For a device that was supposed to be just for consumers, the iPad has certainly made an impact in businesses. Apple’s quarterly numbers regularly blow financial analysts’ socks off, and what’s clear is that a surprising part of that success has come from people using iPads at work.

While Apple doesn’t break out the numbers, industry analyst Forrester believes that enterprises spent $6 billion on buying iPads last year. And they expect that to grow by nearly 70% in 2012. Not bad, particularly when Forrester also predicts the (admittedly much more massive) market for Wintel-based PCs and tablets is set to decline by three percent this year. More →