Mobile BI

Access BI-related data such as KPIs, business metrics & dashboards on mobile devices.

Mobile Business Intelligence (Mobile BI or Mobile Intelligence) is defined as Mobile Business Intelligence is a system comprising both technical and organizational elements that present historical and/or real-time information to its users for analysis on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets (not laptops), to enable effective decision-making and management support, for the overall purpose of increasing firm performance. Business intelligence (BI) refers to computer-based techniques used in spotting, digging-out, and analyzing business data, such as sales revenue by products and/or departments or associated costs and incomes. Although the concept of mobile computing has been prevalent for over a decade, Mobile Business Intelligence has shown a momentum/growth only very recently. This change has been partly encouraged by a change from the ‘wired world’ to a wireless world with the advantage of smartphones which has led to a new era of mobile computing, especially in the field of BI. Business Intelligence solutions provide access to BI information on smartphones and tablets. Mobile business intelligence (BI) is the ability to access Business Intelligence-related data such as KPIs, business metrics, and dashboards on mobile devices. The concept of it dates back to the when mobile phone use first began to become widespread. Early advocates of it immediately grasped the potential of mobile phones to simplify the distribution of business-critical data to mobile or remote workers. However, it wasn’t until the advent of the smartphone that it began to generate widespread attention.