With the recent success of Apple's new iPad, all other manufacturers are fighting over who can release the rival to take on Apple.  As you most undoubtedly now, HP has finished it's acquisition of Palm and intends to release a tablet based of off the loved Web OS.  Dell has also showed it's desire to be in the tablet business with the Dell Streak, which has just been released in Europe, and show be coming soon to the US.  I must admit that I expected a lot of companies to want to rival the iPad's success, but there is one thing I didn't see coming...Cisco.

<!--more--> Cisco announced this week that it is going to be release the first &quot;business tablet&quot;.  With a huge emphasis on VDI and collaboration with existing Cisco applications all built on the Andriod platform, this device is definitely something worth keeping an eye on.  Boasting a 7&quot; screen with HD video capabilities (of course ideal to run Cisco's TelePresence solution), HD audio, and a &quot;full work day&quot; 8 hour battery life; Cisco seems to be really on top of the game here.  Read more <a title="Cisco Cius" href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6789/ps7290/ps11156/solution_overview_c22-608594.html" target="_blank">here</a>