2012 Customer Survey Highlight Results

18 days ago

At Excel4apps, we work hard to give thousands of Oracle and SAP users worldwide the ability to produce understandable, relevant, reliable, and comparable reports and inquiries - all with minimal user effort.

To this end, we continually seek customer input to ensure we carrying out our mission as effectively as possible.
The annual Excel4apps Customer Survey, conducted in February 2012, was distributed electronically to 875 GL Wand users and we had over 100 companies respond.

To view the highlights in pdf format see: Excel4apps Customer Survey 2012

Excel4apps Automates Execution and Delivery of SAP Financial Reports with New Distribution Manager

18 days ago

SAP financial users are invited to experience firsthand the benefits of report automation with Excel-based tools and speak with Excel4apps customer Upsher-Smith Laboratories at SAPPHIRE NOW in Orlando.

Raleigh, NC – May 11, 2012 – For users of SAP Financials, reporting processes with less steps and more automation translate to extra time for business analysis and faster responses to internal requests. With no programming support, financial users can avoid dealing with a data warehouse and other interim steps using GL Wand, an SAP Certified Integration application from Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software.

Assisted by its customer Uspher-Smith Laboratories, an integrated pharmaceuticals company, Excel4apps will demonstrate the direct link between SAP and GL Wand during the SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG 2012 events, held May 14-16 in Orlando. The demonstration includes information on the new Reports Distribution Manager add on for GL Wand Version 3.45. This feature lets users define reports and their parameters for execution, and then automatically emails them to specified end users or saves them to designated locations.

"In addition to showcasing the new Distribution Manager, we are excited to demonstrate enhancements in the latest version of GL Wand, Version 3.45, which includes easier access to statistical values, improved hierarchy reporting, and an option to display cleared line items in general ledger drill downs," said Chris Meyer, Director Americas, Excel4apps. "We are also excited to share a real-life GL Wand user perspective with attendees from Dale Kukielka, senior business analyst with Upsher-Smith."

Attendees at SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG 2012 can view live demonstrations and receive free, 30-day trials of GL Wand and Sales Wand, a reporting solution for SAP "order to cash" data, at Booth 3022, Orange County Convention Center, May 14-16. For those not attending the events, a free trial of Excel4apps products for SAP are available online.

About Excel4apps
Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for Oracle and SAP. Designed for finance professionals, its award-winning GL Wand, Reports Wand, Budget Wand, and Sales Wand products easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel® to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps serves over 9,000 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in Australia, the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and South Africa. To schedule a demonstration and try a free trial, visit www.excel4apps.com/sap today.

Excel4apps Accelerates Access to SAP Financials with GL Wand

14 March 2012

At the SAP Financials 2012 event, Excel4apps highlights how users can generate faster reports and financial closes in GL Wand’s friendly Microsoft Excel-based environment.

SAP Financials 2012 Conference — LAS VEGAS –  March 13, 2012 - Faster access to accurate data is a necessity for SAP users looking to accelerate creation of financial reports, monthly closes and other critical reporting processes. To expedite report development, many productivity-minded financial users have turned to GL Wand from Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software that is an SAP Certified Integration application. At the SAP Financials 2012 event in Las Vegas, March 13-16, attendees can visit Excel4apps at Booth 470 to explore how GL Wand fosters efficient reporting and better data visibility using a direct link between SAP Financials and an Excel-based interface, without the need for a data warehouse, additional hardware or programming support.

“With GL Wand, users of SAP Financials access a software shortcut to the data they need and eliminate time-consuming steps, including manual exports of data and waiting on IT for query development,” said Chris Meyer, Director Americas, Excel4apps. “Because GL Wand links directly with real-time SAP data, users have the latest, most accurate financial information at their fingertips in seconds, creating a tremendous time savings when reconciling a number of accounts. Also, the easy Excel-based interface allows users to quickly tailor report fields they need without multiple clicks.”

Alan Schapiro, Vice President of Information Technology for Odyssey Reinsurance Company, a leading worldwide underwriter of reinsurance and specialty insurance, will join Excel4apps and Z Option, an Excel4apps partner, in a presentation at SAP Financials. Scheduled for March 15 from 10:15 - 11:30 am in Room 110, MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, the session will describe how OdysseyRe chose tools for financial reporting and data uploads, walking through its selection process, installation and ongoing product satisfaction related to the company’s use of GL Wand from Excel4apps and GLSU from Z Option. A recent article in insiderPROFILES magazine offers additional details on GL Wand and GLSU benefits.

Attendees at SAP Financials 2012 can view a live demonstration and receive a free, 30-day trial of GL Wand and Sales Wand, an Excel-based reporting solution for SAP “order to cash” data, at Booth 470, MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, March 13-16, 2012.

About Excel4apps
Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for Oracle and SAP. Designed for finance professionals, its award-winning GL Wand, Reports Wand, Budget Wand, and Sales Wand products easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel® to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps serves over 9,000 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in Australia, the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and South Africa. To schedule a demonstration and try a free trial, visit www.excel4apps.com/sap today.

GL Wand from Excel4apps Combines Business Intelligence Power with the Ease of Excel for Users of SAP Financials

28 February 2012

Join Excel4apps at the SAP BI 2012 event to find out how GL Wand provides simple ways for managing complex business data in a friendly Microsoft Excel-based environment

SAP BI 2012 Conference — LAS VEGAS — February 27, 2012 –  For SAP financial users in need of fast access to accurate business data, a practical alternative to traditional business intelligence (BI) tools is available from Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software that is an SAP Certified Integration application. GL Wand for SAP allows finance departments to quickly build reports and detailed dashboards within Excel using a direct link to live SAP data. Excel4apps will demonstrate how GL Wand facilitates detailed analysis of business data at the SAP BI 2012 event in Las Vegas, February 28-March 2, at Booth No. 815.

“By linking directly with SAP, GL Wand ensures that users are viewing and analyzing real-time SAP data from Excel, where it can be easily manipulated and refreshed while populating user-defined dashboards,” said Chris Meyer, Director Americas, Excel4apps. “Also, because GL Wand bypasses the need for multiple data exports and use of a data warehouse, finance departments build reports and dashboards in just days rather than months, allowing them to accomplish many BI objectives without programming help.”

An article in the January - March 2012 issue of insiderPROFILES magazine outlines the benefits of GL Wand, including how end users of SAP ERP Financials can easily manage data in the friendly Excel-based environment. It also describes how GL Wand supports ad hoc and statutory reporting, slice-and-dice analysis, and monthly reconciliations. Additionally, the article provides information on GLSU, a tool from Z Option, an Excel4apps partner, for calculating and posting financial transactions from Excel to SAP just as GL Wand facilitates easy data downloads. This article is available at the SAP BI 2012 event, as well as online at www.excel4apps.com.

Attendees of SAP BI 2012 can view a live demonstration and receive a free, 30-day trial of GL Wand and Sales Wand, an Excel-based reporting solution for SAP “order to cash” data, at Booth No. 815, MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV, February 28 - March 2, 2012.

About Excel4apps
Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for Oracle and SAP. Designed for finance professionals, its award-winning GL Wand, Reports Wand, Budget Wand, and Sales Wand products easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel® to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps serves over 9,000 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in Australia, the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and South Africa. To schedule a demonstration and try a free trial, visit www.excel4apps.com/sap today.

Excel4apps Launches Salesforce-Powered Website with Interactive Design and Free Trials of Reporting Tools for SAP and Oracle

15 December 2011

New site features videos and trials of easy, Excel-based reporting tools for SAP and Oracle users, along with expedited lead access for partners and customer e-Learning and online upgrades.

Raleigh, NC  (December 14, 2011) –  Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle, has unveiled a new, interactive web site that features easy access to reporting tips, news and information about its established products, including the flagship GL Wand reporting tool.  Designed as a resource for current customers, partners and those looking to simplify reporting and other functions from SAP and Oracle, the site offers fast and easy access to a wide range of tailored information, including product e-learning, partner leads as tracked by the Salesforce.com platform, user case studies, instructional videos, free product trials and much more.

“Our Excel-based products are recognized for the easy, intuitive experience they provide in accessing business data from SAP and Oracle, and this site was designed as a reflection of our ongoing emphasis on usability and efficiency for customers,” said Michele Buson, CEO of Excel4apps. “By placing valuable, action-oriented information at the visitor’s fingertips, this site echoes how our products empower finance and accounting users with real-time, direct links to Oracle and SAP business data.”

Created by Luminosity Group of San Francisco, CA, the web site was designed on the Salesforce.com platform to provide the following visitor groups with layers of information that assist with reporting, sales or product use:

1. SAP and Oracle users looking to independently create financial reports will find video demonstrations on Excel-based solutions, customer case studies from 20-plus industries, and free, immediate software trials that allow them to experience Excel4apps products in a demo environment or their own SAP or Oracle environment.

2. Customers can access company and product news, events, e-learning videos, user guides and a searchable knowledge base for solving specific issues. They can also download software upgrades and all product versions, and log product enhancement and support requests.

3. Excel4apps partners can access company and product news and log in for registered leads as tracked by Salesforce.com, while potential partners will find detailed information on Excel4apps partner programs and benefits.

Excel4apps is a member of the SAP PartnerEdge™ Program and a Gold-level member of Oracle® Partner Network. Please visit the new, interactive site at www.excel4apps.com.

