My iPad Enterprise Rollout: 5 Surprises

Today, the vice president of HR can look up the pay grades on the iPad, find the difference, and then ask the president if there's room in the operating budget. The president can look it up on the iPad and respond appropriately. "You can't get closure if you don't have the facts," Rennie says. "With the iPad, it's a very different conversation because everyone is armed with the facts at their fingertips."

2. Pushback May Happen in Unexpected Places

While executives embraced the iPad, some college deans and faculty pushed back. Deans worried that some of their students couldn't afford the iPad (or couldn't learn how to use it), while faculty figured IT resources spent supporting the iPad meant that support for other devices would fall by the wayside.

Rennie had to explain to them that Florida State College believes in the consumerization of IT - "You should be able to do anything you need to do with us with your device of choice," he says. This means students can access content and conduct required tasks over an iPad, desktop, notebook, netbook and even a smartphone such as the iPhoneiPhone and Droid. Alles zu iPhone auf CIO.de

In terms of cost to the student, Florida State College recognizes that the majority of its student body can either afford technology or has technology purchases covered under financial aid. Yet 20 percent don't qualify for financial aid and lack much disposable income. For this group, Florida State College is working on providing forgivable loans for technology and will have iPads available for check out.