BI, 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 mobile business 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:
- The rise of smartphones and tablet computers usage that provides anytime anywhere access and ease of usage
- Demand from business users for up-to-the-minute data to help support decision-making have
According to David Roe, four major trends will
emerge in 2014. He notes that 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.
To take this one step further, Aberdeen’s research suggests that the organizations with
mobile business intelligence in place or those currently considering it:
- Have high performers deploy and then refine role-specific systems that provide the appropriate analytics to the appropriate employees to help in decision making;
- Track productivity gains and demonstrate return on investment;
- Ensure that the BI infrastructure can support the mobile BI challenge.
Top trends
in Mobile BI
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.
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.
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!
With senior/middle management employers kept available on a 24×7 basis,
more organizations will are adopting this technology and Mobile BI will
continue to grow rapidly which is transforming the BI platform for the better.
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