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for Oracle and SAP. Designed for finance professionals, its award-winning GL Wand, Reports Wand, Budget Wand, and Sales Wand products easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel® to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps serves over 8,500 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in Australia, the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and South Africa. To schedule a demonstration and try a free trial, visit www.excel4apps.com today.

Excel4apps Names IQX Business Solutions and Quadrantix as 2011 Partners of the Year

9 December 2011

IQX Business Solutions takes top global reseller honors for sales of the GL Wand for SAP financial reporting tool; Quadrantix accomplishes the same thing with GL Wand for Oracle.

Raleigh, NC  (December 8, 2011) –  Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle, has named IQX Business Solutions and Quadrantix as the recipients of its 2011 Partner of the Year awards. Each company was selected to receive the award based on its outstanding competency and commitment in communicating the value of the Excel-based GL Wand financial reporting tool and other Excel4apps products to prospects and customers, as evidenced by exceptional sales performance. In 2011, IQX generated the highest global partner revenue for the SAP category, while Quadrantix achieved the same for the Oracle category.

"Partners like IQX and Quadrantix are critical to our objective of making GL Wand the defacto standard Excel-based reporting and inquiry tool for all Oracle and SAP users," said Michele Buson, CEO of Excel4apps. “Their successful sales efforts have translated into our own double digit growth in 2011.”

A reseller partner with Excel4apps since 2009, IQX combines the flexibility of Microsoft applications with the power of SAP to provide organizations with enhanced business insights, collaboration and productivity benefits. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, IQX is also a distributor for Excel4apps in the Australia-New Zealand region.

Quadrantix provides specialized consulting services for the Oracle E-Business Suite to help customers maximize benefits from their ERP system. A reseller partner with Excel4apps since 2009, Quadrantix is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Becoming an Excel4apps partner is an easy way for SAP and Oracle experts to earn extra revenue and differentiate their SAP or Oracle offering. To learn more about partner opportunities with Excel4apps, visit www.excel4apps.com/partners.

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for Oracle and SAP. Designed for finance professionals, its award-winning GL Wand, Reports Wand, Budget Wand, and Sales Wand products easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel® to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps serves over 8,500 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in Australia, the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and South Africa. To schedule a demonstration and try a free trial, visit www.excel4app.com

Excel4apps Names Wilhelm Hamman as Asia-Pacific Sales Director

23 November 2011

Popular GL Wand product fuels 40% jump in APAC sales, creating a strong regional presence for enterprise financial reporting authority Excel4apps

SYDNEY, Australia  (November  23, 2011) –  Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle, today announced the key personnel appointment of Wilhelm Hamman as Sales Director for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. This region has experienced a 40% jump in sales over 2010, adding to a compound annual revenue growth of 78% over the past five years. The growth is fueled by the popular GL Wand product, which allows finance professionals to pull real-time Oracle and SAP general ledger data simply and securely into Excel.

“With a solid client base in over 13 Asia-Pacific countries, we’re experiencing ongoing growth as more  Oracle and SAP business users recognize GL Wand as an easy way to independently create their own financial reports from enterprise system data,” said Michele Buson, President of Excel4apps. “We are excited to bring Wilhelm on board to further accelerate our regional presence through the development of partnerships and new customers.”

Wilhelm brings more than 15 years of experience in the technology industry, with a concentration on business development, project management and consulting in the software industry. He earned an ITIL foundation certificate in IT service management, completed IT programs at Wits Business School and Gordon Institute of Business in South Africa, and received sales training with the FranklinCovey Institute in Paris. Wilhelm holds a B.S. in Engineering and MBA from North-West University, South Africa.

As APAC Sales Director, Wilhelm drives sales and revenue growth through direct and indirect sales channels in the APAC region, where Excel4apps is headquartered. Existing users of the popular GL Wand product in this region include TAK Co., Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, DHL, and Bossini Enterprises.

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for Oracle and SAP. Designed for finance professionals, its award-winning GL Wand, Reports Wand, Budget Wand, and Sales Wand products easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel® to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps serves over 8,500 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in Australia, the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and South Africa. To schedule a demonstration or try a free trial, visit www.excel4apps.com.

Excel4apps White Paper Explores General Ledger Reporting Options for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1

8 November 2011

Available at OAUG Connection Point® – EPM/BI/R12.1 Upgrade conference in Atlanta, this educational document details GL reporting changes within Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1

Raleigh, NC – November 8, 2011 – A new white paper by Excel4apps, a Gold-level member of Oracle® Partner Network (OPN) and provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software, will be available to attendees of OAUG Connection Point® – EPM/BI/R12.1 Upgrade in Atlanta, November 15-16, 2011. The six-page educational document, titled “Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 Upgrade – Impact on GL Reporting,” examines the impact of the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 on General Ledger (GL) reporting.

“This white paper is intended to help financial users prepare for their upgrade to the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1,” said Michele Buson, CEO for Excel4apps. “In addition to reporting specifics related to the upgrade, the paper investigates reporting alternatives for the new environment.”

The white paper details reporting changes with the introduction of the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 while exploring various options to enhance reporting capabilities, including Oracle Validated Integration between Excel4apps GL Wand and the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1. The GL Wand software solution uses the familiar Microsoft Excel® interface to pull live data for real-time reporting and drill down, making it easy to create and modify GL reports from the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1. Installing quickly and requiring minimal training and IT support, GL Wand gives financial users the ability to effectively report from the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.

Attendees at OAUG Connection Point – EPM/BI/R12.1 Upgrade in Atlanta can attend a presentation of this white paper topic and live demonstration of the GL Wand solution during “What You Need to Know: The Impact of R12 on Your GL Reporting” on Tuesday, November 15, at 8:30am in the Walnut Meeting room, Level 3, North Tower, of the Omni CNN Center. Copies of the white paper will be available at the Excel4apps booth throughout OAUG Connection Point – EPM/BI/R12.1 Upgrade.

For those not attending the show, the white paper is available for download at www.excel4apps.com.

Excel4Apps is a Gold-level member in Oracle PartnerNetwork. For more information about OAUG Connection Point – EPM/BI/R12.1 Upgrade, visit www.connectionpoint.oaug.org.

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for Oracle and SAP. Designed for financial professionals, its award-winning GL Wand, Reports Wand, and Budget Wand, and Sales Wand products easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps serves over 8,500 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. To schedule a demonstration or try a free trial, visit www.excel4apps.com today.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle’s growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success.

Excel4apps Named 2011 E-Business Suite Partner of the Year; Repeats Gold ISV Partner Award from UK Oracle User Group

3 November 2011

Oracle users again recognise Excel4apps with Gold Independent Software Vendor Award, while acknowledging the company’s innovation with Silver E-Business Suite Award

Staffordshire, UK, (November 3, 2011) – Excel4apps, an Oracle Gold Partner and provider of best-in-class Excel-based reporting software for use with Oracle and SAP, has received two prestigious awards from the UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG). For the second straight year, Excel4apps and its flagship GL Wand financial reporting software were honoured with the Gold Award for Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner of the Year, which is given for quality software that runs with Oracle products, as well as superior customer service. In addition, Excel4apps received the Silver E-Business Suite Award, recognising its innovative solutions backed by skilled resources and excellent delivery. The UKOUG Partner of the Year Awards is an annual event in which a select number of Oracle partners are acknowledged in three levels - Gold, Silver, and Bronze – based solely on votes cast by end-user UKOUG members. The winners were announced on Thursday, the 20th of October, at the Institute of Directors, West End, London. Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards were presented in 19 categories.

“These awards are a tremendous recognition of what Excel4apps brings to its customers, in terms of robust, yet easy to use Oracle reporting solutions,” said Dean Jones, Managing Director, UK and Europe, for Excel4apps. “We are honoured by the confidence our customers place in us and remain committed to delivering high-quality, intuitive products so that organisations worldwide can easily and quickly obtain accurate financial information. But most of all, we appreciate the extraordinary support received from our customers during these awards, each and every year.”

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for Oracle and SAP. Designed for finance professionals, its award-winning GL Wand, Reports Wand, Budget Wand, and Sales Wand products easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel® to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps serves over 8,500 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in Australia, the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and South Africa. To schedule a demonstration or try a free trial, visit www.excel4apps.com today.

About UK Oracle User Group

UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) is an independent, not for profit membership organisation created to support Oracle stakeholders. Established over 25 years ago, UKOUG now has over 11,000 member contacts who act as a single independent voice to influence the future design, functionality and technology that is key to all Oracle users. For more information, visit www.ukoug.org

Excel4apps Announces 35% Jump in Sales of SAP and Oracle Financial Reporting Tools; Adds New Marketing Appointments

15 September 2011

Popular GL Wand product fuels revenue growth and expanded marketing opportunities for enterprise financial reporting authority Excel4apps.

RALEIGH, NC (September 14, 2011) – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based financial reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle, today announced a 35% jump in its annual customer acquisition rate, adding to a compound annual revenue growth of 78% over the past five years. Fueled by the popularity of its flagship GL Wand product, which allows finance professionals to pull Oracle and SAP general ledger data simply and securely into Excel® spreadsheets, this growth is announced along with two new personnel appointments. Susan Shaw joins the company as Global Marketing Manager, and Conrad Jooste assumes the role of Marketing Manager.

