Where Should Mobile Intelligence Reside?

I continue to ponder the implications of Microsoft’s recent announcement of their next smartphone operating system version that is code named Mango, specifically, the issue of blurring the lines between search and mobile applications. They want searches to include intelligence that can access and integrate multiple applications on the same phone at the same time for relevant information.

Microsoft used the example of a search for a movie. The Mango operating system would automatically “predict” your interest in related information including movie times, reviews, locations and how to purchase tickets. These different views and data sources would all be brought to you in a simple view.

The concept is exceptional! My question is where should the intelligence for mobile applications really be located? It seems from Microsoft’s announcement that these “predictive” and intelligent features would be developed and supported in the mobile OS (Microsoft Phone). I would guess that SAP might have a different opinion. Perhaps SAP would advocate that mobile applications should be integrated with Business Objects in the back office. I, however, am leaning toward the concept of a new category of solution which would be a cloud based intelligence platform that could integrate with all the various back office systems, ERPs and third party web services and location based services.

It seems that there should be a powerful cloud based intelligence platform that can aggregate all of the required analytics, geo-spatially aware data and real-time intelligence into one feed for a mobile application. The intelligence should be able to be quickly customized for each user.

What do you think? Where do you think the intelligence for a mobile application should be located?

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
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Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

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