Yellowfin a hot vendor in Ventana Research’s 2014 Mobile BI Value Index

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Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has been named a “hot vendor” in Ventana Research’s 2014 Value Index for Mobile BI.

The report awarded Yellowfin an overall rating of 90.5%, also lauding the vendor for its innovative integration of collaborative features and functions within its Mobile BI offering.

The 2014 Mobile BI Value Index – a fully independent research-based index evaluating technology vendors and products on their ability to deliver reporting and analytics via mobile devices – assessed the Mobile BI maturity and capabilities of 16 BI solutions, available as of November 15 2013. Additional vendors were evaluated, but not included in the final Value Index, as their offerings did not satisfy a sufficient number of criteria to warrant inclusion.

“Yellowfin offers a functionally rich and highly intuitive platform for mobile reporting and analytics,” said VP and Research Director at Ventana Research, Tony Cosentino. “Combined with its innovative collaborative features and ability to push BI to any device or platform, Yellowfin delivers a Mobile BI solution that meets the needs of modern BI consumers, business analysts and IT.”

The study evaluated vendors and their products across seven categories. Five were product-oriented and assessed usability, manageability, reliability, capability and adaptability. The remaining two categories focused on customer assurance issues – “vendor validation” and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) / Return on Investment (ROI).

Products were ranked – via a graphic representation of a thermometer in a precise numerical index – on their ability to deliver value to prospective Mobile BI clients. Products were placed on a scale from “minimally valuable” – represented by the color blue (“Frigid”), to “very valuable” – denoted by the color red (“Hot”).

“Recognition as a ‘Hot’ vendor in Ventana Research’s 2014 Value Index for Mobile BI confirms Yellowfin as a world-class Mobile BI provider,” said Yellowfin CEO, Glen Rabie. “Not only does it indicate that we’re delivering outstanding value to our clients, it also validates our innovative consumer-oriented approach to mobile reporting and analytics.”

Rabie also noted that recent updates to Yellowfin’s Mobile BI capabilities during the launch of Yellowfin 7 in November 2013 – including the ability to create BI content and conduct ad-hoc analysis from any mobile device – would cement Yellowfin’s position as a leader in Mobile BI.

Yellowfin offers customers the ability to receive mobile analytics out-of-the-box, on any device or platform at no additional cost, via native applications for the iPhone, iPad, hybrid HTML 5 application for Android devices or Web-browser.

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An executive summary of Ventana Research’s 2014 Value Index for Mobile BI can be downloaded HERE >

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Yellowfin: An industry leading Mobile BI solution

This latest ranking reaffirms Yellowfin as a first-choice provider of Mobile Business Intelligence (BI). Yellowfin has been recognized by many independent analyst and media bodies for its Mobile BI proficiency. Acknowledgement includes:

About Yellowfin

Yellowfin is a global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor passionate about making BI easy. Yellowfin is headquartered and developed in Melbourne, Australia, offering a highly intuitive 100 percent Web-based reporting and analytics solution.

Founded in 2003 in response to the complexity and costs associated with implementing and using traditional BI tools, Yellowfin is a leader in mobile, collaborative and embeddable BI as well as Location Intelligence and data visualization. For more information, visit www.yellowfinbi.com

About Ventana Research

Ventana Research is the most authoritative and respected benchmark business technology research and advisory services firm. We provide insight and expert guidance on mainstream and disruptive technologies through a unique set of research-based offerings including benchmark research and technology evaluation assessments, education workshops and our research and advisory services, Ventana On-Demand. Our unparalleled understanding of the role of technology in optimizing business processes and performance and our best practices guidance are rooted in our rigorous research-based benchmarking of people, processes, information and technology across business and IT functions in every industry. This benchmark research plus our market coverage and in-depth knowledge of hundreds of technology providers means we can deliver education and expertise to our clients to increase the value they derive from technology investments while reducing time, cost and risk.

Ventana Research provides the most comprehensive analyst and research coverage in the industry; business and IT professionals worldwide are members of our community and benefit from Ventana Research’s insights, as do highly regarded media and association partners around the globe. Our views and analyses are distributed daily through blogs and social media channels including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+.

To learn how Ventana Research advances the maturity of organizations’ use of information and technology through benchmark research, education and advisory services, visit www.ventanaresearch.com.

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