“Our exceptional growth rate reflects the ongoing need from Oracle and SAP business users for an easy and accurate way to report on financial data from enterprise systems – without programming help,” said Michele Buson, Co-Founder and CEO for Excel4apps. “We are delighted to welcome Susan and Conrad as part of our marketing team to further our efforts in demonstrating how potential users around the world can work more efficiently with their general ledger using GL Wand, Budget Wand and Reports Wand.”

Susan comes to Excel4apps with an extensive background in marketing and lead generation in the software industry, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) and computerized maintenance management software (CMMS). She is a Professional Certified Marketer, as certified by the American Marketing Association, holds a B.A. in Communications from La Salle University, and is currently pursuing an MBA at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., Susan will oversee the global marketing function for Excel4apps, including development and management of the marketing and communications strategy.

Conrad brings more than 14 years experience in the information technology industry, including Internet banking, web application design and development, project management, search engine optimization, and pay-per-click advertising. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in information systems and accounting from The University of Cape Town, as well as a post-graduate degree in management from the WITS Business School in South Africa. Based out of Farnham, Surrey, U.K., Conrad is responsible for corporate and regional digital marketing initiatives at Excel4apps.

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for Oracle and SAP. Designed for finance professionals, its award-winning GL Wand, Reports Wand, and Budget Wand products easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel® to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps serves over 7,000 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. To schedule a demonstration or try a free trial, visit www.excel4apps.com today.

Nucleus Research Finds GL Wand Fills Reporting Gaps Left by Enterprise Systems and Traditional BI Software

22 July 2011

RALEIGH, NC (July 21, 2011) – In order to provide value, financial data from enterprise systems like SAP and Oracle must be in the right hands at the right time, yet reporting information from these applications remains a challenge for many organizations in terms of time and resources. Even business intelligence (BI) tools fall short for companies that need to avoid the initial and ongoing costs of such applications.

In a recently published, independent research note, Nucleus Research found that gaps in reporting left by enterprise and BI systems can be filled by non-traditional BI tools like GL Wand from Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based financial reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle. GL Wand pulls general ledger data directly into an easy-to-manipulate Excel ® spreadsheet, without the need for a data warehouse or information technology (IT) programming support. Read the full press release by visiting

Excel4apps and Z Option Announce Partnership to Offer Business Users Full Circle Access to SAP Financials

23 March 2011

Business users gain direct links to SAP through familiar Excel interfaces for uploading and downloading data without programming help

RALEIGH, NC (March 23, 2011) – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle, has today announced its partnership with Z Option, a leading developer of complementary software solutions for SAP. With easy spreadsheet uploads from Z Option’s GLSU product and direct downloads of live SAP data for financial reports using GL Wand from Excel4apps, business users never leave the comfort of Excel to complete critical tasks.

“We are pleased to join forces with Z Option to provide business users real-time, full circle access to SAP, without lengthy waits for programming support that cut into valuable time needed for financial analysis,” said Chris Meyer, Director Americas for Excel4apps. “GLSU’s ability to quickly upload general ledger entries is a natural complement to GL Wand’s fast downloads of SAP data for ad hoc and standard reports. Because users directly interface with SAP via Excel, productivity, as well as accuracy, is maximized with these products.”

Both GL Wand and GLSU are easy to install and require no additional hardware. Likewise, the two products require little training, as most financial users and accountants have already mastered Excel. In addition to holding SAP Partner status, Excel4apps and Z Option share a similar corporate background, as well as a culture grounded in customer support.

“Excel4apps holds our own philosophy for establishing long-term relationships with customers, as well as our core belief in developing real solutions for real-world business challenges,” said Jim Halepaska, Co-Founder of Z Option. “Like us, Excel4apps was founded by accounting and finance experts, so our common mission is to support these types of users by sharing our skills and providing flexible software that improves productivity in working with SAP.”

For customers like iNova Pharmaceuticals, a provider of over-the-counter and prescription medicines to international markets, the combined power of GL Wand and GLSU results in an automated monthly accounting cycle. The company’s finance group easily capitalizes on the familiar Excel access each tool provides to SAP.

“As an accountant, I simply calculate an adjusting journal based on actual values with GL Wand, then upload the adjustment amounts as journals using GLSU – without rekeying values or performing other error-prone and inefficient activities,” said Peter Tysoe, Group Finance Manager for iNova Pharmaceuticals. “To complete the process, I simply click the refresh button to see the latest updated actuals. Any templates I may create can easily be used next month, or adapted for other areas to further speed up month-end cycles.”

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting software for use with solutions from Oracle and SAP. Its award-winning GL Wand product helps financial professionals save time by delivering accurate and secure information in the familiar Excel environment. The company serves a broad range of industries, including financial services, education, utilities, insurance, hospitality, manufacturing and engineering. All products are available for immediate download and free trial, installing in minutes with no data warehouse and no additional hardware, setup or security configuration needed. Excel4apps maintains offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. More information is available at www.excel4apps.com.

About Z Option

Z Option Inc., a leading supplier of complementary financial software solutions for SAP, provides desktop integration and other solutions to many Fortune 500 companies and smaller markets, across all industries. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Lewisville, Texas, Z Option is a privately held corporation and SAP software partner. Z Option’s products include GLSU (Financial Uploader), Budget Loader (Retrieve and Load Budgets) and LIVExpress (Invoice Verification). Each of these software packages enables organizations to streamline financial data entry into SAP by integrating common financial functions with Microsoft Excel. For more information, please visit the company website at www.zoption.com or call +1-972-315-8800.

Excel4apps UK office gets new address

21 January 2011

Excel4apps Limited, our entity based in the United Kingdom which serves both the UK and European markets, has with effect from 1 January 2011 moved into new offices of which the new address and fax number is shown below:

New Address

Centrix House Keys Business Village
Keys Park Road
Hednesford, Staffordshire WS12 2HA
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)800 756 6869
New Fax: +44 (0)800 756 6867

The previous address and fax number were as follows:

Dunston Business Village, Stafford Lane Penkridge,
Staffordshire ST18 9AB United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)800 756 6869
Fax: +44 (0)1785 711563

Excel4apps Teams with Santiago based BORJA Consulting to Serve Chilean Markets

23 November 2010

RESELLER FOR GL WAND WILL SERVE CHILE

Raleigh, NC -- Fast growing software developer Excel4apps, which creates time-saving software that allows Oracle users to interface seamlessly with Excel for report generation and distribution, has entered into a reseller agreement with BORJA for GL Wand in Chile. According to Chris Meyer, Managing Director for the Americas, Excel4apps continues to grow rapidly and finding a partner to help respond to inquiries from Chile has proven important as SAP and Oracle users in Chile find Excel4apps’ software both well priced and appropriate to their needs.

“BORJA has an established track record working with companies that use SAP, and specific experience implementing SAP supported business intelligence tools like Business Objects, SAP BPC and SAP SEM. We are tremendously encouraged that BORJA is adding GL Wand to their offering of products," says Meyer.

Carlos Cepeda, lead partner for BORJA, says his firm sees GL Wand as a great product for their current customer base, and other SAP and Oracle clients looking for a better way to access and analyze the rich information now available on their ERP General Ledger with the familiar Excel interface without having to invest in implementing a datamart. The price point for GL Wand is also one of its strongest sales points. Not only is it inexpensive to license and easy to install, but training takes as little as two hours.

To learn more about BORJA, visit www.borja.cl.  To learn more about Excel4apps, visit www.excel4apps.com.

Excel4apps Recognised as 2010 ISV Partner of the Year by UK Oracle User Group

15 October 2010

Oracle users acknowledge Excel4apps with prestigious Independent Software Vendor Gold Award as recognition for innovative GL Wand product and superior customer service

Sydney, Australia, (October 14, 2010) – Excel4apps, an Oracle Gold Partner and provider of best-in-class Excel-based reporting and budget loading software for use with Oracle and other applications, has announced that it received the Gold Award for Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner of the Year from the UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG). The awards were chosen by Oracle users to reward organisations that have given the best service and contribution to customer members over the past 12 months. As recipient of the ISV Gold Award, Excel4apps was recognised for excellence in creating quality software that runs with Oracle products, as well as providing superior customer service.

“We are extremely proud to receive the prestigious Gold Award in UKOUG’s widely contested and competitive ISV category, especially following our Silver Award for Innovative Partner just last year,” said Michele Buson, Global Director of Excel4apps. “The ISV Award is a vote of confidence from our customers for both the value of our GL Wand product and the ongoing quality of our support. Our team celebrates this level of customer acknowledgment and encouragement, which will help drive us to greater accomplishments next year."

For the ISV category, UKOUG encouraged those customers to vote who have purchased a product from an Oracle ISV Partner. In addition to voting on product quality, customers were asked to assess the value of services delivered and the vendor’s relationship/client management skills.

“Excel4apps is once again honoured to receive a prestigious UKOUG award from its loyal customers, and we sincerely thank them for trusting us to assist with their Oracle reporting needs,” said Dean Jones, Director UK, for Excel4apps. “It’s a great achievement to be recognised for this award and a testament to the consistently high standards our team provides. We look forward to continuing to provide innovative Excel-based financial reporting tools that are backed by world-class customer care.”

