Worldwide tablet computer market forecasts

DUBLIN, IRELAND: Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Worldwide Enterprise Tablet Market Forecast" report to its offering.

The global enterprise tablet market will enjoy a multiyear wave of growth resulting from enduser market demand, the desire to improve employee productivity, and the increased need for high quality and efficient mobile computing devices. As a result, growth in the enterprise tablet market is expected to be significantly higher than in other traditional computing segments over the 2012 - 2016 forecast period.

Over the next five years, total shipments of tablet computers to enterprises around the world are expected to increase at a CAGR of 48 percent, with shipments rising from 13.6 million units in 2011 to 96.3 million units in 2016.

Enterprise and business tablet adoption is occurring in numerous market verticals such as Education, Healthcare, Retail, Industrial, Government, Financial Services, Hospitality, Technology, Legal, and Energy sectors. Demand in the enterprise tablet space is being driven by the desire to improve employee (or member) productivity. Mobile applications are allowing enterprises to realize huge productivity gains.

Additionally, enterprise members are increasingly seeking real-time access to computing & communications tools, content, and the internet regardless of their physical location. The tablet has emerged as the perfect solution to give employees access to the computing tools necessary to succeed in today's hyper-competitive business environment.