Ibm cognos mobile now with android support

Friedel Jonker, IBM Software Client Leader
2011/06/03

IBM Cognos Mobile

Business Analytics software
© 2011 IBM Corporation


Agenda

The mobile market is shifting
How IBM Cognos Mobile can help
Summary
Questions

“Mobile BI has the potential to significantly expand the population of
BI users to include a much more mainstream audience.”
Gartner: 2011 BI Platforms Magic Quadrant

2 © 2011 IBM Corporation


Rise of Mobility – Why?
The need for information at your fingertips exists today and will continue to intensify
Mobility is what people need the most – access to information ‘anywhere’
Instantly on, portable, smaller and lighter and can hold vast amounts of information
Tool for Social Interaction
Ease of use and ‘wow’ factor

Mobile users expect high-fidelity access to the same info they have on
the desktop, presented in an easy-to-learn, mobile-friendly format


Analysts Validating the Trends

By 2013, 33% of business intelligence functionality will
be consumed via handheld devices.
Gartner Predicts (Nov 2010)

Nearly 90 percent of companies think mobile business
intelligence is important
Howard Dresner Mobile BI Study (Sept 2010)



Business drivers for Mobile BI
Business managers are looking to…

Equip front-line workforce with the timely
information needed to make informed BI at the point of impact
decisions, regardless of location

Fully interact with BI content on mobile devices Deeper insights

Provide full Enterprise support for market-leading
Broad platform support
mobile platforms

5


The changing mobile user and IT landscape

The shift for mobile users

They expect information at their fingertips, anywhere

They expect the same information from desktop to mobile

They expect their personal devices to work for business

The shift for IT

Deliver the same experience regardless of device

Support various personal devices

Create a mobile strategy for securing all information

Organizations need a mobile solution to support both the
business and IT shifts

6


Cognos 10: Intelligence Unleashed
Smarter Decisions. Better Results.
Freedom to Think
• Unified workspace
• All time horizons
• Progressive interaction

Connect with Others
• Decision networks
• Business context
• Accountability

and Simply Do
• Mobile and Disconnected
• Integrated
A revolutionary BI workspace
• Real-time delivered on a proven platform
with seamless upgrade



Who’s Using IBM Cognos Mobile?
● Executives
● Consume dashboard reports on
KPI's across the business, based
on various geographies
● Police Officers
● Call in progress status
● Crime statistics
● Retail Regional Managers
● Up to date sales information on
stores to visit

● Field Sales Rep
● Customer history (orders,
contacts, open issues, etc…)



IBM Cognos Mobile
Analytics is about information for better decisions while Mobility is about what
people need the most – access to information ‘anywhere’

Author once, consume anywhere

Full BI interactivity including Drill Up/Down/Through

Schedule reports for immediate access to key content

Secure, broad access to analytic content

Simplified user experience across devices

Support a wide range of devices including Blackberry,
Symbian, Windows Mobile, iPad, iPhone, Playbook and
Android for various tablets

Location Aware Intelligence



Author Once, Consume Anywhere

Benefits for Business

Users can expect the same information on
their mobile devices as on their desktop

Users are able to make better decisions fast
because they are receiving more targeted
information

Benefits for IT

Increases value of deploying a single BI
solution

Confidential corporate information is
secured on their mobile device

The SAME secure, timely and
personalized information delivered
to your mobile device


DEMO: Author Once, Consume Anywhere



Schedule and drill thru reports for immediate access to key content

Schedule reports
to multiple users
at specific times

Integrated scheduling – from Cognos server
Includes bursting reports – different data for different users
Sent to users at specified times
Drill up – drill down – drill through



IBM Cognos Mobile BI Security and Architecture

RIM BlackBerry®
Enterprise Server
(BlackBerry only)

Internet & wireless carriers
IBM Cognos
Platform (IP, WiFi, Edge, GSM
CPRS, 3G, etc.)
IBM Cognos
IBM Cognos
Mobile
BI Data compression –
Service
in transmission and
on device