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps (www.excel4apps.com) is a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting and budget loading software for Oracle and SAP. Its award winning GL Wand, Budget Wand and Reports Wand products help financial professionals save time by delivering accurate and secure information in the familiar Excel environment. The company serves a broad range of industries, including financial services, education, utilities, insurance, hospitality, and manufacturing. Products are available for immediate download and free trial, with no data warehouse or additional hardware needed. Excel4apps maintains offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

About UK Oracle User Group

UK Oracle User Group (www.ukoug.org) is an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation created to support Oracle stakeholders. Established over 25 years ago, UKOUG now has over 11,000 member contacts who act as a single independent voice to influence the future design, functionality and technology that is key to all Oracle users.

Excel4apps Achieves Oracle Validated Integration of GL Wand with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1

17 September 2010

EXCEL4APPS TO DEMONSTRATE GL WAND AT ORACLE OPENWORLD IN SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco, CA – September 20, 2010 – Oracle partner Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based reporting and budget loading software for use with Oracle and other applications, today announced that its GL Wand 4.1 software has achieved Oracle Validated Integration with the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1. Oracle Validated Integration, through the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), applies a rigorous technical process to review integration of third-party software like GL Wand with Oracle Applications products. For GL Wand, this means Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 users can confidently and easily access and report financial information real-time through a familiar Excel front end.

“As part of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, Excel4apps is excited to announce Oracle Validated Integration for our flagship GL Wand product, as it assures our customers that the software has been found technically and functionally sound, and performs as documented with the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1,” said Michele Buson, director and co-founder of Excel4apps. “Our customers who use Oracle benefit greatly from the integration with GL Wand, which supports faster finance reporting and monthly closes, as well as data integrity with real-time information access.”

Excel4apps achieved Oracle Validated Integration through the Oracle PartnerNetwork. This program provides partners with access to Oracle Applications software, tools, technical resources and training to assist them in developing integrations based on Oracle standards and best practices. GL Wand is Excel-based and integrates directly with the Oracle E-Business Suite, so there is no need to learn a new interface. Installed within minutes and easy to use, GL Wand requires little support from information technology staff for maintenance and programming. Report creation and queries for Oracle data are easily accomplished by accountants and other financial users with minimal training, allowing more time for data analysis and faster ad-hoc reporting. In addition, the direct integration with Oracle inspires confidence in reports at all organizational levels.

“With GL Wand, our executives are much more comfortable with what they see on paper,” said Jason Burgos of the Business Applications group at FICO, an analytics software and services provider. “GL Wand pulls directly from the transactional system in real time, without offline processes that could introduce costly errors, enabling us to manage our business effectively.”

GL Wand 4.1 is available for free trial and download at http://www.excel4apps.com/oracle. Attendees at Oracle OpenWorld 2010, held September 19-23 in San Francisco, may learn more about Excel4apps by visiting booth 2515, Moscone Center South, where they can view live demonstrations of the GL Wand 4.1 reporting and inquiry tool. For more information about the conference, visit http://www.oracle.com/us/openworld. Excel4Apps is a Gold-level partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork.

About Oracle Validated Integration

Oracle Validated Integration through the Oracle PartnerNetwork gives customers confidence that integrations between Oracle Applications and complementary partner solutions have been validated and the products work together as designed. This can help reduce risk, improve system implementation cycles, and provide for smoother upgrades and simpler maintenance. Oracle Validated Integration applies a rigorous technical process to review the integrations of third-party software to Oracle Applications products, including productized repeatable integrations from system integrators. Oracle provides access to Oracle Applications software, tools, technical resources and training to assist partners in developing integrations based on Oracle standards and best practices. Partners who have successfully validated their integrations are authorized to use the “Oracle Validated Integration” logo. For more information, please visit Oracle.com at http://www.oracle.com/us/partnerships/solutions/index.html.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle's growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more visit http://www.oracle.com/partners.

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a provider of best-in-class Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for use with solutions from SAP and other vendors. Its award-winning GL Wand and Budget Wand products help financial professionals save time by delivering accurate and ecure information in the familiar Excel environment. The company serves a broad range of industries, including financial services, education, utilities, insurance, hospitality, manufacturing and ngineering. All products are available for immediate download and free trial, installing in minutes with no data warehouse and no additional hardware, setup or security configuration needed. Excel4apps maintains offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. More information is available at www.excel4apps.com.

Excel4apps Teams with Oracle Competence Center (OC-C) to Serve Benelux Markets

11 August 2010

Stafford, UK (August 11, 2010) -- Fast growing software developer Excel4apps, which creates time-saving software that allows Oracle users to interface seamlessly with Excel for report generation and distribution, has entered into a reseller agreement with OC-C for GL Wand in the Benelux area of Europe.

According to Dean Jones, Director for UK & Europe, Excel4apps continues to grow rapidly and finding a partner to help respond to inquiries from Benelux has proven important as Oracle users find Excel4apps’ software both well priced and appropriate to their needs.

“OC-C has an established track record and excellent reputation working with companies that use Oracle Financials who will immediately benefit from the low-cost Excel reporting capabilities of GL Wand.  We are very excited to be working with the leading Benelux Oracle E-Business Suite Partner in able to offer an efficient solution to solve customers’ reporting problems, especially with the addition of Reports Wand to our product offering," Jones says.

Berry Clemens, Marketing Director for OC-C, says his firm sees GL Wand as a great product for their current customer base, and is equally excited about the recently released Reports Wand, which he believes will drive better, real-time information management by providing an intuitive, powerful and comprehensive reporting solution across the Oracle E-Business Suite. The price point for GL Wand is also one of its strongest sales points.  Not only is it inexpensive to license and easy to install, but training takes as little as two hours.  

“OC-C has always focused on serving a customer base of Oracle users and through this partnership can now provide real-time excel reporting solutions for E-Business Suite users that are easier to use and thus directly benefit the user without any long deployments as the software can be installed in minutes," Clemens says.

OC-C are specialists in the implementation and management of Oracle E-Business Suite with the company’s main office is in Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

To learn more about OC-C, visit www.oc-c.nl. To learn more about Excel4apps, visit www.excel4apps.com.

Excel4apps Shortlisted for Award - Voting Now Open

6 August 2010

All of us here are very proud to announce that Excel4apps has been shortlisted for this years UKOUG ISV Partner of the Year award.

These awards, now in their third year, are designed to provide recognition to Oracle Partners for the contribution that they make to Oracle users - who are encouraged to vote for their preferred Partners.

Each voter will be entered into a prize draw and the winner will receive two free tickets to the UKOUG Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony dinner on 7th October 2010, worth approximately £500.

If you would like to cast a vote for Excel4apps, please click the link below:

http://www.oug.org/vote

Excel4apps is in the ISV category which is numbered 7

Not a UKOUG member? Just enter your email address and leave the password blank to be able to vote.

Please note voting closes on Tuesday 17th August and the results are to be announced at the UKOUG Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony dinner at the Jumeirah Carlton hotel, London on 7th October 2010.

Many thanks in advance for your support.....wish us luck!

Driving faster & improved financial analysis at Avista Corporation

23 July 2010

We are extremely pleased to announce that Jennifer McCauley, Financial Analyst at Avista Corporation ($1,5B Energy Corporation, NYSE: AVA) has been selected to present the above paper at the upcoming NWOUG conference in Portland, OR, United States on August 26, 2010.

Excel4apps and O2Works Announce Partnership to Offer Accelerated Reporting Solution for Oracle EBS

7 June 2010

RALEIGH, NC (June 7, 2010) – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting and budget loading software for Oracle and SAP, has today announced a partnership agreement with O2Works, a leading Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) services provider. As part of this agreement, O2Works will implement and support the Reports Wand tool from Excel4apps .With Reports Wand, Oracle users employ an Excel front end to access real-time Oracle data and tailor previously defined reports to their specific needs.

“Excel4apps is excited to work with the respected group of Oracle experts at O2Works as we partner to empower customers with the ...access the full press release.

Excel4apps’ GL Wand Financial Reporting Tool Achieves Certified Integration with SAP® Applications

17 May 2010

Excel4apps joins SAP PartnerEdge™ Program as an SAP software solution partner; will demonstrate GL Wand at SAPPHIRE® NOW and ASUG Annual Conference in Orlando.

Orlando, Fla. – May 17, 2010 – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based reporting and budget loading software for use with applications from SAP and other vendors, today announced that its GL Wand 1.10 software has achieved certified integration with SAP® applications. GL Wand has been proven to integrate with SAP solutions, allowing users to easily access and report real-time financial information through a familiar Excel front end...

Excel4apps Teams with AppCentric Solutions to Serve Tri-State Region

8 March 2010

Reseller for GL Wand will Serve New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

Raleigh, NC -- Fast growing software developer Excel4apps, which creates time-saving software that allows Oracle & SAP users to interface seamlessly with Excel for report generation and distribution, has entered into a reseller agreement with AppCentric for GL Wand in the Tri-State area of the USA. According to Chris Meyer, Managing Director for the Americas, Excel4apps continues to grow rapidly and finding a partner to help respond to demand has proven important as Oracle users in the Tri-State area find Excel4apps’ software both well priced and appropriate to their needs.

“AppCentric has an established track record working with companies that use Oracle Financials and we are very excited about the opportunities that our partnership presents in providing a well rounded offering to our client base – especially with the introduction of our latest product, Reports Wand,” Meyer says.

Rob Lepanto, lead partner for AppCentric and President of the New York City Oracle Applications User Group, says his firm sees GL Wand as a great product for their current customer base and is equally excited about the recently released Reports Wand, which he believes will drive better, real-time information management by providing an intuitive, powerful, and comprehensive reporting solution across the Oracle E-Business Suite.

