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Barclays Bank Announces Purchase of 8,500 iPads

Posted November 23, 2012 at 11:57pm by iClarified · 16566 views
Barclays Bank in the U.K. has reportedly purchased at least 8,500 Apple iPads in one go, according to The Channel. The buy was made via Insight UK and is thought to be one of the largest iPad deployments in the U.K.

A press representative told the site that staff had demanded the iPad over the other tablet options.

The device will be used "to assist our branch colleagues to interact with customers, improving the customer experience".

"We investigated a number of different tablet options and in this instance, we concluded that iPads were the best solution for their specific needs. We are now starting to use these across Barclays branches in the UK," said the representative.

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