Survey Finds Small Business Use of Tablets at 56%

A survey of 175 of iYogi small businesses customers found 56 percent of the small businesses already are using tablets at work,. iYogi Insights reports.

iYogi is a provider of tech support services to consumers and small businesses in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and UAE.

That survey is consistent with other studies that show high small business adoption of tablets. More than half of small and midsize businesses in the United States have employees using a tablet computer, according to a study by iGR. The survey of more than 400 businesses found that 52 percent currently use a tablet like an Apple iPad or Google Android-powered device to help run their business.

Intermedia, for example, likewise reports that 25 percent of all ActiveSync device activations conducted by Intermedia are tablets. Intermedia manages more than 400,000 premium hosted Exchange email accounts. 

CDW surveys indicate that nearly 60 percent of polled organizations use tablets. While more prevalent among medium and large-size businesses (62 percent), nearly half of small businesses reported tablet use (47 percent). 

Among government IT decision-makers, tablets were more commonly used at the state level (59 percent) than the federal level (48 percent). While the popularity of tablets has grown steadily, only 19 percent of IT decision-makers reported that tablets have replaced some of their organization’s personal computers. Among those not currently using tablets, 31 percent plan to do so in the next six months.