A Cloud Solution for the Spreadsheet Proliferation Problem
March 31, 2009 Alex Woodie
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One of the problems with running your business on Excel is that it introduces collaboration challenges. When spreadsheets are e-mailed around, data gets corrupted, the security of proprietary formulas gets compromised, and “cut and paste” becomes a business process. One vendor that has come up with a novel solution is eXpresso, which hosts an Excel-like product that multiple parties can access at the same time through a browser. Earlier this month, eXpresso became available through the industry portal Covisint, where it targets the auto industry. Despite the investment of billions of dollars into product lifecycle management (PLM) and |