"AppCentric, having a long-history in Oracle report development, is ideally suited to help Reports Wand customers leverage the full capability of this new reporting platform," says Lepanto.

AppCentric has been serving Oracle E-Business customers for over 10 years, providing both consulting services and remote application support and management. AppCentric is a leader in the Oracle Release 12 upgrade and implementation market and provides access to E-Business Suite Release 12 evaluation environments. The company’s main office is in Stamford, Connecticut. To learn more about AppCentric, visit www.appcentric.com. To learn more about Excel4apps, visit www.excel4apps.com.

Excel4apps Earns Certified Partner Status In Microsoft Partner Program

3 March 2010

Sydney, Australia — March 1, 2010 - Excel4apps, a provider of best in class Excel based solutions for Oracle and SAP users, today announced it has earned Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program, which recognizes Excel4apps’s expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Certified Partner, Excel4apps has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customer needs. Microsoft Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Excel4apps is a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting software to thousands of Oracle & SAP users. Its award winning GL Wand products help Oracle & SAP financial professionals save time by delivering accurate and secure information in the familiar Excel environment. The company serves a broad range of industries, including financial services, education, utilities, insurance, hospitality, manufacturing and engineering.

“Only companies that have demonstrated high levels of customer service, proved their experience and attained advanced certification receive the designation of Microsoft Certified Partner,” said Allison Watson, corporate vice president of Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp. “Today, Microsoft recognizes Excel4apps for its skills and expertise in providing customer satisfaction with Microsoft products and technology.”

As one of the requirements for earning Certified Partner status, Excel4apps has declared a Microsoft Competency. Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner’s capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Each competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry. The ISV/Software Solutions Competency recognizes the skill and focus partners bring to a particular solution set. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners that have obtained this competency have a successful record of developing and marketing packed software based on Microsoft technologies.

“We are extremely pleased to have earned Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This allows us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers,” said Michele Buson, Global Sales & Marketing Director. “The benefits provided through our Certified Partner status will allow us to continue to enhance the offerings that we provide for customers.”

The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in October 2003 and represents Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners’ businesses be successful. Excel4apps maintains offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa and services customers in all regions. All products are available for immediate download and free trial, installing in minutes with no data warehouse and no additional hardware, setup or security configuration needed. Please visit www.excel4apps.com to download a free trial of GL Wand.

GL Wand has passed the Microsoft Platform Test for ISV Solutions

23 February 2010

Excel4apps is pleased to announce that GL Wand has passed the Microsoft Platform Test for ISV Solutions. Testing was conducted independently by VeriTest, a testing service of Lionbridge Technologies. Excel4apps is a provider of best in class Excel-based solutions for Oracle and SAP. Our award products are available for immediate download and trial.

Excel4apps Streamlines Reports from SAP Financials with New Version of Established GL Wand Reporting Tool

2 December 2009

An SAP PartnerEdge Program member, Excel4apps extends accuracy and productivity benefits of flagship GL Wand product to new user base.

Sydney, Australia (December 2, 2009) – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting and budget loading software for Oracle and SAP, today announced the release of GL Wand 1.10 for SAP. GL Wand for SAP is an innovative Excel based tool that streamlines reporting for finance departments that run SAP Financials. As part of the SAP PartnerEdge Program, Excel4apps works closely with SAP to develop and certify the technical integration of GL Wand with SAP software. GL Wand augments SAP by helping users access and analyze live financial information more productively through a familiar Excel front end.

“GL Wand for SAP extends the same benefits to SAP users that customers of GL Wand for Oracle have appreciated for years, including more efficient finance reporting, shorter monthly closes and fasters refreshes directly from ERP system data,” said Michele Buson, Director and Co-Founder of Excel4apps. “Our development team of chartered accountants and experienced SAP users has created an entirely new code base for this version of GL Wand that is tailored exclusively for SAP, and initial SAP users cite the product as indispensable for expedited analysis and ad hoc reporting.”

GL Wand links directly with SAP, without the need for a data warehouse or additional hardware, as with other reporting tools. Installed within minutes and easy to use, it requires little support from information technology staff for support and programming. Report creation is easily accomplished by accountants and other financial users with minimal training, and reports can drill down into line items and individual cells within SAP data.

"Our very first month-end on SAP was only made possible by migrating the trial version of GL Wand into production,” said Simon Taylor, Finance Manager for Sphere Healthcare, a large-scale pharmaceutical contract manufacturer based in Australia. “We recognized the instant value of GL Wand and immediately issued a purchase order for the software to IQX, our reseller.”

GL Wand also enforces SAP authorizations, as opposed to those of a separate data warehouse, for unparalleled data security. “GL Wand’s integration architecture is based on SAP’s connector for Microsoft .NET v2.01, which allows users to log onto SAP via GL Wand and read requested financial data as SAP authorizations allow,” said Grant Peterson, Product Manager, GL Wand for SAP. “The architecture protects data from unauthorized access while producing highly auditable reports.”

As a participant in the SAP PartnerEdge program, Excel4apps develops integrated applications that extend, complement and add value to SAP solutions, thereby helping mutual customers more successfully meet business needs and drive strong results. GL Wand 1.10 for SAP is available for free trial and down load at http://www.excel4apps.com/sap.

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting and budget loading software for Oracle and SAP. Its award winning GL Wand and Budget Wand products help Oracle and SAP financial professionals save time by delivering accurate and secure information in the familiar Excel environment. The company serves a broad range of industries, including financial services, education, utilities, insurance, hospitality, manufacturing and engineering. All products are available for immediate download and free trial, installing in minutes with no data warehouse and no additional hardware, setup or security configuration needed. Excel4apps maintains offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. More information is available at www.excel4apps.com.

Excel4apps Recognised as 2009 Innovative Partner

30 October 2009

Oracle users honour Excel4apps for originality and quality of advanced reporting software

Stafford, UK, (October 12, 2009) – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting and budgeting software for Oracle users, has announced that it received the Silver Award for Innovative Partner of the Year from the UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG). The awards were chosen by Oracle users to reward organisations that have given the best service and contribution to customer members over the past 12 months. As recipient of the Silver Award for Innovation, Excel4apps was recognised as a Partner who delivers innovative consulting or products relating to Oracle.

“We are extremely proud to receive this prestigious honour, as we have invested a great deal in innovation and will continue to do so,” said Michele Buson, Director and Co-Founder of Excel4apps. “Not only is this award an acknowledgement of customer confidence, it is also a testament to the strong Excel4apps team and its ability to develop niche products at a price that delivers enormous value to our customers, such as with the upcoming expansion of our GL Wand reporting product suite.”

The 2009 UKOUG Partner of the Year Awards took place on Thursday, 1st October, at the Landmark hotel in London. Carol Thatcher, daughter of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was in attendance as Guest Speaker at the black tie event, where Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards were presented in 20 categories. Award winners will also be recognised and promoted at UKOUG Conference Series events in coming months. For the Innovation category, UKOUG instructed customers to vote on the uniqueness, originality and quality of the product or project under consideration. They were also asked to assess the proven ability of the Partner to deliver the promised solution within agreed cost and time constraints.

“Receiving this award under such careful scrutiny from our valued customers helps further establish Excel4apps as the leading provider of Excel based accounting intelligence solutions to the Oracle community,” said Dean Jones, Director UK and Europe, for Excel4apps. “I would personally like to thank our customers for their loyalty and continued support as we look forward to continuing our partnership with the UKOUG.”

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting and budgeting software for Oracle users. Its award winning GL Wand and Budget Wand products help Oracle financial professionals save time by delivering accurate and secure information in the familiar Excel environment. The company serves a broad range of industries, including financial services, education, utilities, insurance, hospitality, manufacturing and engineering. All products are available for immediate download and free trial, installing in minutes with no data warehouse and no additional hardware, setup or security configuration needed. Excel4apps maintains offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. More information is available at www.excel4apps.com.

About UK Oracle User Group

UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) is an independent, not for profit membership organisation created to support Oracle stakeholders. Established over 25 years ago, UKOUG now has over 11,000 member contacts who act as a single independent voice to influence the future design, functionality and technology that is key to all Oracle users.

Excel4apps Accelerates FSG Report Conversion for Oracle Users with Latest GL Wand Release

7 October 2009

GL Wand’s new FSG Converter helps organizations quickly transform Oracle reports into an easy-to-use Excel format

ORACLE OpenWorld, San Francisco, CA, October 12, 2009 – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting and budgeting software for Oracle users, today announced the release of GL Wand 3.90. The upgrade includes a feature for fast conversion of reports from Oracle’s Financial Statement Generator (FSG) into a familiar Excel format. Within minutes, GL Wand’s FSG Converter transforms Oracle FSG reports into a formatted, refreshable and drillable Excel based report that accesses live financial data through GL Wand’s tight integration with Oracle.

“The FSG Converter allows companies that have invested in customized FSG reports to convert them to Excel with minimal effort for future manipulation in GL Wand,” said Chris Meyer, Director Americas for Excel4apps. “Because accountants and financial analysts are working with GL Wand’s Excel front end, they can then easily refresh and edit the former FSG reports without the need for SQL coding and other information technology (IT) support, enabling a more productive organization.”

