32% of business employees want Windows on their BYOD tablet, only 26% want iPads

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After polling nearly 10,000 “information workers” Forrester Research found 32% of employees preferred a Windows to power their next tablet.

12% wanted Windows 7 on their tablet while 20% wanted Windows 8.

Forrester commented that “Windows 8 has higher interest than we expected among employees” and that it “bodes well for Windows 8’s prospects for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) demand.”

They suggested employees will force IT to have a formal support policy for Windows 8 for employee-owned devices and that Windows 8 will accelerate BYOD demand.

Read more at Forrester.com here.

Via Fiercemobile.it

More about the topics: business, enterprise, windows 8

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