Mobile BI Platform Priorities

Hello!

Here's another insight form our upcoming Mobile Business Intelligence Market Study. This one surrounds user preference for Mobile BI Platforms.

Remember: We will be releasing the report exclusively to enterprise clientele on September 8th. All others can get a copy by signing up for our webinar, which is scheduled for October 25th.

Visit our Official Mobile BI Website at www.mobile-bi-study.com for webinar details and to register. Attendees to the webinar will receive their copy of the report immediately following the event.

Mobile BI Platform Preferences:
It was important to learn which mobile platforms were at the forefront of user priority (and investment). Although there were a few respondents that mentioned Palm and Nokia (Symbian), the great majority specified one of five major mobile platforms: Apple iPhone and iPad, Google Android, RIM Blackberry, and Windows Mobile. For each of these mobile platforms we asked respondents to place them in priority order: first through fifth.

As specified in the figure below, in overall sample, RIM Blackberry remains the top priority for Mobile BI, followed by the iPhone. However, when looking at the combination of 1st and 2nd priorities together, the iPhone stands out as the single strongest platform for Mobile BI. This is followed by the iPad, Windows Mobile and Google Android. It should also be noted that Windows Mobile was the top choice as the 5th priority platform and Android the top 3rd priority – giving it “dark horse” status.

Click on this link to view the current table-of-contents for the findings and analysis report.

Best,

Howard

Mobile BI Market Study to be Released September 8th

Hello Folks!

The long wait is almost over for the release of our landmark Mobile Business Intelligence Market Study! Just going through some final edits and awaiting approval for two customer "profiles" which will be including.

In addition to the customer profiles, I've also decided to include comments from 18 vendors (not attributed) surrounding perceived challenges in developing and delivering Mobile BI products. Very interesting reading!

The final analysis and findings report will be approximately 70 pages in length, with 38 charts, three detailed vendor tables and many great insights!

We will be releasing the report exclusively to enterprise clientele on September 8th. All others can get a copy by signing up for our webinar, which is scheduled for October 25th.

Visit our Official Mobile BI Website at www.mobile-bi-study.com for webinar details and to register. Attendees to the webinar will receive their copy of the report immediately following the event.

Click on this link to view the current table-of-contents for the findings and analysis report.

Best,

Howard

Another Insight from our Mobile BI Market Study: User-perceived Drawbacks

Hello Folks!

Here's another interesting insight from our impending Mobile BI Market Study. This one focuses on user-perceived drawbacks of Mobile BI:

Not surprisingly, there remain a number of perceived drawbacks of Mobile Business Intelligence. In Figure 13, we see that “security” is the number one issue. In particular, organizations are concerned about lost devices and the sensitive data that may be on them. This is followed by “form factor”, which refers to phones versus tablets. Below are a few comments from respondents which further articulate some of these points:




A large telecommunications company:

“The obvious risks are allowing the data to escape from a mobile device that is properly locked down. This already happens today as we email reports directly to these devices. This is an important thing to keep in consideration when we make data easier to access”

A large retailer:

“Given the limitations of bandwidth and screen size, it can be tough to boil down everything users need in a mobile-sized package. The risk is that they rely too much on the scaled-down analytics without really digging into an issue using a full-fledged BI suite.”

As promised, I'll continue to post some selected analyses from the study, which will be released in early September. Keep checking back for more great content!

We've now launched the official Mobile BI Market Study site at www.mobile-bi-study.com and will host a Mobile BI Market Study webinar on October 25th. Those that sign up for the webinar will get a complimentary, personal-use copy of the report.

Best,

Howard

An Insight from Our Mobile BI Market Study: User Perceived Benefits

Hello Folks!

Here's one of the interesting insights from our impending Mobile BI Market Study. This one focuses on user-perceived benefits of Mobile BI:

As a final set of questions, we asked user respondents to share with us their perceived benefits and drawbacks of Mobile Business Intelligence. In Figure 12 we see that the most popular benefit is “pervasive access”, followed by “fast access”, “flexibility”, “better decisions” and “better access”. Below are a few comments from respondents which underscore these statistics:

A large health care organization:

“Benefits are access to the information anywhere, but more importantly, enabling the right information to show up at the right time. In our environment, being able to access the data as discussions are taking place in conference rooms, etc. is absolutely key to successfully using that data.”

A small manufacturing company:

“Few people in management sit at their desk to make decisions. Decisions are made on the floor and good BI tools are crucial in the decision making process.”

A large consumer products company:

“Provides our leadership with the ability to see their key business drivers anytime, anywhere.”

As promised, I'll continue to post some selected analyses from the study, which will be released in early September. In the next posting, I'll include the analysis of user-perceived shortcomings of Mobile BI.

As a reminder, we're going to be launching the official Mobile BI Market Study site at www.mobile-bi-study.com and will host a Mobile BI Market Study webinar on October 25th. Those that sign up for the webinar will get a complimentary, personal-use copy of the report.

Also take a look at the study draft table of contents that I recently posted.

Best,

Howard

Mobile BI Market Study - Nearly Done!

Hello Folks.

Hope you're all having a great summer!