The FSG Converter feature quickly extracts and transfers Oracle FSG row and column set definitions into an Excel spreadsheet. Sophisticated drill-down capabilities within GL Wand allow users to view live Oracle data at the journal and sub-ledger levels, as well as see multiple transactions at once. This flexibility has improved productivity for GL Wand users, such as Alliance Coal.

“GL Wand’s FSG layout of the Excel file is easy to work with and provides a great guideline for converting FSG reports, which now takes us hours instead of days,” said Steve Coop, Corporate Finance and Planning Manager for Alliance Coal. “For reporting and account reconciliations, GL Wand is a must have tool.”

Coop also commented on GL Wand’s ability to convert the most complex of reports, such as Alliance Coals’ cash flow statement, which includes multiple budget-to actual comparisons.

“With the FSG Converter, we quickly converted the cash flow statement and released the report in just over one day,” described Steve Coop. “Previously, we had to create complex SQL code to download the row and column set information and merge multiple cells using complex Excel formulas --- a very time consuming process. We appreciate how Excel4apps is continually adding new functionality like the FSG Converter to GL Wand so we spend time analyzing data rather than formatting it.”

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting and budgeting software for Oracle users. Its award winning GL Wand and Budget Wand products help Oracle financial professionals save time by delivering accurate and secure information in the familiar Excel environment. The company serves a broad range of industries, including financial services, education, utilities, insurance, hospitality, manufacturing and engineering. All products are available for immediate download and free trial, installing in minutes with no data warehouse and no additional hardware, setup or security configuration needed. Excel4apps maintains offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. More information is available at www.excel4apps.com.

Excel4apps Teams with Mexico City’s Quadrantix to Serve Spanish Speaking Markets

4 August 2009

Raleigh, NC -- Fast growing software developer Excel4apps, which creates time-saving software that allows Oracle users to interface seamlessly with Excel for report generation and distribution, has entered into a reseller agreement with Mexico City-based Quadrantix for GL Wand in Mexico, South America and other Spanish-speaking markets. According to Chris Meyer, Managing Director for the Americas, Excel4apps continues to grow rapidly and finding a partner to help respond to inquiries from Spanish speaking customers has proven important as Oracle users in Mexico and South America find Excel4apps’ software both well priced and appropriate to their needs.

“Quadrantix has an established track record working with companies that use Oracle Financials, and we have been mutually on each other’s radar for a while. Quadrantix has existing customers who want the reporting capabilities of GL Wand and we have prospects that Quandrantix can serve because of their Spanish language expertise,” Meyer says. Jose Flores, lead partner for Quadrantix, says his firm sees GL Wand as a great product for their current customer base, and they are excited to respond to the inquiries and leads that Excel4apps provides from Spanish-speaking entities.

“We see a very large market for GL Wand, both within our key Mexico City area, as well as in industrialized parts of Mexico, such as Monterrey, where most businesses rely on Oracle. Businesses in Brazil, Peru and South American markets are also emerging as strongly loyal Oracle users who want to reduce costs and improve efficiencies in reporting,” Flores says.

The price point for GL Wand is one of its strongest sales points. Not only is it inexpensive to license and easy to install, but training takes as little as two hours. Quadrantix has already created Spanish language webinar materials and will manage customer demos and product evaluations with Spanish speaking customers. Quadrantix has always focused on serving a customer base of Oracle users. Starting with database module support, the company moved in to both development and more broad-based support for end users. The company’s main office is in Mexico City. They also have an office in Monterrey, Mexico, as well as in San Jose, California.

“We understand the challenges our customers are facing, and we also understand the value GL Wand brings to their processes,” Flores says.

To learn more about Quadrantix, visit www.quadrantix.com. To learn more about Excel4apps, visit www.excel4apps.com.

Excel4apps shortlisted for UKOUG Innovation Partner of the Year Awards!

28 July 2009

We are delighted to announce that Excel4apps has been shortlisted for this years UKOUG Innovation Partner of the Year award: Voting is now open and we would very much like to invite all of our customers to vote for us! The link to vote is: www.oug.org/vote Please note voting closes on Friday 14th August and the results are to be announced at the UKOUG Partner of the Year Awards Ceremony dinner at the Landmark Hotel, London on 1st October 2009. Many thanks in advance.....wish us luck!

Now’s the time for Excel-lent productivity. Introducing Budget Wand.

17 February 2009

Excel4apps has introduced a new tool called Budget Wand to help customers improve their ability to manage the ever-changing budget and forecasting needs of business.

“Tough economic times put added pressure on financial professionals who are being asked to find additional efficiencies and provide customized reports to senior executives. Our GL Wand users already know they improve their GL reporting and save time with GL Wand. Now Budget Wand allows users to meet their important financial budgeting and forecasting requirements all from within Excel,” says Shaun Pendrigh, co-founder of Excel4apps. “We are very pleased with the reception we’ve received from customers who have used Budget Wand,” Pendrigh says.

Budget Wand is a GL Wand add-on that provides the ability to use Excel as the front end of the Oracle General Ledger Budgeting process. Budget Wand makes it easy to create layouts that contain any combination of Actuals, Budgets, Periods and Books to simplify budgeting and forecasting and to update budgets with real time data. Best of all, because Budget Wand is easy to use, deployment is rapid, with minimal IT involvement needed and virtually no training required for users.

“Accounting professionals know and use Excel daily and most use it for their budgeting needs. Pulling Oracle data into Excel is easy with GL Wand. Budget Wand makes it easy to upload new budgets or forecasts into Oracle. There is virtually no impact on the IT staff, and the add-on takes just minutes,” Pendrigh says. A fully functional trial version of Budget Wand is available by visiting www.excel4apps.com.

U.S Customer Support Center Will Serve North American Customer Needs

16 February 2009

Financial professionals are under intense pressure to reduce costs and increase efficiencies, and the Excel4apps products allow them to generate reports faster and spend more time analyzing financial data to develop strategically smart business solutions. The “try before you buy” offer we make to customers who want to try GL Wand results in an impressive 75% sales rate. We think that success rate speaks volumes about our products and how much users appreciate them. Now with more than 3,500 licensed users for GL Wand worldwide, and sales offices in Raleigh NC, London, South Africa, Sydney, Dubai, , Excel4apps continues to expand its Customer Support Team. The new U.S. Customer Support Center is now open for business in the company’s Raleigh offices. Chris Meyer, Managing Director Americas, notes that the growth in North American business customers has been rapid since the sales office opened in the U.S. last year.

“Customers tell us that GL Wand speaks to the issue of improving productivity, and we know it does it at a price point that yields an incredibly fast ROI,” Meyer says. “Since we deal with customers who come from both the financial and Information Technology sides of business, and we deal with businesses both large and small, we hear a lot about the ease of implementation, minimal user startup time, and reliability. Of course being able to leverage Excel as the reporting front end makes the tool amenable to any financial analyst,” Meyer says.

The Wanderful Times - Newsletter OpenWorld Edition

1 October 2008

* Taking the World by the Wand

P.1 * Financial Power
P.2 * Budget Wand Preview
P.3 * Simply Magic

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Excel4apps Inks Deal with HBO®

28 September 2008

Cable Programming Giant Becomes 100th GL Wand Customer

Raleigh, NC – September 21, 2008 -- Excel4apps, an independent software developer focused on creating applications that work with Oracle® financial reporting systems, has reached an important milestone in the adoption of its GL Wand product with Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) as its 100th customer. This brings the number of licensed users of the product to more than 2000 worldwide. HBO, America’s most popular pay television service, adopted the GL Wand package to allow their Finance department to run their Oracle reports directly in Microsoft Excel. They began working with Oracle and their E-Business Suite in 2007 to support their financial reporting needs for their growing business in the evolving media and entertainment industry.

“GL Wand lets us access our Oracle data with Excel in an easy and proficient manner. The way it is linked to the system makes reporting, pulling balances, and accessing detail much easier,” said Michael Hinck, project manager, Finance Systems at HBO. ”Just as importantly, the security remains intact, yet employees at all levels have the ability to do a lot more with the data they have.”

Customer surveys by Excel4apps have indicated that GL Wand saves customers an average of two-to-four days per person per month on financial reporting, while enabling them to capitalize on their familiarity with Excel. Oracle PartnerNetwork, which works with more than 20,000 companies that create innovative software solutions based on the Oracle software, has recognized the value of the GL Wand system and has listed Excel4apps on the Oracle ISV solution maps for Financial Reporting Analysis.

“Our customers are excited about the GL Wand offering. They already use Excel and when they see the ease of access to their information during the free trial stage it’s not uncommon to hear excited exclamations during a demo. Our tool allows them to perform their jobs better by offering the best of the Microsoft Excel interface plus the security and performances inherent to Oracle offerings. GL Wand is simple to install, and employees have no problem learning to use it. They very quickly realize that they can save hours on routine and special tasks. They also have the ability to slice and dice their Oracle data in real time and drill down to ledger detail with a few clicks of the mouse,” says Michele Buson, Global Sales and Marketing Director for Excel4apps.

GL Wand can be downloaded from the Excel4apps website and tested with a simple pass key from the online demo system. A 30 day free trial is available. Technical support is available to users worldwide. For more information on GL Wand, visit the company’s website at www.excel4apps.com, or call 919 882 2114.

