1. CROSS PLATFORM MOBILITY
WebFOCUS Mobile
Many organizations are surprised to discover that implementing a mobile BI strategy is easier than expected. Corporations can jumpstart their initiative with WebFOCUS Mobile Favorites from Information Builders. By leveraging existing report design and distribution technologies, this solution enables rapid, efficient, and cost-effective mobile business intelligence.
Mobile Favorites has an innovative, agnostic browser-based architecture that enables organizations to share reports across devices. Consistent with Information Builders’ overall strategy to deliver thin-client applications and development tools – it is the most scalable and extensible solution on the market. With this thin-client approach in place, organizations can deliver applications and content to mobile devices without having to change their underlying infrastructure.
In today’s presentation, we illustrate that from any Web-enabled device, users can access any reports in their Mobile Favorites folder and easily navigate to BI content.
CROSS PLATFORM MOBILITY

2. WEBFOCUS MOBILE IN-ACTION

3. Understanding Mobile Deployment
Compatible Web Pages  works for mobile devices
Optimized Web Pages  designed for mobile devices
Web Apps  conforms to mobile devices
Native Apps  installed on devices
Hybrid Approach  combination of Native and Web

4. PARADIGMS OF MOBILE DEPLOYMENT
Native OS Apps: developed using OS SDK, installed to run natively on the device. Leverages OS functionality.
Web Apps: Web pages conforming to OS UI and behavior.
Optimized Web Pages: Content scales appropriately to device size.
Compatible Web Pages: Display content as is without optimizing for form factor.
Hybrid Approach: Combines native UI with web content via content viewing area.

5. WEBFOCUS MOBILE STRATEGY
Device
Independent
Develop
Once
Run
Anywhere
Interactive
Intuitive
Secure
Components
Mobile Faves
Mobile Favorites
Active Technologies

6. WebFOCUS Architecture
WebFOCUS Client Tier
WebFOCUS Portal
Dashboard Views
HTTP Communications Web Server
Application Server
WebFOCUS Console
Administration & Security
WebFOCUS
Workload Manager
Open
Portal API
Browser
Monitor DB Repository
WebFOCUS Reporting Server
Resource
Analyzer
Native Adapters
Governor
Runtime
Simulator
Metadata Repository
WebFOCUS
Reporting Engine
Data Warehouse
MDDBMS
Search Index
Messages
Documents
Web Services
Oracle
VSAM
Operational Data
ERP
Amdocs
Legacy
Enterprise-wide Data Sources