Webinar: Be Agile with Mobile BI

Webinar: Get Agile with Mobile BI

March 14, 2012, 11:00 AM CT

INDUSA Technical Corp.Innovative, Intelligent, Inspired Solutions!

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Agenda

• Introduction

• The Smartphone Market — An Overview

• Microsoft Business Intelligence

• INDUSA and Smart Mobility

• About Us

The Smartphone Market – An Overview


The Mobile App Imperative

Source: IDC: Mobilizing the Enterprise/ IDC “Worldwide Mobile Worker Population 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis/ Strategy Analytics/ The Wireless NationGartner: Delivering Mobile Applications: Trends, Technologies and Options

27% Mobile workers exist out of total workforce

40% Mobile workers spend time away from the desk

60% Midsize organizations support mobile devices

75% US businesses use at least one wireless data application

80% Organizations found mobile apps to meet expectations


Factors Driving Mobile BI

Real-time reporting and analytics

Reduced employee productivity

Need for efficient data delivery modes

Absence of streamlined reporting structure

Mobiles have reached better maturity level

Inaccessibility of real-time information

Constant connectivity to the Internet

Affordable mobile solutions


Mobile BI Usage Scenarios

Managers/ Executives

KPI

Dashboards

Financials

Compliance

Sales Force

CRM dashboards

Performance

Customer Issues

Service / Field Personnel

Customer Satisfaction

Activity / Load

Operations / WIP


Dashboard Types

Service Portfolio

Improvement Linkage

IT Non - IT• Strategic dashboards

• Operational Dashboards

• Tactical dashboards


Typical Mobile BI Benefits

Competitive advantage

Better accessibility of information

Increased productivity of the

workforce

Raising the level of profitability

through customer satisfaction

Widespread user adoption for

better ROI

Microsoft Business Intelligence


Dynamics Oracle SAPSiebel

Delivery

Reports Dashboards Excel Workbooks Scorecards Analytic

Views Plans

Business Intelligence Platform

Business Intelligence Tools & Performance Management

SSRS, SSIS & SSAS

PowerPivot

MS SharePoint

MS Excel

Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform

SmartphonesTabletsPC / Laptops


SharePoint 2010 for BI

Deploy existing BI on all mobile platforms

Utilize SSAS for predictive analytics and data mining features

Create rich dashboard and scorecard capabilities with PowerPivot

Make compelling BI assets with Excel


● Find expertise & valuable information;

● Connect with colleagues;

● Engage in team discussions and threaded conversations;

● Share & collaborate on documents;

… in SharePoint.

Better decisions through better collaboration


Recent Market Momentum

[The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2011 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.Source: Gartner, Market Share: All Software Markets, Worldwide, 2010, March 30, 2011

Leader in Gartner BI Platform Magic

Quadrant

Fastest Growing BI mega vendor: 2X BI Platform

market avg.


Microsoft BI — Strengths

Low-license-cost bundling strategy

User friendly BI Analysis Tools

IT-oriented BI authoring tools

Out-of-the-Box enhanced reporting, dashboards and data discovery

Firm control over content sharing

Better use of OLAP functionality for better analysis of data


Key SharePoint Widgets

Web Part Provides the ability to

Excel Web AccessAdd an Excel workbook, worksheet, or worksheet range.

KPI List Display a KPI List (optional).

Apply Filters (button) Display the Apply Filters button.

Related Information Have links related to other page items.

Summary Describe information about plans and status.

Contact Details List the name of the person to contact about the page.


Microsoft BI Game-plan

Microsoft plans to take the integration of the desktop/tablet and phone OS much

deeper than just the "Metro"-style tile user interface… - PocketNow’s leaked report

• Leverage ActiveSync

technology

• Tablets for workhorse

corporate apps

• Support for Android

and Apple clients

• PowerPivot as well as

OLAP support

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MS Mobile BI Vision Roadmap

Web based solutions run across all platforms

Touch-based data exploration and visualization

Immersive experience of the Microsoft BI platform on

Windows 8 slates

1HCY12 2HCY12 Windows 8 Wave

Vision: Deliver highly interactive and immersive BI experiences across different devices to all users wherever they are.


Information Technology• Gain insight to identify root causes behind IT operational issues

Finance• Gain visibility into overall performance as well as drill-downs

Operations• Help improve operational performance and inefficient processes

Sales• Enhanced revenue generation capability

Better Collaboration and Communication on the Go…

Benefits of Mobile BI with SharePoint

Implementation Considerations


Implementing Mobile BI

• Understand the Reporting and User Experience

needs of:

• The executives, sales and service teams

• Link Mobile BI to clearly defined business goals

and objectives with help from Microsoft

solutions

• Pilot: different mobile devices but from same

geography

• Adopt an open ‘anywhere, anytime’ approach

• Technology aspects:• Form-factor (phone vs. tablet)

• Data bandwidth

• HW and App Architectures

• Security


Design Considerations for Mobile BI

1. Creation of a highly intuitive UI

2. User-driven report building

3. Design for speedy response

4. Minimize network round-trips

Faster adoption

Lesser IT dependency

Reduced TCO

Optimum leverage of existing investment

Collaborate seamlessly with SharePoint and SQL Server

Accessibility on the go

Case Studies


Case Study: Data Warehouse Construction

Organization:• Is a group of truck dealers and represents multiple OEM product lines

Business Challenge:• Lack of KPIs for Finance, Statics & Operational information• Difficulty in rotating and drilling down to successive levels of details• Unavailability of a utility to provide structured data by end-user access tools


Organization:• Is a leading firm providing strategic sales management consulting & benchmarking Services

Business Challenge:• Duplication of client’s company information & survey user data• Lengthy manual process for conducting analysis • Need for more sophisticated report generating techniques as against Microsoft Excel

Case Study: BI Package Implementation

About Us


• A US Corporation headquartered in Chicago, IL

• In business since 1989 – 23 years

• SEI CMM 4, ISO 9001:2008, ISO 27001:2005

• Four Gold Competencies: ISV, Digital Marketing, Web Development, and Data

• Three Silver Competencies: ERP, Content Management, Portals

• Offshore Development Center based in Ahmedabad, India

• Executed projects in more than 12 countries

Corporate Snapshot

Microsoft-awarded Customer

Satisfaction Rating

96%


Key Clients

Q&A

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