Business Intelligence, as most of us know is defined as the
ability for an organization to take all its capabilities and convert them into
knowledge, ultimately, getting the right information to the right people, at
the right time, via the right channel. It majorly involves using computers to
identify, extract and analyze business information and data. In plain terms,
intelligence in business involves computers analyzing data. With too much
having said and told about Business Intelligence, let us take a dive and see
the progression in this domain— Mobile Business Intelligence
What is mobile BI?
Mobile business intelligence software extends desktop
business intelligence (BI) to mobile devices. They optimize traditional
BI reports so they can be viewed easily on a small screen and are ideal
for displaying Key Performance Indicators and alerts with simple charts, graphs
and spark lines.
The use of mobile BI software
on an upswing!!
Of late, the use of mobilebusiness intelligence (BI) software has been on an upswing and it’s easy to see
why. The following major factors have combined to create a potent fertilizer
for fuelling the technology’s growth namely:
Ø The rise of smartphones and tablet
computers usage that provides anytime anywhere access and ease of usage
Ø Demand from business users for
up-to-the-minute data to help support decision-making have
Gartner
Inc. predicts that mobile analytics will be one of the leading trends. This
predication suggests that mobile BI is likely to be adopted throughout entire
enterprises with multiple business units adopting mobile BI. By 2014, 33%
of business intelligence will be garnered through mobile devices.
This adoption and utilization will not be limited to C-level executives.
Top
trends in Mobile BI
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By far, the number one trend in
mobile BI is how rapidly top-level executives make decisions using it. Because
information is readily available to organizations utilizing mobile BI, they
take, on average, about one-third of the time to make decisions than
organizations that have not employed mobile BI strategies.
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Mobile BI addresses a big complaint
against analytics and information management for many years – not
being easy to consume, chart and data overload, devices not secure. Not
anymore. Tablet devices are just right for mobile BI – small enough to
carry and large enough to be effective. The early success of the iPad for BI has
caught many experts by surprise.
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Tablets’
big screen size and touch screen facility makes Mobile BI applications more
user-friendly and easy-to-use. There are many Mobile BI apps coming in the
market, but we need to mention Apples’ iPad, for growing popularity of tablets
among users. Other Mobile BI apps include BIRT Mobile, Roambi, Micro Strategy
Mobile, SAS Mobile, IBM Cognos 8 Go!
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