They’re everywhere. In waiting rooms, at business meetings, at networking events – the iPads are everywhere. The iPad has been “the” gadget to have and even more tablets are coming onto the scene offering different price points to tap a wider audience.

While the iPad is great for surfing the net from your couch while watching your favorite sitcom, the tablets are also finding a solid spot in the business world.

This article from Silicon.com reports that nine months after the iPad came on the scene, Apple found “80 percent of Fortune 100 companies had either deployed or were piloting the table device” with another 67 percent of CIOs planning to incorporate tables this year. Half of those CIOs are also planning to purchase tablets for their employees this year.

Tablets make sense for businesses. Compared to a laptop, they are less expensive but offer much of the same functionality. Compact and light, they’re great for business travelers. They also offer businesses a chance to become paperless – load documents, memos and reports on the tablet for easy reading and save on printing and paper costs while being kind to the environment.

Is your business using tablets or does it have plans to purchase iPads for employees? Let us know the benefits tablets offer your business.