Apple iPad is more than a great way to experience the web, photos and videos. The #1 reason U.S. consumers would use a tablet device such as Apple iPad is working on the go, according to a recent Zogby International poll. People are demanding mobile devices that blend consumer and enterprise functionality. Information workers - and their employers - are seeing the clear value of iPad for work-related activities. More than half of Fortune 500 companies bought iPads in the first few months of their availability. It won't take long before a smart phone and an iPad are many workers' constant companions, leaving the hefty laptop grounded... The results of Aruba's extensive performance and operations tests for iPads are shown in Table 1. The band steering test results are particularly interesting. In our extensive testing, iPad connected to the 5-GHz band 10 out of 10 times when Aruba ARM band steering was enabled, which demonstrates that band steering improves network performance. When Aruba ARM band steering was disabled, iPad connected seven to five times to the 2.4-GHz band, which shows the unpredictable performance for iPad, depending on the time and place of network connectivity. Latest ArubaOS software release is recommended for best performance of Apple iPad platform within an Aruba WLAN