Native
IBM Cognos Devices
Content Store

Report
Data Source



Enhanced Support for Mobile BI User Experience

Extending device support and enhancing mobile
user experience
• Support for iPhone and iPad
• Modern and compelling UI that leverages touch interface and
common gestures
• BlackBerry improvements
• Enhanced UI and support for BlackBerry Torch and Storm
• NEW: Support for

• Current device support line up



IBM Cognos Mobile 10.1

IBM Cognos Mobile support for iPhone
and iPad:
– Zero footprint web application for both iPhone
and iPad
– Full BI interactivity including Drill
Up/Down/Through using common Touch
gestures

Broad and intuitive Prompt support:
– Support for additional prompt types and
format pages

New and enhanced user interface for the
BlackBerry device:
– New and Improved user interface using modern
BlackBerry design paradigm

15


Location Aware Reporting using IBM Cognos Mobile

Retrieves GPS data from the mobile
device to determine current location
Completes location-specific report
prompts with current location to get
contextually relevant information.
Supports needs in areas such as
Government, Real Estate, Financial
Services, Retail
Law Enforcement Use Case:
– Police officer requests mug shots of
wanted violent criminals who live within
1,000 ft of current location
– Uses the mug shot on their mobile
device to canvas for possible
witnesses, suspects

16


IBM Cognos 10 Platform & Mobile: Flexible Access

Mobile
Search Dashboard Office
Web



Dorel: Leveraging BI Anywhere, Anytime

Dorel executives use Mobile BI dashboards to track sales data

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have a very large implementation of which up to date with no into the
have data that is in real time and will eventually scale up
limitations. They thousand or focus in on the data within that
neighborhood of ten can then more users...“
report that is important to them.” Mark McDaniel
Boeing Finance Reporting
Ian F.C. Farthing, CGA, CPA
V.P. - Corporate Services
Dorel Industries Inc.

Dorel Industries Inc. is a world class juvenile products and bicycle company.
Some familiar brands include:



Summary
Analytics on the go for more devices

IBM Cognos Mobile
Provide interactive BI reports on market-
leading handheld mobile devices.

Benefits
Deliver BI information to users in the context of
their day-to-day processes and applications
Provide actionable intelligence to users, no matter
their location or their connectivity
Put a new lens on your existing BI data with
different ways to look at BI information
Maintain consistent security



Questions?

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ADDITIONAL
DETAIL
SLIDES


Architecture: How it works

RIM BlackBerry®
Enterprise Server
(BlackBerry only)

Internet & wireless carriers
IBM Cognos
Platform (IP, WiFi, Edge, GSM
CPRS, 3G, etc.)
IBM Cognos
IBM Cognos
Mobile
BI Data compression –
Service
in transmission and
on device

Native
IBM Cognos Devices
Content Store

Report
Data Source



IBM Cognos Mobile Service

● Pushes report content to device

● Facilitates communication between mobile device to
server:

– Search
IBM Cognos
Platform
– Browse
IBM Cognos
– Run IBM Cognos
BI
Mobile
Service
– Schedule

IBM Cognos
Content Store

Report
Data Source



IBM Cognos Mobile Server

Integrated with IBM Cognos BI
Installs in existing environment on existing
hardware
– IBM Cognos Mobile Service
– OTA (over the air) install web pages
IBM Cognos
IBM Cognos Mobile tables are created in the Platform
IBM Cognos content store – or can be added to
a different Content Store IBM Cognos
IBM Cognos
Mobile
BI
Mobile Service can be load balanced like other Service
Cognos Services (there are no dependencies to
being co-located with other services)

