Agenda

This conference is designed to help you answer this question: What tablet solutions are right for your business or organization? Sessions have been built to present you with key options you need to consider for a corporate tablet project.

Registration & networking

(8 to 8:30 AM)

Demo exhibition

(8:30 to 9 AM)

OPENING KEYNOTE

(9 am)

• Neil Hand, Vice President, Personal computing products, Dell

Bring Your Own Device: Don’t Be Afraid

The continued consumerization of IT and the blurring of the line between work and personal life are radically changing the ways in which people work.  Organizations are increasingly allowing employees to use their own technology for work, including smartphones, tablets and even PCs.  How do organizations balance end user flexibility with the right level of IT control?

Tablet market overview

Informative insights covering the latest developments in the tablet market, by:

•  Ben Bajarin, Principal Analyst, Creative Strategies.

OS: iOS vs. Windows vs. Android

For business, iOS is no longer the only game in town. Microsoft`s well-received, latest version of Windows is not just an iteration; it’s a reinvention; and it puts tablet’s touch interface front and center.
Microsoft’s large installed base makes it a compelling proposition for enterprise. Smart combos of tablets and docks could replace laptops AND desktops. But will employees accept working on Windows tablets rather than on their beloved iPads?
As for Android, it’s still a distant challenger, even more among businesses than among consumers. But its playground allow hardware innovation. The Nexus 7 may be a game changer in the consumer market. Can it revive Android’s potential as a tablet OS for organizations?
See how the OS shifting ground may affect your company plans.

With:

• Carl Howe, Vice President, Yankee Group
• Paul Fisher, Associate CIO, Seton Hall University
• Tristan Louis, Co-founder & CEO, Keepscor

Showcase Presentations

FORM FACTOR: 7 vs. 10-inch, tablet vs. convertible

While the 10-inch iPad created and set the initial standard of what a tablet should be, innovation and market competition have resulted in multiple form factors: wide variety of screen sizes and resolutions; from phablet to giant tablets; from rugged to ultra thin and light; with accessories, like a stylus or a “smart” or keyboard cover, being sometimes considered as part of the product itself. More recently, convertible and hybrid Windows 8 devices have pushed the limit of what can be considered as a tablet, while the introduction of the iPad mini has broadened the form factor debate. How much should form factor play in the tablet buying decision for your organization?

With:

• Kyp Walls. Director of product management, Panasonic
• Neil Hand, Vice President, Personal computing products, Dell
• Ben Bajarin, Principal Analyst, Creative Strategies

Showcase Presentations

The Tabby Awards / Business ceremony

Join us for the first-ever The Tabby Awards / Business trophy presentation.

Networking lunch

KEYNOTE INTERVIEWS

With:

• Milind Gadekar, CEO & Co-founder, CloudOn
• Santiago Becerra, Chairman, CEO & Co-founder, MeLLmo (Roambi)

MANAGEMENT: devices vs. apps vs. cloud

As tablets proliferate in organizations, IT departments must find the best practices to control the information they collect and use. Security policies struggle to govern both the tablets – many of them owned by employees – and the apps housed in them. They also have to contend with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and and Bring Your Own App (BYOA) advocates within the organization, who are doing just that. Some organizations are turning to Mobile device management solutions for solutions to guard employee tablets. Others stress that software and even more, data, are ultimately way more important than hardware. They prefer the primacy of app management over device management. Or is data just safe in the cloud? Which kind of watchdog does your company need?

With:

• Andy Thompson, Director, Apperian
• Michael Rothrock, Founder and VP of Product, ionGrid
• Derek Owen, Business Development, Zenprise

Showcase Presentations

APP STRATEGY: off-the-shelf vs. platform vs. custom

You need a solution. So you dream of the perfect app and plan to develop it from scratch. Wait a minute. With more than 10,000 apps in the business section of the App Store, have you made certain there’s no “good enough” app already on hand? “Our situation is unique.” Sure, everyone’s is. But some apps, combined with cloud services, can be surprisingly flexible.
And even if you do need a custom app, learn about existing solutions, frameworks and pathways that may avoid you the pain of starting development from scratch.

With:

• Ravi Bhatt, CEO, Branchfire (iAnnotate)
• Jordan Stolper, CEO, Storydesk
• Mark Emery, Mobile expert, Definition 6

Showcase Presentations

APP DEVELOPMENT: native vs. web

The industry falls into two main camps. HTML 5 offers the opportunity to be viable on any platform and is less expensive to develop. Native apps may be harder to build but offer users a rich, vibrant experience specific to a device or OS.
Do you need to distribute your app in an app store? How do you rate ease of development, speed of deployment, richness of interface, multi-platform access, need of offline use? Do hybrid apps – HTML5 wrapped in a native app shell – really offer the best of both worlds? Can simple tablet-optimized web sites with responsive design be a boon for small organizations with less money to spend?
Cast a fresh eye to your platform development options and examines the pros and cons of each.

With:

• Jason Richelson, CEO and founder, ShopKeep POS
• Gautham Pandiyan, Director, Sales & marketing, Mi-Co

CLOSING KEYNOTE

Demo exhibition & networking

(5 to 6 PM)

TabTimes conference session moderators: Doug Drinkwater, International Editor, Steven Lang, Managing Editor, David Needle, Editor, and Patrick Pierra, CEO.