Business Objects has released a free, lightweight version of its spreadsheet visualization software Crystal Xcelsius. Called CX NOW, it’s a Windows desktop application that connects with Excel, ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link There's a deserved enthusiasm for Microsoft Excel. It's a great program, especially if you know your way around it. But it's not the only ...

If you’ve just bought a new Mac, you’ll have Numbers (along with Pages and Keynote) ready for all your productivity needs. However, they aren’t the only options for digital number-crunching. As well ...

Learn how accounting spreadsheets work with real examples of journals plus when to switch to accounting software.

Excel is probably Microsoft’s most popular developer tool. With a built-in functional programming language that now supports lambdas and variables, Excel has become a tool that people build businesses ...

The beauty of building your own system is that you can notice what information you actually reference and what just clutters ...

For those who can internalize colorful charts and graphs more effectively than spreadsheets filled with numbers, Vizable is an appropriate solution. Seattle-based Tableau makes similar software for ...

Dave Story is building a mobile app that can instantly transform an Excel spreadsheet into something you can actually read. It's called Project Elastic, and he unveiled the thing this fall at a ...

I learned, belatedly, that last October 17 was Spreadsheet Day, marking the 35th anniversary of VisiCalc, the Apple II program that started it all. This moved me to republish a long piece I wrote 30 ...