"Primarily, I asked him why he didn't transition from building web apps to instead creating a solution using cloud technology and true mobile devices like BlackBerrys, iPods, and emerging tablets. He could offer a better solution, at about a quarter of the cost. "<p>That quote made me chuckle since it just seems to be so out of context with what the article is trying to say.<p>Why not new buzzword instead of old buzzword?! At only a quarter of the cost! 
Seriously, if the development organisation is having problems creating CRUD-webapps maybe switching to "emerging tablets" is not the answer..