On the first business day of 2011, the New York Times reported that Apple’s rivals had proclaimed 2011 to be their year to recapture a slice of the computer tablet market, currently dominated by the iPad. Since the iPad’s launch in late 2010, Apple has sold more than 4 million of its tablets; some commentators predict that Apple will sell tens of millions more iPads in 2011. Adding to the flood of tablets into the marketplace — and into the workplace –- corporate IT departments are getting into the act. According to a recent report by ChangeWave, only 1% of corporate IT buyers reported in August 2010 that their organization provided employees with a tablet, but that number jumped to 7% in November 2010, and 14% of respondents stated that their organization plans to buy tablets in Q1 of 2011. Even the public sector is turning to the iPad. The Virginia legislature recently purchased 45 iPads for selected legislators and staffers in an effort to reduce the use of paper.

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