Apple and Google’s Android have the widest adoption among mobile BI (business intelligence) applications, as the platforms become more mature, according to a report from market research company Ovum.

Mobile BI is far from a new concept, but more bandwidth and better devices have helped propel the market.

All 12 vendors in Ovum’s report have applications for Apple’s iOS platform, followed closely by Android. Oracle is the only one that doesn’t officially support Android, but will according to its road map, said Ovum analyst Fredrik Tunvall.

Half the vendors have support for BlackBerry tablets and smartphones, while only four can accommodate Microsoft’s previous generation of tablets and smartphones. Ovum’s report doesn’t include applications for Windows 8, RTj, and Phone 8. Information Builders, JackBe and Yellowfin have clients for all operating systems.

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