Two views on Australian PlayBook adoption

According to the managing director of Optus' Business division, Rob Parcell, there is however a desire from businesses to see the sort of security-conscious IT solutions that they understand. In spite of the mass market popularity of the iPhone and Android handsets, there's a huge BlackBerry install base out there in the large and small business world, and the smartphone is in spite of everything seen by many as being inherently more secure and manageable than rival platforms.

The Federal Government

In the Federal Government, for instance, the Defence Signals Directorate has not certified most breeds of smartphones to any security level as being safe for use by government workers. The agency's Evaluated Products List - which aids in government purchasing of devices - lists only the BlackBerry and Windows Mobile operating systems as being certified for use.

In general, Optus Business director of marketing & strategy Scott Mason said up until now, organisations had been faced with a wave of tablets being informally brought into their workplaces by staff - more often than not the iPad.

However, he noted the range of tablets available was increasing, adding that chief information officers had a lot of faith in platforms just as Android - with recent Optus technology predicting that most organisations saw their companies issuing tablets to workers over the then and there three to five years. Those sectors more concerned with security, just as in government and financial services, were more interested in the PlayBook, he said.

SYDNEY, June 9, 2011. The adoption of server virtualization has introduced growth and challenges at a faster pace than any research IT has seen in recent history. Due to its efficiency and cost benefits, the mid-market is rapidly embracing virtualization as a first step towards cloud computing.