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About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a global organization with offices in the USA, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, UAE. The company works with resellers in more than ten countries. Excel4apps currently has more than 2000 licensed GL Wand users at more than 100 E-Business Suite customers around the globe. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Excel4apps developed GL Wand exclusively for Oracle Financials so it is easy to install and maintain, easy to use, tightly integrated, and secure. The tool makes financial reporting using Excel simple, accurate and fast.

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 20,000 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle’s premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today’s global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle’s position as the world’s largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Certified Partner levels.

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Excel4apps: Taking the World by the Wand

19 September 2008

The growth of Excel4apps in its three short years is a testament to the company’s ability to identify market needs and execute viable solutions that are literally thrilling both IT experts and financial professionals worldwide. With a young and vibrant leadership team and an enviable knowledge of how businesses really work, Excel4apps is poised to continue to make life easier for finance departments in businesses both large and small. As a company borne in the internet age, Excel4apps was created to sell and support its products globally and harness the knowledge and skills of a globally dispersed workforce all joined by the internet.

Originally launched in South Africa and with its first GL Wand customer being a UK listed bank, the path to globalization was set in motion. After opening offices in Johannesburg, Sydney, and the heart of England, and with a new presence in Dubai and the United States, Excel4apps is servicing the world. The company’s original founders Michele Buson and Shaun Pendrigh, and key executives like Warren Brugger, all have extensive experience working with Oracle in dozens of different business situations. A recurring theme they’d always seen was the desire by financial professionals to use Excel.

“We saw early on that accountants do not want to move away from Excel, yet so many companies were trying to create business intelligence tools that were Excel-like. We thought, ‘Why not just create the interface so they can use Excel?’ and that is exactly what we did,” says Buson.

Oracle’s open framework architecture welcomes independent software companies to design applications for their users, and Microsoft Excel is also extendable, so the Excel4apps team set their sights on building the seamless integration that was so desperately needed. The result: one of the fastest growing software tools available: GL Wand. Acceptance of GL Wand has been fueled not only by need and its ability to perform, but by its ease of installation, ease of use, and unbeatable customer service. The company has built a worldwide presence quickly by developing a tool that offers an inexpensive option that allows users to work with tools they are intimately familiar with.

“Our success continues to be based on our understanding of what business users need. The flexibility of GL Wand means that ad hoc reports can be created in minutes from data in Oracle financials. IT professionals appreciate the ease of installation and deployment, which can take less than an hour,” Buson says.

As the history of this company continues to evolve and awareness spreads through the global business network, one thing is certain: though the past is relatively short, the future is going to be long and exciting.

See us in San Francisco!

18 September 2008

Excel4apps is poised to share its “magic” with visitors to Oracle Open World 2008, Sept. 21 – 25 in San Francisco. Our international and U.S. teams will assemble in Booth 3920 in Moscone West, where we’re excited to meet the best and the brightest of our industry to share our time-saving software products -- tools that are helping to improve productivity in finance departments worldwide. If you’re planning to be at Oracle Open World, please make a point to stop by and visit with Michele Buson, Shaun Pendrigh, Scott Stollwerk, Ryan Schmidt and the rest of the members of the Excel4apps team, and pick up your free demo copy of GL Wand, our premier tool for enabling Oracle users to easily and efficiently create reports using Microsoft Excel.

If you’re already one of our more than 2000 valued users, please come by and say hello. We always enjoy hearing from satisfied users and appreciate any feedback you can provide to help us add features or otherwise continue to make GL Wand the best product available for reporting out of Oracle. This show also marks the U.S. debut of Budget Wand, the newest offering from Excel4apps for making budget creation a snap. If your team loves GL Wand, we’ve got the next tool you’re really going to have to have. Stop by for a demonstration and to hear more about our plans for making your future budget cycles easier with Budget Wand.

Excel4apps in the Middle East

8 September 2008

Excel4apps has recently established a presence in the Middle East. Shirley Mincher has been appointed to represent Excel4apps in the region and is based in the Knowledge Village, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Shirley will support existing Excel4apps customers in the Middle East region through the provision of product training and by assisting new customers with evaluating GL Wand and Budget Wand for Oracle 11i / R12.

Excel4apps will be showcasing GL Wand and Budget Wand at the upcoming Gitex Technology week from 19 – 24 October 2008 in Dubai. This is the second year in a row that Excel4apps will be exhibiting at this event. As part of a special promotion launching the Middle East presence we will be offering special pricing on GL Wand for all those organisation that visit us at Gitex in Hall 5, Oracle Area, WS-1. If your organisation runs the Oracle E-Business suite then we would encourage you to contact Shirley to arrange a complementary Gitex pass and come and see how you easily do your Oracle reporting and budgeting in Excel, with a free trial software available to conference visitors. Excel4apps is a global organisation with a presence in the USA, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, UAE and resellers in 10+ countries. Excel4apps currently has 2000+ licensed GL Wand users at 100+ E-Business Suite customers around the globe.

GL Wand: Simply Magic?

4 September 2008

We are very excited that one of our GL Wand customers has chosen to present a paper titled "GL Wand: Simply Magic." What more can we say, except that we hope you can make it there in person. Francis Nocom, the Applications Manager at Cochlear Limited will be presenting this paper at the AUSOUG Gold Coast event 13-14 October 2008.

Paper Abstract

In today’s challenging business environment, there is a pressing need to provide useful and prompt reports that will enable the business to make the right decisions in a timely manner. GL Wand provides quick and easy access to Oracle GL and subledger information which results in increased productivity and reporting efficiency. The aim of this presentation is to provide the audience with an overview of the benefits of having GL Wand such as shorter reporting cycles, quicker month end closes and an enhanced experience when using Oracle Financials. This session will show how GL Wand was implemented globally at Cochlear. It will demonstrate the different stages of implementation, from introduction to the tool, stakeholder’s buy-in and how GL Wand was implemented in the Finance teams globally. Emphasis will be on the implementation experience and challenges of consolidating different requirements dictated by different needs across different countries. This will cover project management, ownership, design and development of reports, and user training and support. Each phase will be discussed in detail with emphasis on the critical success factors.

The presentation will also illustrate how GL Wand is used in Cochlear and the benefits it brings to the Finance teams and its customers globally. It will demonstrate GL Wand’s main features and functions, and show why GL Wand is…. simply magic!

Excel4apps to exhibit at the NZOUG Conference 2008

25 July 2008

Excel4apps today announced that it will exhibit at this year's New Zealand Oracle User Group (NZOUG) Conference for the first time. This year's conference is taking place in Rotorua at the Novotel Rotorua Lakeside from the 20th to the 21st October. This follows many years of successful participation at similar User Group events in the USA, UK, Australia and other countries. We are looking forward to meeting with users of Oracle Financial's users in New Zealand and introducing them to GL Wand and our latest Budget Wand offering.

Oracle Users around the globe have benefited from GL Wand and many have presented papers at such users groups over the years. Come visit our booth to discuss your financial reporting requirements, see a live demo of GL Wand and receive a free trial and special discount offer. If you have any questions before the event, please email us at sales@excel4apps.com. For more information on Excel4apps and GL Wand, please visit www.excel4apps.com.

New office in the United Kingdom

30 June 2008

Excel4apps continues to grow and this month we opened an office in the UK. Dean Jones has been appointed as the Director of Excel4apps Ltd, located in the heart of England. Dean will be responsible for growing Excel4app’s UK and European presence and thereby ensure continued growth and support for all our UK and European customers. Dean will continue to work with and support our existing reseller partners in the region.

Prior to joining Excel4apps, Dean has worked for a number of software companies in various management roles and most notably for 6 years at The GL Company, initially as Product Manager and original conceptualist/author of their Inquiry tools. Dean was quickly recognised as a respected key player in his field and was soon promoted to VP Special Projects where he helped grow the customer base year on year, throughout Europe and the USA. As part of the launch of the UK office we are running a GL Wand UK Roadshow hosted by Oracle in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh.

Oregon Health & Science University licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

2 days ago

Excel4apps announced that Oregon Health & Science University, a Education & Research organization based in Oregon, USA, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and graduate courses in anesthesiology, dermatology, neurology, psychiatry, endodontology, periodontology, and nursing. OHSU includes four schools, two hospitals, primary care and specialty clinics, research institutes and centers, and community service programs. The schools of university include School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Nursing, and School of Science and Engineering. The University was founded in 1974 and is based in Portland, Oregon. OHSU has endowment assets of $228.2 million.


For more information on Oregon Health & Science University please visit www.ohsu.edu

Qualitrol Company LLC licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

9 days ago

Excel4apps announced that Qualitrol Company LLC, a organization based in NY, USA, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Established in 1945, Qualitrol is an independent subsidiary of Danaher with corporate headquarters located in Fairport, NY, USA. Qualitrol provides smart utility asset condition monitoring across the globe. They are the largest and most trusted global leader for partial discharge monitoring, asset protection equipment and information products across generation, transmission and distribution. Qualitrol are redefining condition monitoring technology for Electric utilities assets.

For more information on Qualitrol Company LLC please visit http://www.qualitrolcorp.com

Gulf Cement Company PSC licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

13 days ago

Excel4apps announced that Gulf Cement Company PSC, a Mill Products organization based in , United Arab Emirates, have selected GL Wand to complement their SAP Financial reporting toolset.

Gulf Cement Company is a leading cement producer in emerging markets. GCC is based in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates and employs more than 500 people.

