eXpresso

The market for spreadsheet management solutions is broadly split into four areas: monitoring tools, which audit what anybody does to any spreadsheet at any time; control and compliance tools that extend monitoring to include security and management of who is allowed to do what; auditor’s tools that allow you to compare spreadsheets, detect errors in formulae, find out where data came from and so on; and automation tools that provide controlled development environments for creating new spreadsheet applications (but only new applications—no facilities are provided for existing spreadsheets).

eXpresso falls into the monitoring, control and compliance categories though it also has the ability to compare spreadsheets. However, where it differs from other products in the spreadsheet management market is that it provides on-line, real-time collaborative capabilities for the use and management of spreadsheets. In addition, it is the first product in this sector (as far as we know) to be offered as a service.

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