Businesses trading BlackBerry for iPhone We’ve certainly seen a massive uptake of the iPhone by the enterprise. Executives just want it and are telling the IT people to just make it work. There are cases where all executives have iPhones and the rest of the staff have Blackberries. Slowly it filters down     Spatial Analysis – it is just what inbound marketing needs Since using Yellowfin for its Call Tracker solution, Jet’s customers have the ability to query the “where” as well as the “what” and the “when” from the call data collected, providing them with a distinct competitive advantage and a tangible way to track and measure the ROI of any marketing campaign and channel.     Yellowfin launches its Business Intelligence application for the iPhone Unlike the majority of BI applications for the iPhone, which simply use the browser as a delivery mechanism, Yellowfin for the iPhone is a native application, which makes full use of the iPhone’s functionality to deliver Yellowfin’s renowned industry leading, ease of use and analytic capabilities. “What’s different about the Yellowfin application compared to other BI apps is that we understand that the Business intelligence needs of a Mobile worker are different from that of an analyst sitting at their PC.” says Yellowfin CEO, Glen Rabie, “They are not using their phone with its tiny screen to do advanced analytics, rather they want instant access to data without the fuss. This is why we have completely redesigned the user interface and navigation to meet the needs of the Mobile worker.”     Yellowfin dives into Partnership with Techwave in the Philippines Leading Business intelligence (BI) firm, Yellowfin, today announced details of its exclusive distribution partnership with Techwave. The new alliance will see Techwave offer the Australian-developed BI solution to corporate and government clients as well as develop a larger reseller and partner community within the Philippines.     Too much ink and poor dashboard design In a recent article in Computerworld, Monash University lecturer, Peter O’Donnell said he thinks BI solutions are too sexy, contributing to low utilisation rates. "A lot of the tools are very sexy. You can do 3D pie charts and donut charts; in theoretical terms it is known as the data to ink ratio. If you have embellishments and 3D effects you are using a lot of ink for only a small amount of data," he said. This he said makes it difficult for your average user to understand the reports generated out of the BI tool.     Yellowfin CEO discusses BI and the role of Open Source The nature of the Business Intelligence industry is changing. Major acquisitions of the past few years have seen most of the traditional players rolled into the mega vendors, and now we are staring to see the emergence of alternative solutions. One of these is Open Source. In this Q&A we talk to Yellowfin CEO Glen Rabie about the business Intelligence industry and his take on the open source players.     Yellowfin 4.1 Delivers Interactive Business Intelligence & GIS mashup capability Yellowfin the leader in easy to use Business Intelligence today announced the immediate availability of Yellowfin 4.1 with enhanced GIS functionality. Unlike the majority of BI applications which integrated 3rd party Geographic Information System applications to provide spatial analysis, Yellowfin 4.1 delivers a fully integrated GIS capability tightly meshed with Yellowfin’s renowned industry leading ease of use and analytic capabilities. More than just static maps Yellowfin 4.1 provides users with a high degree of GIS functionality all within a standard reporting and dashboard environment.     How Business Intelligence and GIS are becoming more integrated. Most people may think of geographic information systems (GIS) simply as Google maps or the navigation system for their car, but GIS tools do a lot more than help people get from A to B. Businesses are adding a spatial dimension to data to help make critical decisions in this tough economy.     Yellowfin Releases 4.1 Yellowfin customers benefit from enhanced dashboards, iPhone BI and visualisation capabilities and over 80 new features.     Yellowfin scales to the heights of the cloud Business intelligence (BI) firm Yellowfin has launched a new version of its flagship Yellowfin product with enhanced capability for cloud deployments.     Coffee Chat with Yellowfin Business Intelligence, CEO Glen Rabie According to Rabie, just like its love of coffee, Melbourne is the centre of development for Business Intelligence applications.     Its time for rapid BI deployments Companies without BI capabilities need to act quickly, since without it they will be very exposed in the coming months and years     Yellowfin recognised among 25 rising companies that CIO’s must know about. MIS Magazine has recognised Yellowfin Business Intelligence as a rising star with inclusion in its strategic 100 list for 2008.     Location Intelligence and the role of BI Applications Now, with location intelligence, managers can get their own answers and revise their search and presentation criteria repeatedly, They can start with a map, drill through to other data sources and reports for more detail, select certain records from a table (for instance, sales revenue by product line within a state or territory) and create a new colour-coded map (this is known as bidirectional integration). They can also choose to receive email or SMS alerts if a value goes outside a predefined range.     10 Questions with Tom Hudock Interview with BI blogger Tom Hudock - Business intelligence for Business People.     Yellowfin Enhances BI Reporting for Telecos throughout Asia Pacific Business Intelligence software company, Yellowfin today announced its successful foray into the Asia Pacific telecommunications sector through its expanding partner network. Two organisations, InterAcct Solutions and Utilibill have selected the Yellowfin web-based Business Intelligence (BI) reporting application as the front end presentation layer for their customer business reporting solutions throughout Asia Pacific.     Companies get smart with their expanded base of knowledge Crunching the numbers on the business is increasingly being seen as a real asset, reports Carolyn Boyd. In what is being touted as a major attitude change, companies are beginning to use more of the data they spend so much money collecting, and use it more creatively.