Ipad won't open pdf

Hello,
I am haing troubles opening a PDF from a Website on an iPAD2. I can open the PDF using an iPhone (running iOS5), PC, and Andriod devices.
The PDF is being published on a Microsoft (I know that is a dirty word on these forums :-)) SBS 2011 server, using the Remote Web Access (RWA).
I can login to RWA and access the shared folder that holds the PDF files from all devices (PC, iPad, iPhone, Android devices).
On all devices EXCEPT the iPad, I can download/open/view the PDF files.
Using the iPad, I can go to a different website and open PDF files. I even took one of the the PDF files that I was able to open from this other website and saved it to my RWA shared Documents folder, but can not open it from this location on the iPAD.
As indicated above, i can access and open the PDF files from an iPhone (3GS running iOS5).
I have tried resetting the iPad, but it made no differenace.
I also don't beleive it is the issue with the iPAD opening PDFs due to the format of the pictures in the file, as I am unable to open a PDF from the RWA website which I can open when it is on another website.
Now before you go pointing figures at Microsoft (and I understand there is a lot of reason to point fingers) remember I can open the PDF's on an iPhone. As both the iPhone and iPad are both running iOS5, what is the difference in how they handle PDF's.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Reset the device:
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
If that doesn't help, tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings
No data is lost due to a reset.

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