consumption device, inadequate for productivity.
Think of SAP instead, that distributed one thousand iPads to their workforce, and supposedly not to play Fieldrunners.
Each iPad is equipped with access to Citrix tools via a virtual private network (VPN) and with the Mobile Sales for SAP CRM app for iOS.
Oliver Bussmann, SAP’s CIO, said via Twitter that there’s more to come.
Laughs at pundits’ vacuous rants, maybe.