Mobile BI tools – Need of the hour. Consider SmartGlance!

Gauging the huge demand for tablet computers, smartphones and the subsequent mobile BI solutions, we need to sneak a peek into the various benefits, management issues, recommendations and challenges associated with mobile business analytics and solutions. You may be thinking about using the iPad, iPhone, Android or Windows 8 device; but how do you take that consumer-facing product and adapt it for the needs of industry?  How do you leverage their capability for the interacting and sharing of important business information?

The users of mobile BI are offered now a plethora of  new applications designed with mobility in mind. But how can you ensure that these apps are useful for transforming the actual role of data in the interactions with consumers, forecasting and planning of business, management of the performance of employees and taking the day-to-day decisions related to the operations of the business? The good news is that SmartGlance is capable of doing all this. This becomes mandatory if the devices need to survive in this ever increasing and demanding marketplace.

With the latest innovations in mobile BI applications, the users are allowed to obtain more than what they actually intend with the new applications and tools. The opportunities regarding IT performance, data visualization and security allow personalization from the devices. The business world is already overly excited about the use of mobile BI in positive ways. The real time access of vital data though is a tough challenge; the tools are providing just that. Heightened security, need of the hour technology and immense speed of delivery are aspects which are loved by businesses.

Businesses have taken a war front approach in the deployment of mobile BI applications in their work. The employees too are quite enthusiastic about the development due to improvement of their performance leading to growth. Overall it is a win-win situation for everyone; right from the top notch professionals to the field employees.

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Make Informed Decisions with Mobile Business Analytics

Beyond the mobile platforms and the various apps for mobile business there is only one thing which is important – Mobile business analytics. The understanding of the statistics and bigger information which drives these huge numbers aids the enterprises and also the IT department in comprehending the trends of mobile enterprise. Mobile business analytics is extremely necessary for businesses; however, the importance of this virtue is quite relative. This means that everything depends on you asking the concerned people.

Though mobile business analytics may sound as a huge word for the huge numbers, when you are able to dissect it, you get a chance of witnessing what it means exactly and the part which it plays in the mobile enterprise.

Mobile business analytics is mostly called as BI or business intelligence. This is a set of processes, methodologies, technologies and architecture which transforms the raw information into one that is useful and meaningful. This data is used for predicting the trends and then planning the strategies; both inside the office and also the market. As a matter of fact, the term BI was first coined as some blanket term for describing the methods and concepts for improvement of the decision making in business with the use of support systems based on facts.

This brings us to the question as to what is the exact role of mobile business analytics in IT and enterprises. For the beginners, this technology allows the individuals in these positions to perform better with informed decision making at the right time and place. This is true when they are present anywhere in this world. Business intelligence permits the busy executives to utilize their time better and efficiently and also collaborate with colleagues for garnering highest results possible. The most important quality of mobile business analytics is the identification of trends in the customer line and the weaknesses of the business for supporting overall client experience.

Mobile Business Solution – Enhanced Solutions for Better Business Performance

Mobile Business Solution refers to the allotment of business information and data to mobile devices such as tablet PC's and smartphones. Business intelligence or solutions signifies the computer-based technology and techniques used in checking, locating and analyzing business data, right from the sales revenue generated by the respective departments or/and products as well as calculating the associated incomes and costs.

Mobile business solution aren’t new, but rather an age-old concept. However it has shown a rapid growth and momentum only in the last few years. This transformation has been partially possible due to the change from the “landline phone” era to the latest "mobile and wireless world", where everything's going the “mobile way” today. The introduction of the smartphones and 3G broadband connectivity especially has paved the way for a new era in mobile computing. In fact, it has also lead to a new era even in the field of Mobile Solutions.

It has been observed that a majority of the companies all across the world are rapidly committing and moved to Mobile business solution, in the battle to move with the times. Moreover, even the large amount of external market pressure right from bringing an improvement in the employee and company's productivity, meeting the needs for excellence in business processes, quicker and improvised decision making; to offering better customer service have all lead to its further demand and growth.

Overall, it cannot be denied that mobile business solutions are the need of the day and here to stay for a long time to come. As a matter of fact, going by its current demand and growth in the global market, it cant be denied that its importance and significance in business management is only assumed to multi-fold in the coming years.

Mobile Dashboard- All in One Glance.

"Mobile Dashboards....Is it something to replace my car dashboard?  :) "

A mobile dashboard is a simple view of selected data, associated with an business entity, through a suitable mobile application for business purpose. Business, administrative and managerial usage of mobile phones need innovative and efficient mobile software that can present business data into a form that is usable and understandable by business community and mangers. Achievement of this objective is done by mobile dashboard software available with mobile business intelligence package or in standalone application. Mobile dashboard can be also be used for social connect, personal usage, gaming, expense tracker etc. The mobile software products which function to integrate local or remotely available data and information into an integrated display are known as dashboards.

"Hmm...Got it...how do one use it in real time?"

A good mobile dashboard must be an single screen view of all information to be seen by the mobile user.  For example – Mr. Salesman is a dynamic person who goes to client, takes order, track delivery and collect payments. In this mobile business intelligence era he also uses mobile application to all his data and companies centralized database. He also gets his targets, progress and other assignments from mobile app only. So in his mobile app he will have a single screen view of information on his mobile about his progress, targets, tracking, new assignments and other information from management side. Similarly company employes many salesman, and each one has it's own dashboard that present individual data to them. Now similarly Mr. Sales Manager, who has responsibility of performance of his team of all salesmen, interested to view overall figures of his team. So he will have a dashboard that will show a summary of total figures, performance of individual team members, achievement, lagging and other information in a single screen.

"Okey..but how do I get it...which is best dashboard? Will it suit to my requirement?"

Different business enterprises require different dashboard structure as per their nature and mode of operations. Even different departments within an enterprise may require different dashboard. A mobile dashboard for a business purpose, need be designed in a structure that it represent core business operation detail pertaining to objective tasks, responsible person, and help management to take appropriate decision. A large number of open source applications are available by mobile software providers to address business, social or personal dashboards requirement. You can also get a customized software from your technology vendor. Advanced dashboards allows you to select data on specific parameters, drill down details, mark your comments,  visualize more graphic details etc on a single screen dashboard.

Rapid technology changes may obsolete your device and it's software after a period. A new device may work on a completely different platform. So a mobile dashboard system, which can work on cross-platform technologies, is highly required.