A Windows Phone 7 Oriented Secure Architecture for Business Intelligence Mobile Applications

This paper present and implement a Windows Phone 7 Oriented Secure Architecture for Business Intelligence Mobile Application. In the developing process is used a Windows Phone 7 application that interact with a WCF Web Service and a database. The types of Business Intelligence Mobile Applications are presented. The Windows mobile devices security and restrictions are presented. The namespaces and security algorithms used in .NET Compact Framework for assuring the application security are presented. The proposed architecture is showed underlying the flows between the application and the web service.Security, Secure Architecture, Mobile Applications, Business Intelligence, Web Service

Q&A Platforms Evaluated Using Butler University Q&A Intelligence Index

A new study using the Butler University Q&A Intelligence Index measures how various mobile Q&A platforms deliver quality, accurate answers in a timely manner to a broad variety of questions. Based on the results of our analysis, ChaCha led all Q&A platforms on mobile devices. Results of the study are based upon review of a large set of responses from each of the major Q&A platforms, coupled with a comparison of disparate Q&A platforms that serve answers in different ways. Our methodology included the creation of a new metric, termed the Butler University Q&A Intelligence Index, which measures the likelihood that a user can expect to receive a correct answer in a timely manner to any random question asked using natural language. We asked questions via mobile services and randomized the questions to cover both popular and long-tail knowledge requests

Business Intelligence Trends: A review of Mobile Business Intelligence

The early stages of Decision Support Systems evolved with the technological improvements and availability of massive amounts of data. The concept of Business Intelligence became apparent along with this evolution which incorporates a range of fields and supports decision making in business organizations. Mobile business intelligence is a popular trend in the domain of business intelligence at present. Business organizations employ mobile business intelligence as an extension to the existing business intelligence systems. This study intends to present a review of mobile business intelligence while addressing its benefits, challenges, and limitations. Moreover, this study provides details of several use cases of the applications of mobile business intelligence discovered in the literature

The Future of Mobile Industry

This paper discusses the future of mobile industry along with some of the background leading to the emergence of wireless technology. First, it gives an overview of today’s telecommunication network and the major differences between fixed wired networks and wireless networks. The discussion then focuses on the challenges facing the wireless industry and the way out through aggressive innovation by employing Wireless Intelligence Network (WIN) technology. The paper also discusses some important trends in wireless industry and the customers expectations which are also part of the challenges for the mobile industry. Finally particular reference is made to the developing nations especially Nigeria in the ongoing trends in mobile communication industry