IBM Cognos
Content Store

Report
Data Source



IBM Cognos Mobile Server

Interfaces with existing data store
It creates a local, compressed and encrypted
version of the content store
IBM Cognos
Leverages existing IBM Cognos BI reports built Platform
in:
– Report Studio IBM Cognos
IBM Cognos
Mobile
BI
– Query Studio Service
– Analysis Studio
Massages reports automatically:
– Transforms
– Compresses
IBM Cognos
Content Store

Report
Data Source



IBM Cognos Mobile Server Content Store

Pushes report content to device
Facilitates communication between mobile
device to server:
IBM Cognos
–Search Platform
–Browse
IBM Cognos
–Run IBM Cognos
Mobile
BI
–Schedule Service

IBM Cognos
Content Store

Report
Data Source



Communication Between Server and Client

BlackBerry:
–Communication is routed through the BlackBerry Enterprise
Server (BES)
Windows Mobile, Symbian, iPad/iPhone, Android and PlayBook
Web Apps:
–Communication is through a VPN client

RIM BlackBerry®
Enterprise Server
(BlackBerry only)

IBM Cognos
Platform

IBM Cognos
IBM Cognos
Mobile
BI
Service



Corporate Firewall

Non BlackBerry:
–Use VPN to get thru firewall for non BB

RIM BlackBerry®
Enterprise Server
(BlackBerry only)

IBM Cognos
Platform

IBM Cognos
IBM Cognos
Mobile
BI
Service



Rich Client Application

Rich Client (excludes web app) application is installed on every device (via
push or OTA)
Digitally signed
Saves content to local content store
Application is purpose built to enable interactivity with reports
UI leverages the native device capabilities
– Navigation and general usage is as intuitive for the end user as possible
– Performance on each device is optimized

Symbian
Devices

Windows
Mobile
Devices

BlackBerry®
Rich Native Devices
Client (no HTML)



Client Content Store

A local, compressed and encrypted user version of the content store for offline
report access
Synchronizes with the Mobile content store on the server
Proprietary, not accessible by non-Cognos mobile applications

Data compression –
in transmission and
on device

Symbian
Devices

Windows
Mobile
Devices

BlackBerry®
Rich Native Devices
Client (no HTML)



IBM Cognos BI Security

Password required to launch Rich
Client
Credentials can be cached on the
hand held device for seamless access
NTLM security is supported
Supports environments using
Kerberos, Netegrity/SiteMinder or
SAP



Security During Transmission

Blackberry
–All communications are secured by the BES
Windows Mobile, Symbian, iOS web app support
–VPN or SSL (TLS) Security

All transmissions are encrypted using
industry standard, accepted symmetric
encryption such as
• Triple-DES
•AES with BES
•VPN
•SSL Security Support


Security



Device Based Password Protection

Most organizations mandate password protection on
mobile devices
After a specified period of inactivity the user will be
prompted to enter their device password to access the
handheld device
E.g. a user has 10 opportunities to enter their password
correctly – if not, device is wiped.



Remotely Wiping a Device

BlackBerry
Windows Mobile
–MS Exchange Server 2003
–Microsoft SMS 2003 or later
Symbian
–Nokia Intellisync
–IBM WebSphere Everyplace Device Manager
Devices must be on, and connected to a network in order for data to
be erased remotely
Please see vendor guide for instructions on remotely
removing/wiping content from mobile devices



Lease Key Functionality

Cognos Mobile Functionality
Report data stored on the device can be configured to “expire”
by the Cognos Administrator
Report data is rendered inaccessible on the device until the
device can re-authenticate with the server



Installation: Push vs OTA

Push Installs OTA (over the air) Installs
More Control over deployment Relies on user to install
Silent for user – Fewer support More likely to generate support
requests requests
Just appears on the device Requires giving permissions for
user to install software on their
devices

Recommended for: Recommended for:
- larger deployments - small or test deployments
- less tech-savvy users - tech-savvy users



What’s New in IBM Cognos Mobile 10.1?

New BlackBerry UI, new Web interface for iPhone, iPad.


Ibm cognos mobile now with android support

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