Apple is favored as the tablet brand for businesses, especially small ventures and start-ups.

Dory Carr-Harris Dory Carr-Harris on January 2, 2012.

The iPad is certainly the top tablet as far as consumers are concerned, but businesses strongly prefer it, too. That’s the word from the industry analysts at NPD, who just published the results of a survey that shows nearly three-quarters of small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) are looking to buy tablets for their workers in 2012, strongly preferring the iPad over competitors. Mashable