Opening calendar attachments on iPad 2

Question

I have an iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1.I have a question though, I have a PC which is running Outlook 2003, with an Exchange 2003 server. When I set up and calendar entry and attach some documents for a meeting, I can see the attachments and open them on my PC. On a Mac Powerbook running Entourage I can open the calendar and open the attachment, but on my iPad 2, I can see the calendar entry but I cannot open the attachments.......is this a flaw in Calendar or am I being stupid????

Answer 1

Document transfer through meshed peer to peer networking is the perfect example of a dysfunctional office environment.
Wasted bandwidth disseminating the same 30MB slide Deck file to 50 people through "attachments" when a link to an NAS that is on a proper share point with documentation management policies to ensure everyone is using the most up to date information is how information collaboration is done with efficiency.
It's not a "semi-solution" it's the way that organizations who value documentation integrity, network efficiency, and successful collaboration across different hardware platforms conduct business.
Who wants to download 'hundreds of emails' and calendar invites with attached binaries every day on a cellular connection from exchange servers that could be virtualized, running unoptimized infrastructure giving the ios based mobile devices "terminal checking for mail" syndrome because webmail based exchange authentication gets last priority?
Not me.
What if the documentation changed when the calendar invite and attachment arrived in your inbox, and now it's two weeks later and 5 revisions had been made to the document?
Maybe that's why you have over a hundred emails a day. Everyone pushing revised documents in re: threads that simply say "update" with and the time punched in by the user even thigh email is auto time stamped.
Pitty.