Small & medium biz

News, trends, stats, reviews, how-to, apps and accessories to help you use iPad and other tablets in small and medium businesses (SMB).

The crowd was buzzing as they took their seats at the Insperity National Sales Convention in Houston this past February. Each attendee was given a seemingly familiar-shaped 10-inch white box when the conference chair announced in an Oprah-esque moment that “everyone would be getting an iPad.”

Who says you can’t teach businesses a new thing or two about streamlining costs using tablet computers? Executives at West Paw Design say deploying the iPad in their business allows them to innovate on their eco-friendly pet products while saving hundreds of thousands in operational costs each year.

Technology companies that underestimate the significance of the touch-tablet revolution will suffer greatly.

This past year ushered in the era of mobile in unified communications, with the proliferation of front-facing camera tablets fueling the fire.

Apple didn't talk business very much in today's announcement of The New iPad. But it's clear that the business customers are a key target.

What happens after the shine wears off of your company's new work tablets? For smart organizations, a whole lot.

Do you remember that high school teacher who was famous for spilling red ink on your term papers? Well, it’s payback time.

Printing from your iPad just got much, much easier.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - TabTimes is live from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, where tablet announcements are flowing thick and fast.

With 2012 on the horizon, Creative Strategies' Ben Bajarin takes a look at some of the key developments he expects to see in the coming year.

Underneath all the chrome, Google Currents is a massive opportunity for SMB. Here's why.

All the hype around enterprise adoption of iPads may well be justified, but our newest columnist thinks the most interesting and creative use for the hot-selling Apple device is in SMB.