Roambi (discontinued)

Regional based sales performance by Cardex view reports.for on the go mobile analytics for CXO reporting especially for attractive dashboards conversion from website reports, the option is available and it is not time-consuming.

Roambi platform is a good choice if you need to have access to your data without constant internet access. The application can be used in an off-line mode. You need a connection just to retrieve new data. From the other side we noticed the view refresh and downloading performance is quite slow for big amount of data (more than 5MB).

Roambi is perfect for organizations that use iOS devices for their mobile workforce and are looking for ways to get the information stored in their BI environment to their power users out in the field. The reports are easy to use with minimal training, so the consumers of all that business intelligence data can digest what they need in a matter of seconds.

It is best suited, if the company uses iPads and the data is ready for reporting.

Roambi is easy to set up and understand for BI developers. Depending on what BI infrastructure exists, one can reuse knowledge. We find it very comfortable to use Microsoft Reporting Services to provide the basic data for Roambi reports. Since a lot of our customers are using Reporting Services, we can utilize the existing data management platform and deliver reports with very little effort.

This is not a desktop replacement BI tool so if you need detailed desktop analysis capabilities this is not the tool, this is a presentation tool.

It is very well suited for mid- to large size companies, but not recommended for small companies without an existing BI system.

It's less approriate as a full reporting solution, where as for simple reports, it can be very effective

2. Desktop users, Roambi should be able to export in an interactive file format so that functionality is not lost to those users

Getting Roambi up to speed in your company certainly is a quick win. After just a few days, several of our reports were mobilized, interactive and automatically updated. Building Roambi reports is not hard to do; the intuitive interface allows virtually any type of user to create his or her own reports.

I would recommend Roambi for its ease-of-use and quick deployment. It is very visually rich and eye-catching, and I believe it is best suited for presenting business & finance dashboard to C-level management and sales representatives in the field. Because it can be accessed on the iPhone or iPad, it is very mobile and the Apple touch interfaces are nearly flawless. If an organization needs to really dig deep into their data, I would look elsewhere, as Roambi has certain limitations.