Some companies will pat you down looking for personal technology devices as you walk in the front door; others don't care if you carry in an iPad or your lunch. Here's how to know. Can you bring your iPad to work? Or will you get in big trouble? With a nod to David Letterman’s Top Ten list Signs You’ve Purchased a Bad iPhone, here are our signs that grease the wheels for iPads to roll into the enterprise.[ Considering the iPad 2? Check out these 15 best iPad apps for newbies, reports CIO.com. ]10. CEO has long hair and calls you “Dude.”9. Your boss has a picture of Steve Jobs hanging on his wall, a Steve Jobs plush doll on his desk, makes Steve Jobs cheese heads for parties—creepy! 8. The intern snickers, “Nice Newton PDA, Grandma.”7. Your co-workers let you in on a secret: a rogue wireless router that keeps iPads free from detection. 6. You tell your boss, “I saw you with an iPad, so naturally … “5. Executives play Angry Birds during company meetings.4. There’s a real business case for your company with the iPad (sure).3. You’re in high school, everyone’s doin’ it, deuces!2. IT department, in charge of restricting iPads, has been outsourced to India.1. You are the IT guy. Tom Kaneshige covers Apple and Networking for CIO.com. Follow Tom on Twitter @kaneshige. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline and on Facebook. Email Tom at tkanshige@cio.com Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe