Many construction companies are adopting tablets on jobsites and raving about saving time and money in the process. Gartner Inc. predicts that the iPad will retain more than half the tablet market until 2015. But what about tech support in the field when the stuff breaks down? Who is helping to train users on the software that runs on the devices so that time saved with the technology doesn't turn into time spent to support it?
These are some of the themes behind the tablet's rapid rise, according to recent interviews with major construction firms during a conference sponsored by field management software provider Vela Systems in Boston in early September.