Software FX, Citrix bring smartphone BI

Software FX, a company best know for building data visualisation components on the Microsoft platform, is partnering with Citrix Systems to deliver a business intelligence (BI) solution for smartphones, according to SDTimes.

The company introduced PowerGadgets Mobile at the Citrix Synergy conference in San Francisco on 12 May. PowerGadgets Mobile displays information on Android, Apple, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices by leveraging Citrix's virtualisation technology.

It works by integrating Software FX's presentation controls with Citrix XenApp on the server-side, and it uses Citrix's Receiver desktop virtualisation software to stream business intelligence dashboards to devices. A design tool is provided for authoring dashboards.

Toronto-based BI vendor Panorama Software has released the latest iteration of its flagship suite of Web-enabled BI software, reports ITWorld Canada

It now includes integration with Microsoft Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 as well as native connectivity to an in-memory engine.

The company's CEO, Eynav Azarya, said companies are increasingly expressing interest in document collaboration tools like Microsoft SharePoint as a central location for managing office apps. “It was critical for us to also bring the business intelligence data to sit in the same place where people look at unstructured data,” said Azarya.

Core Services, an Oracle Platinum Partner, has introduced a service which enables Oracle clients to acquire critical insight into how Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBI EE) will empower their decision-makers, states PRNewswire.

“Today's rapidly evolving business environment requires critically effective decisions to be made at every level of an organisation," says Ernesto Espinoza, Core Services' national Oracle business intelligence practice director.

"Using Core Services' OBI EE proof of concept, Oracle users will gain first-hand knowledge as to how Oracle's BI platform will leverage the investment already made in their existing data sources by unleashing the value within that data," he adds.