"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. "

That quote made me chuckle since it just seems to be so out of context with what the article is trying to say.

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..