With the advent of smart phones, mobile BI generated attention which enabled distribution of critical business metrices, KPIs and data to remote workers. retailers, sales, marketers and small business owners keep a beat on the pulse of their business responsibilities using BI applications on mobiles. 

 In days of Symbian devices, accessing data on mobiles was cumbersome. Nowadays, mobile BI applications are accomplished either by accessing the application on mobile browser or a innate application designed for a specific mobile OS. Mobile BI is rapidly transmuting spaces in the software industry. Independent researches divulge high expectation for the growth of mobile BI. Mobile BI is one part of the BI puzzle. Given that BI is about making gainful decisions analyzing the right data, mobile BI enables access to the data by all including the remote employees. Mobile access to BI data enables a ‘game-like’ experience thus allowing businesses to remain nimble and intelligent.

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Business Intelligence gives business owners an outline of their performance, which is essential to gain important insights and plan for future growth of the company. Often business owners are caught up in dealing with day today operational problems that they forget to look at bigger picture and plan to remain ahead of the crowd. Paul Robertson, in a blogpost in Phocas advices that business intelligence tools are a must to make informed and accurate decision. He puts forth 5 indications that will help you identify if your business need to upgrade its BI:

• Your idea of business intelligence is a spreadsheet.

• Your business intelligence process is largely manual.

• It takes few days to draw insight from your data.

• You can’t perform in-depth analysis of your data.

• You don’t know how well your business is performing. 

If any of them is affirmative for you then it’s time for better BI. For more insights click on the link http://www.phocassoftware.com/5-Signs-Your-Company-Needs-Better-Business-Intelligence