Business Intelligence
 

Overview

In today's fast-paced business environment, mobile executives and decision makers must make quick decisions. Being unable to access information in the field makes it difficult to remain responsive and limits your decision-making.

The BlackBerry® solution allows you to enhance your Business Intelligence (BI) program with access and prioritization of critical data from just about anywhere. BlackBerry push technology can improve and accelerate decision-making, with constantly updated data.

Business Intelligence Benefits

The BlackBerry solution provides many Business Intelligence benefits for your company:

  • Quickly access sales, product and organizational data in any database
  • Access Key Performance Indicators (KPI) while on the go
  • Remove the requirement to be near a desktop to view critical data
  • Support decision-making with automatic alerts and automatically refreshed data
  • Provide at-a-glance performance monitoring for accelerated action and decision making

Learn more about the benefits of Business Intelligence on BlackBerry Business Solutions

 

Products & Services

BlackBerry® Business Solutions are made up of customizable software and services because the best solution for your business should be one based on your business.

BlackBerry Smartphones

BlackBerry Business Solutions provide a choice of powerful smartphones and devices with BlackBerry® Connect™ software to best suit your needs.

BlackBerry Software

BlackBerry software manages the link between the BlackBerry® smartphone and your business.

The software It's right for you if... Overview
BlackBerry® Internet Service You're an individual or small business and you use an Internet Service Provider (ISP) for your email. BlackBerry Internet Service provides wireless access to communications and information with no server software, solution outsourcing or IT resources required.
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Whether you're a small business or a large enterprise, you use Microsoft® Exchange, IBM® Lotus® Domino® or Novell® GroupWise® to manage your email. BlackBerry Enterprise Server software allows organizations to extend the benefits of their email or messaging application and other enterprise tools to mobile professionals.
Hosted BlackBerry® Enterprise Server You're looking for all the benefits of the software but need it to be easy and affordable. Hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Server allows you to add wireless capabilities through an outsourced version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

BlackBerry Professional Services

The BlackBerry® Professional Services group can be engaged to provide guidance on the initial design and architecture of mobile solutions, assist with update management or manage new infrastructure or application development projects. Learn more about BlackBerry Professional Services

BlackBerry Partner Solutions

Connect to your existing Business Intelligence software with the help of a trusted third party who specializes in this application area. Take a look at the partner solutions available

 

Partner Solutions

Mobilize your business, with the help of over 300 BlackBerry® Alliance Members that build out-of-the-box and custom enterprise applications*. Here is a list of some of the members providing third party business intelligence solutions.

Business Objects Mobile by SAP

BusinessObjects Mobile allows you to remotely access your favorite Business Intelligence (BI) reports, metrics, and real-time data with a single click of your wireless device. The same BI content you work with everyday on your desktop is automatically optimized and rendered on your compact mobile devices eliminating the need for any additional training. With BusinessObjects Mobile you have business intelligence at your fingertips.

IBM Cognos 8 Go! Mobile by IBM

IBM Cognos 8 Go! Mobile allows executives and mobile workers to increase productivity and improve decision-making, when working remotely, by accessing operational and strategic information about customer orders, product performance, and more. IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence (BI) delivers the complete range of BI capabilities. Author, share, and use reports that draw on data across all enterprise sources for better business decisions.

Vaultus Mobile Dashboards by Vaultus

Vaultus Mobile Dashboards allows enterprises to mobilize existing Business Intelligence, performance management, and operational data and applications, delivering real time access from handheld devices. With Vaultus Mobile Dashboards, managers have the fastest and most secure access to enterprise data, helping them make faster, better business decisions, and react to business opportunities and issues faster and more effectively.

Webalo Mobile Dashboard by Webalo, Inc.

The Webalo Mobile Dashboard is a service that cost-effectively delivers enterprise data and applications to BlackBerry® smartphones in easy-to-read and navigate form. Without IT assistance, the technology automatically transforms enterprise resources to display them correctly on each BlackBerry model, eliminating the need for custom programming, file viewers, magnifiers, or panning and scanning. An administrator sets permissions

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*Your use of third party software, hardware, products, and/or services (collectively, the "Third-party Information") shall be governed by and subject to your agreement with the third party, including without limitation, your agreement to the terms of separate Third-party Information licenses, if any. Any Third-party Information that is provided with or without Research In Motion (RIM) products and/or services is provided "as is". RIM makes no representation, warranty or guarantee whatsoever in relation to the Third-party Information and RIM assumes no liability whatsoever in relation to the Third-party Information even if RIM has been advised of the possibility of such damages or can anticipate such damages. The inclusion of Third-party Information herein does not imply endorsement by RIM of the Third-party Information or the third party in any way. RIM does not control and is not responsible for any Third-party Information, including without limitation, the content, accuracy, intellectual property issues, compatibility, performance, trustworthiness, legality, decency, links, or any other aspect of the Third-party Information.

 

Customer Success

Organizations around the world have successfully implemented BlackBerry® Business Solutions. Take a look at some of their stories and find out what BlackBerry Business Solutions can do for you.

  • Broward County Emergency Management (PDF)
    Learn how BlackBerry® smartphones helped Broward County Emergency Management simplify their communication devices in the field, allowing for field reporting and responsiveness.
  • Cambridgeshire County Council (PDF)
    Learn how a BlackBerry® solution contributed to Cambridgeshire County Council's reduction in number of hospital admissions and improved the overall quality of care provided to its social services clients.
  • City of Nanaimo
    Lean how using a BlackBerry solution, inspectors were given the ability to enter data from the field into the organization's database. They also pioneered a unique remote printing solution for generating letter-sized forms from the inspector's vehicles.
  • Grayson Homes
    Find out how BlackBerry Business Solutions and ATSG's CQM solution combined to help Grayson Homes improve their quality control initiatives and win the 2005 National Housing Quality Gold Award.
  • Gruppo Finmeccanica (PDF)
    See how a BlackBerry solution allowed executives to travel between offices, as well as visiting subsidiaries, and still be present at crucial international negotiating tables.
  • Morgan Miller Blair (PDF)
    Learn how this trailblazing law firm leads with BlackBerry applications for legal.
    • The Stellar Group (PDF)
      Find out how BlackBerry smartphones increase overall productivity for this construction firm and replace the need for laptops for 90% of traveling users.
    • West Yorkshire Police (PDF)
      See how a BlackBerry solution helped improve police presence on the streets and increased officer productivity.
 

News & Events

Stay up-to-date with the latest information on press releases, articles and events we will be attending in the coming months.

Events

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How to Buy

 

Product Purchasing Options Next Steps
BlackBerry® Smartphones Smartphones can be purchased from a variety of network service providers and retail stores
  • Locate the smartphone you are interested in and select a service provider
  • Go directly to your service provider's web site to locate a dealer near you
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Software Server software can be purchased online or via phone directly from Research In Motion (RIM) or can be purchased from a variety of network service providers
  • Order online or call 1-800-327-9085 for assistance
  • Go directly to your service provider's web site to place your order
BlackBerry® Accessories BlackBerry smartphone charging solutions, holsters, battery doors and BlackBerry® Smart Card Readers are available for purchase online
BlackBerry® Professional Services The BlackBerry Professional Services group offers packaged or custom consulting engagements in the areas of Architecture Services, Application Services and Business Services
Partner Solutions (Applications) Partner solutions or third party applications are available for simple out-of-the box applications such as games or expense reporting online. Enterprise class applications are available directly from third parties that participate in the BlackBerry® Alliance Program