14 DAY TRIAL // This week, one of the world leaders in business intelligence and performance management solutions, Cognos, showcases Cognos 8 Go! Mobile at Orlando's Wireless Enterprise Symposium. For those who don't know what Cognos 8 Go! Mobile is, we'll tell you: it's the industry's leading business intelligence solution, specially designed for mobile platforms. It enables BlackBerry users to make informed decisions and increase productivity.
Built for BlackBerry wireless platforms from RIM (Research In Motion), Cognos 8 Go! Mobile has an elaborated mobile-client which allows mobile workers to use BlackBerry smartphones in reading and soundly interacting with meaningful strategic and operational company performance information in order to make real time decisions, even offline. The already known competences of BlackBerry and the Cognos 8 BI platform (like common security and the single-report authoring environment that automatically delivers secure, timely and personalized information) are leveraged by Cognos 8 Go! Mobile.
Since February 2007, users have been working in production environments with Cognos 8 Go! Mobile, this fact leading to accelerated business processes.
Jeff McDowell, Global Alliances and Research In Motion vice president, said: "Many enterprises are looking for mobile applications that can provide employees with timely and valuable business intelligence for a range of areas including sales force automation, logistics and inventory management. We are pleased to be working with Cognos to provide a powerful mobile BI solution. Cognos 8 Go! Mobile can help enterprises realize a significant competitive advantage with its quick access to, and focus on, key performance information."
International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) predicted that in 2009 the mobile workforce will reach 850 million or more, which means about one quarter of the worldwide workforce. "Today's business offices are wherever business executives happen to be. More and more key decisions are being made using data delivered to mobile devices. Cognos 8 Go! Mobile puts key company metrics and information search capabilities at mobile workers' fingertips, providing business intelligence to empower speedy, informed decision-making", said Mark Smith, EVP Research and CEO at Ventana Research.
Cognos 8 Go! Mobile has various characteristics implemented, so that BlackBerry customers can take advantage of mobile experiences like ringtone, vibration, flashing LED on new reports, scheduled report delivery etc. These are attributes that optimize the way Cognos 8 BI receives and displays information, reports and analysis, at the same time maintaining BlackBerry's intuitive interactivity.
Recently, CRC Health Corporation announced that they have chosen Cognos 8 Go! Mobile to assist speed decision-making for clinician managers, clinicians and other important personnel staff from the organization.
CRC Health, based in California, is United State's biggest provider of alcohol and drug treatment services, treating more than 50,000 people yearly.
Cognos, based in Ottawa, Canada, is the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions and provides high quality enterprise planning and business intelligence software and services, helping companies understand, plan and manage their financial and operational performances. Cognos has more than 23,000 customers from 135 countries, and their services are available through more than 3,000 partners and resellers across the globe.