Executing a new tablet  strategy after past failed attempts, Dell on Monday unveiled Enhanced Security versions of its Latitude 10 tablets that aim at the healthcare , government and financial markets. The Windows 8 Pro, business-friendly tablets offer security features and speed.
The Latitude 10 tablet is powered by the dual-core Intel Atom Z2760 processor and is suited for users that have to comply with stringent regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and the Federal Information Processing Standard. The Latitude 10 security configuration is the only dual-authentication Windows 8 tablet with both an integrated smart card and fingerprint reader.
According to a recent Dell and Intel-commissioned Harris Interactive online survey of 204 U.S. healthcare IT decision makers, tablets are increasingly becoming a standard IT device. Fifty-one percent of the healthcare organizations surveyed have deployed them. However, other studies show tablets can cost significantly more time and money to manage than other standard Windows-based devices such as laptops and desktops.
The True Cost of Tablets
Neil Hand, vice president of Tablets and Performance PCs in the End User Computing unit at Dell, said tablets "being deployed in business environments can cause more harm than good in the long run with unforeseen management costs and unsecure data protection and access."
According to the Harris survey, those institutions managing tablets spend an average $2,235.20 configuring these devices to work within their organizations. These costs are often several times more than the actual expense of acquiring the device. Fifty-one percent of tablet using institutions report that the devices required additional software or tools beyond what is used to manage laptops and desktops.
IT decision makers in 42 percent of tablet-using organizations spent 10 to 29 minutes per tablet to achieve the same level of security inherent in Trusted Platform Module chips. And 44 percent of those in tablet-using organizations reported that there are applications used in their organization on desktop and laptop computers that cannot be accessed on tablets.
Dell designed the Latitude 10 to overcome these challenges. Because it is managed like any standard Windows-based laptop, Dell said the Latitude 10 is easier to deploy and manage than the Apple iPad in large-scale enterprise implementations. (continued...)
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