Pushing content to iPads, possibly by using OS X Lion Server?

Is there a way to wirelessly push content/make content available using Lion server for iPad users on Macs AND PCs? We have an iPad pilot project for sales reps at my company, and we're trying to find a way to get the users their content without having to have iPads FedExed back and forth so we can update them on our iMac (it was the easiest way for me to manage the content). The sales reps are not particularly iPad-adept and we want to ensure they all have precisely the content we'd like.
Not sure what our next big step should be.
Thanks!
Emily

We have photos, videos, lots and lots of PDFs. Ideally I think we'd like to push something like an iPad backup so the reps could have the categories and keywords loaded on automatically as well. It's a medical products company, and I think the biggest thing is the organization on the iPad. We have it right now so that the reps can search for a keyword in spotlight (say, "hip") and get all of the items associated with hips—videos, photos, and PDF brochures.
Haven't looked into MDM. I don't have any experience with that.

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