It’s Official: Businesses Love Our iPad Rentals

We consider the iPad 2 to be 2011’s most important business tool. That’s because between its mirroring and document porting features, it manages to be an indispensible asset to multiple Fortune 500 companies.

But don’t take my word for it.

At around this time last year, Business Insider released a remark from AT&T officials about the popularity of the iPad among enterprises. They declared the adaption “surprising,” and seemed tentatively optimistic about the trend.

I imagine they are no longer surprised, as the trend has continued steamrolling forward. General Electric, Wells Fargo and Mercedes-Benz use the iPad in their offices. As many as 75 percent of Fortune 100 companies have tested or implemented the iPad 2, and with the advent of the newly announced iCloud, we can expect this level of adaption to remain strong.

Darrell Etherington over at GIGAOM had his own conclusions about the evolving marketplace, and I’m pleased to say he agrees with us. Etherington said, “Android may be doing a good job of cornering the consumer market, but all indications are that Apple is the one making real inroads among enterprise customers. Thanks to the iPad, the aggressive growth position iOS occupies in the business world may become a dominant one before too long, especially if we continue to see big activation numbers such as those reported by Intermedia during March and April.”

Android-based devices are getting trumped, at least for now, and while we are still receiving interest in our Samsung Galaxy Tabs and Motorola Xooms, the real interest from business users has been for the iPad and the iPad 2.

As the news spreads that Vernon Computer Source stocks next gen iPad rentals in bulk, the company is discovering a strong interest across all sectors.

But Vernon isn’t the only one profiting from this boom. All of this popularity has propelled Apple itself on the Fortune 500 list -- it’s now sitting pretty at the number 35 slot. And, according to CNN Money, if the list was ranked by “profits” rather than “revenues,” Apple would be pretty and polished at the number eight spot.

And I’m betting they use iPads there