Your organisation is one of the millions that use Microsoft Excel for delivery and analysis of data everyday. However, sometimes getting your existing data into spreadsheets for in-depth analysis can be a time-consuming and labour-intensive process. The ability to automatically populate spreadsheets and update central databases from within Microsoft Excel ensures that users have the easiest access to the most up-to-date information.
ICL, through Information Builders` WebFOCUS business intelligence offering, has released an Excel interface that will enable users to share and distribute data throughout the enterprise and instantly send data back to central databases via Excel spreadsheets. By bridging central databases to Microsoft Excel, users can easily:
* Simplify distribution of budgeting, production, and operational spreadsheets throughout the extended enterprise.
* Use the automated write-back capability to update operational data - in any database, on any platform - directly from the Excel spreadsheet by simply clicking "save".
* Utilise rich formatting options, including calculations, numeric and date formatting, and styling control from templates.
* Work from within their current WebFOCUS reporting environment with the ability to plug into any Web server environment - 100% Web standards-based.
* View and update data from a browser - easily.
* Leverage user-customised macros - from simple to sophisticated - with Excel spreadsheets.
* Operate from within a secure environment, where they can see and update only the data to which they have access.
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ICL South Africa, a subsidiary of Fujitsu Services Plc (Formerly ICL Plc), is one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa. It has an annual turnover of lb2.4 billion (EUR3.9 billion), employs 15 500 people and operates in over 30 countries. It designs, builds and operates IT systems and services for customers in the financial services, telecoms, retail, utilities and government markets. Its core strength is the delivery of IT infrastructure management and outsourcing across desktop, networking and data centre environments, together with a full range of related services, from infrastructure consulting through integration and deployment.
Headquartered in London, Fujitsu Services is the European-centred IT services arm of the Fujitsu Group. The Fujitsu Group is a $38 billion (about EUR43 billion) leader in customer-focused IT systems and services for the global marketplace.
Prior to April 2002 Fujitsu Services operated as ICL.
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