As you may know, I've spent my summer working feverishly away on the findings report for our Mobile Business Intelligence Market Study and I'm please to tell you that we're nearly done. I expect to release the full report right after Labor Day in the US (week of September 6th).

In it there are 60 pages of great insights with 40 charts, 3 detailed vendor-capability tables and lots of commentary - describing the Mobile BI phenomenon.

Below is the current draft table of contents, with more to come:

• Overview:
• Method:
• Survey Design and Criteria:
• Awareness, Recruitment & Data Gathering:
• Figure 1 – Respondent Sources
• Study Demographics:
• Figure 2 - Organization Size
• Figure 3 - Functions Represented
• Figure 4 - Industries Represented
• Figure 5 – Geographies Represented
• Organization of Findings:
• Analysis of Findings - Overall Sample:
• Figure 4 - Importance of Mobile Business Intelligence
• Figure 5 - Mobile BI Platform Importance
• Figure 6 - Mobile BI Platform Plans
• Figure 7 - Required Integration by Platform
• Figure 8 - Mobile Business Intelligence Features and Functions
• Figure 9 - Organizational Roles Targeted for Mobile Business Intelligence
• Figure 10 - User Access to Mobile Business Intelligence
• Figure 11 - Reliance upon Current BI Vendors
• Figure 12 - Benefits of Mobile Business Intelligence
• Figure 13 - Drawbacks of Mobile Business Intelligence
• Cross-Tab Analysis:
• The Impact of Geography upon Mobile Business Intelligence
• Figure 14 - Mobile Business Intelligence Importance by Geography
• The Impact of Geography upon Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Priorities
• Figure 15 - Mobile BI Platform Priority by Geography
• The Impact of Geography upon Mobile Business Intelligence Deployment Plans
• Figure 16 - Penetration of Mobile Business Intelligence by Geography
• The Impact of Geography upon Mobile Business Intelligence Features and Functions
• Figure 17 - Required Mobile BI Features by Geography
• The Impact of Geography upon Targeted Mobile Business Intelligence Users
• Figure 18 - Targeted Users of Mobile BI by Geography
• The Impact of Geography upon Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Integration
• Figure 19 - Platform Integration Requirements by Geography
• The Impact of Role upon Mobile Business Intelligence
• Figure 20 - Importance of Mobile Business Intelligence by Role (IT vs. Non-IT)
• The Impact of Role upon Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Plans
• Figure 21 - Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Plans - IT versus Non-IT
• The Impact of Role upon Mobile Business Intelligence Features and Functions
• Figure 22 - Mobile Business Intelligence Features: IT versus Non-IT Users
• The Impact of Role upon Mobile Business Intelligence User Adoption
• Figure 23 - Mobile Business Intelligence Adoption - IT vs. Non-IT
• The Impact of Role upon Mobile Business Intelligence Vendor Reliance
• Figure 24 - Reliance upon Current Business Intelligence Vendors by Role
• The Impact of Size of Organization upon Mobile Business Intelligence
• Figure 25 - Importance of Mobile Business Intelligence by Organization Size
• The Impact of Size of Organization upon Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Priority
• Figure 26 - Mobile Platform Priority by Organization Size
• The Impact of Size of Organization upon Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Plans
• Figure 27 - Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Plans by Organization Size
• The Impact of Size of Organization upon Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Integration
• Figure 28 - Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Integration by Organization Size
• The Impact of Size of Organization upon Mobile Business Intelligence Features and Functions
• Figure 29 - Mobile Business Intelligence Features by Organization Size
• The Impact of Size of Organization upon Targeted Mobile Business Intelligence Users
• Figure 30 - Mobile Business Intelligence User Priorities by Organization Size
• The Impact of Size of Organization upon Mobile Business Intelligence Penetration
• Figure 31 - Mobile Business Intelligence Penetration by Organization Size
• The Impact of Size of Organization and Reliance on Existing Business Intelligence Vendors
• Figure 32 - Reliance upon Existing Business Intelligence Vendors by Organization Size
• Vendor Analysis Section
• Importance of Mobile Business Intelligence – Vendors
• Figure 33 - Importance of Mobile Business Intelligence to Vendors
• Cross tab Analysis by Vendor Categories
• Importance of Mobile Business Intelligence by Vendor Category
• Figure 34 - Mobile Business Intelligence Importance by Vendor Category
• Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Priorities by Vendor Category
• Figure 35 - Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Priorities by Vendor Category
• Table 1 - Business Intelligence Vendors – Detailed Mobile Business Intelligence Priorities
• Mobile Business Intelligence Features/Functions by Vendor Category
• Figure 37 - Plans for Mobile BI Features by Vendor Category
• Table 2 - Business Intelligence Vendors – Detailed Mobile BI Features/Functions
• Mobile Business Intelligence Current Platform Integration by Vendor Category
• Figure 39 - Mobile Business Intelligence Platform Integration by Vendor Category
• Table 3 - Business Intelligence Vendor – Detailed Mobile Platform Support/Integration
• Appendix – DAS Mobile BI Market Survey Instrument

We're also going to be launching the official Mobile BI Market Study site at www.mobile-bi-study.com and will host a Mobile BI Market Study webinar on October 25th. Those that sign up for the webinar will get a complimentary, personal-use copy of the report.

Keep checking back for additional info and selected analyses from the report.

Best,

Howard