Developing a Mobile Business Intelligence Application

The smartphone market and its relative technology is expanding rapidly. Due to smartphone´s rich user interface and growing numbers, smartphones are becoming ubiquitous workplace devices for many prime priority applications such Business Intelligence (BI). This paper reviews the literature on recent developments in Mobile BI, conducts a comparison of development platforms, mobile frameworks and data storage strategies. Future market trends are also discussed. The paper describes the process for designing a mobile BI application prototype and evaluates the mechanism behind the ´App´ BI operation and its functionalities. Finally, the paper provides guidelines for developing Mobile BI applications.