Oracle business intelligence software for the Apple iPhone has made progress slow but steady. Oracle, one of the two software vendors are offering iPhone applications, and said Friday that there have been 23,055 downloads of Oracle Business Indicators since the software for the iPhone are present last month.

Oracle Business Indicators (OBI) was developed for the iPhone 3G users who use Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE). OBIEE own community consisting of 5,000 organizations, with thousands of employees using Oracle BI application. However, around 23.055 download shows that iPhone users are also in support to the IT administrators of their company, as a key to access OBIEE application.

Oracle BI community in the U.S. is the largest supporter of the iPhone, with download OBI 18.698, 1.082 of the UK, 1.433 from Europe, 399 from Australia, and 1.443 from other countries. OBI application will facilitate multiple users OBI applications to send information to their iPhone, such as financial information, sales, and manufacturing manager.

These mobile applications can be used free of charge to Oracle BI customers, and data can be viewed in graphical or tabular format. Oracle plans to expand its territory to the level of manager to manager can create expense reports, sales and contact management by using their mobile phones. Oracle Consulting, Gartner revealed last week that the iPhone for use in corporate networks, the company requires several steps to prepare for business purposes. iPhoe can be used for voice, email, PIM (Personal Information Manager) and web browsing. However, the Oracle OBI suggested to spreading this to other hardware designs, such as the RIM (Research in Motion), Blackberry, or other devices running Windows Mobile from Microsoft.