5 Success Factors for Mobile ‘Business Discovery’

March 3, 2011

5 Success Factors for Mobile "Business Discovery"

The drive for enterprise mobility is pushing companies and software vendors to find a new way of thinking to meet end-user information needs.

By Jeff Boehm, QlikView

Mobility represents a giant step forward in business intelligence. The potential for enterprise users to access business-critical information wherever, whenever and on which-ever device they want, creates a tremendous opportunity for improved corporate productivity – and for software vendors to achieve a competitive advantage.

Business Discovery is the next generation of business intelligence. It bridges the gap between traditional BI solutions and standalone office productivity applications, enabling users to forge new paths and make new discoveries. Business Discovery works with what you have and infuses new capability into BI: insight for everyone, zero-wait analysis, mobility, an app–like model, remixability and reassembly, and a social and collaborative experience.

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Why the "P Principle" Applies to Modern IT

Jake Sorofman of rPath reviews the connection between manufacturing and the industrial transformation in IT in this post to the SandHill.com Blog, “New Era, New Thinking."

The Need for Outcome-Based IT Marketing

Tom Pisello of Alinean recaps the results of a Gartner study which shows CIOs need for value-based sales pitches in this post to the SandHill.com Blog on software marketing best practices.

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A Return to Deal Making in 2010

M&A volumes rose last year for the first time since the crisis. Capital markets think deals created more value too. Read the latest statistics in this article from The McKinsey Quarterly.

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“This incident is a reminder that whatever service or software you're using, people still need to have a backup and archive strategy.”

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