I’ve heard and read all the arguments for and against getting an iPad (or iPad2) as a consumer device. But I still don’t have one. But a question at my work has come up recently: does it work as an administration device? I am my own IT department, so I handle both network admin and sysadmin jobs where I work. I have managed switches, firewalls, web filters (we’re a school), multiple servers and a couple hundred desktops.
So are there apps out there that would justify having an iPad? I could see, if I got a 3G iPad, possibly being able to remotely administer a server or something. My question is: do the tools and apps exist out there to make an iPad a viable choice for a network/systems administrator? I’m not really interested in alternatives like the PlayBook or Galaxy Tab, unless their apps are SO much better than the iPad. Like I said, I don’t have any sort of tablet, so I’d be interested in what the community thinks.