Gulf Cement Company is the largest cement producer in the United Arab Emirates and a leading regional cement exporter. Their principal operating cement has an installed annual production capacity of 2.5 million tons cement and 1.3 million tons clinker. Besides supplying products to local market they also export cement to customers in more than 11 countries.

Gulf Cement Company provides cement on large, complex and demanding projects for public and private customers primarily in the UAE, Arab Gulf Zone. GCC has undertaken numerous landmark infrastructures, industrial and commercial projects including the Burg Khalifa which will be the tallest buildings in the world.

For more information on Gulf Cement Company PSC please visit http://www.gulfcement.com

Industrial Scientific Corp licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

18 days ago

Excel4apps announced that Industrial Scientific Corp, a organization based in Pittsburgh, PA, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Industrial Scientific Corporation manufactures gas detectors and monitoring systems. It also provides iNet, a software-based service that manages fleet of gas detectors; and iNet Control that provides visibility into gas detection program via the Web. In addition, it offers safety data analytics, as well as rental and maintenance services for temporary situations, such as turnarounds, shutdowns, or outages.

The company serves oil refinery, oil exploration and drilling, petrochemical, underground mining and tunneling, utilities, municipal agencies, steel and coke production, chemical manufacturing, pulp and paper, construction, education, government regulatory agencies, military, insurance, and food and beverage processing companies. It offers its products through distributors in the United States and internationally.

Industrial Scientific Corporation was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Oakdale, Pennsylvania with additional offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Dubai, India, Mexico, Qatar, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. It has operations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Arras, France; Dortmund, Germany; and Shanghai, China.

For more information on Industrial Scientific Corp please visit http://www.indsci.com

Equinox Payments licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 May 2012

Excel4apps announced that Equinox Payments, an organization based in Arizona, USA, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Equinox Payments, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a leading payment terminal manufacturer and related secure software provider. Through its commercial offices in the United States, Latvia, Manila and Australia, and a service repair facility in Mexico, Equinox’s more than 200 employees deliver secure payment terminals, applications and services to hundreds of thousands of merchants. Equinox is a portfolio company of The Gores Group, LLC

For more information on Equinox Payments please visit http://www.equinoxpayments.com.

For more information on 3RP the transaction partner please visit http://3rp.com/

DePauw University licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

17 April 2012

Excel4apps announced that DePauw University, a Education & Research organization based in IN, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

DePauw University is a nationally-recognized, leading liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana, dedicated to educating 2,300 students from across the country and around the globe. Connected to the liberal arts college is one of the nation's first Schools of Music.  For 175 years, DePauw has created an atmosphere of intellectual challenge and social engagement that prepares students for lifelong success. 

DePauw alumni go on to careers in academia, medicine, law, finance, education and numerous other fields. They are surgeons, actors, legal advocates and environmental activists. DePauw takes pride in having given each one the confidence to take risks and the tools to realize their goals.

For more information on DePauw University please visit www.depauw.edu

Rotter y Krauss S.A. Optica licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

16 April 2012

Excel4apps announced that Rotter y Krauss S.A. Optica, an organization based in Santiago, Chile, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Their company vision: Being number one in the optical retail market, continuously increasing value to customers for their loyalty for life. Rotter and Krauss Opticians currently belongs to HAL Holding, a consortium Dutch leader in the field, which includes optical and 3,200 worldwide and has a diversified investment portfolio includes businesses in the following industries: hearing aid centers, optical chains, transportation maritime, port construction, aviation technology, import and distribute wine and media, among others. For more information on Rotter y Krauss S.A. Optica, please visit www.ryk.cl. For more information on Henley SPA, the transaction partner, please visit www.borja.cl.

Atul Limited licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

2 April 2012

Excel4apps announced that Atul Limited, a Chemicals organization based in Gujarat, India, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Atul Ltd is a member of Lalbhai Group, one of the oldest business houses of India, with interests mainly in textiles and chemicals.

Atul Ltd operates through six business divisions, namely, Agrochemicals, Aromatics, Bulk Chemicals & Intermediates, Colors, Pharmaceuticals & Intermediates and Polymers. Each business, in step with the company vision, develops and implements its growth plans.

The Company is listed on the NSE in India and has over 35,000 shareholders. Atul also has offices in the USA, the UK, Germany, China and Vietnam that service its international customers.

For more information on Atul Limited please visit www.atul.co.in

Genco ATC licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

29 March 2012

Excel4apps announced that Genco ATC, alogistics organization based in Texas, USA, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Genco was founded in 189 and is a privately held, non-asset-based company. Genco is North America’s second-largest and a Global Top 50 third party logistics (3PL) companywith more than 150 customers, including many Fortune 500 manufacturers, retailers and U.S. government agencie.They have 130 operations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico with 38 million square feet of managed warehouse spaceand over $1.5 billion in annual sale. They are a recognized leader in reverse logistics with more than 600 million returned units processed annually and more than 10,000 award-winning teammates.

For more information on Genco ATC please visit www.genco.com

For more information on SHI International Corp the transaction partner please visit www.shi.com

The Emirates Group licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

29 March 2012

Excel4apps announced that The Emirates Group, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

The Emirates Group is a vast organisation with manifold business interests in the aviation, travel, tourism and leisure industries. Employing more than 57,000 people across its 50 business units and associated firms, it is one of the biggest employers in the region and offers specialist services spanning almost every aspect of the market.

With one of the youngest fleets in the sky and more than 500 awards for excellence worldwide, Emirates airline is one of two key divisions in the group.

The other is dnata, which provides services in ground handling, cargo, travel, IT solutions and flight catering. Established in 1959, today, dnata is the world’s fourth largest combined air services provider with a global footprint extending to almost 40 countries.
For more information on The Emirates Group please visit www.theemiratesgroup.com

Chicken of the Sea licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

19 March 2012

Excel4apps announced that Chicken of the Sea, a organization based in CA, USA, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Chicken of the Sea’s history dates back nearly a century, when fishermen referred to the white albacore tuna as “Chicken of the Sea” because the white color and very mild flavor reminded them of chicken. Since 1952, the Chicken of the Sea brand and iconic Mermaid logo have been known worldwide.

Consumers have come to know Chicken of the Sea as synonymous with health, nutrition and convenience through the variety of seafood products (tuna, salmon, and specialty seafood) the company provides. Providing consumers these three values — health, nutrition and convenience — are the company’s hallmarks and standards by which Chicken of the Sea ensures confidence among consumers.

Ensuring a healthy supply of seafood for future generations and the protection of dolphin are imperative to both Chicken of the Sea and its consumers. To ensure the preservation of the environment, Chicken of the Sea vigorously supports high standards of stewardship and management.

AngioDynamics licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

24 February 2012

Excel4apps announced that AngioDynamics, a Healthcare & Pharma organization based in NY, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their SAP Financial reporting toolset.

AngioDynamics, Inc. (AngioDynamics) is a provider of medical devices used in minimally invasive, image-guided procedures to treat peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and local oncology therapy options for treating cancer, including radiofrequency ablation (RFA) systems, NanoKnife Ablation Systems, surgical resection systems and embolization products for treating benign and malignant tumors.

It designs, develops, manufactures and markets a line of therapeutic and diagnostic devices that enable interventional physicians to treat PVD, tumors, and other non-coronary diseases. The Company operates in three segments: Peripheral Vascular, Access and Oncology/Surgery. The Peripheral Vascular segment consists of its venous, angiographic, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, drainage and thrombolytic product lines. The Access segment consists of its dialysis, ports and PICC product lines. The Oncology/Surgery segment consists of its RFA, embolization, Habib and NanoKnife product lines.

For more information on AngioDynamics please visit www.angiodynamics.com

Mellanox Technologies licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

22 February 2012

Excel4apps announced that Mellanox Technologies, a Hi-Tech organization based in CA, USA, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX, TASE: MLNX) is a leading supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet connectivity solutions and services for servers and storage. Mellanox products optimize data center performance and deliver industry-leading bandwidth, scalability, power conservation and cost-effectiveness while converging multiple legacy network technologies into one future-proof architecture. The company offers innovative solutions that address a wide range of markets including HPC, enterprise, mega warehouse data centers, cloud computing, Internet and Web 2.0.

Founded in 1999, Mellanox Technologies is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and Yokneam, Israel.

For more information on Mellanox Technologies please visit www.mellanox.com.

Rey Lenferna licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

21 February 2012

Excel4apps announced that Rey Lenferna, an engineering  organization based in Mauritius, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Rey & Lenferna Ltd, a private company launched in 1940, stands out today as one of the leading engineering companies of Mauritius. We are one of the very few companies that can provide under one roof all the mechanical & electrical services needed for any Building Projects, that is, Air-Conditioning & Ventilation, Lift, Fire-Fighting, Fire Alarm, Generators, Plumbing & Electrical installations.
The company is supported by a dedicated personnel of 250 employees backed by a showroom, four workshops and a network of resellers.

For more information on Rey Lenferna please visit www.reylenferna.com.

For more information on Itelligence Consulting Ltd the transaction partner please visit www.itelligencesys.com

Regent Insurance licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

3 February 2012

Excel4apps announced that Regent Insurance, a Financial Services organization based in Gauteng, South Africa, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Regent offers the widest choice of innovative insurance solutions to provide financial security in these unpredictable times. Regent:

- Insures more than a quarter of the aircraft in South Africa (S.A.)
- Is one of the top two commercial vehicle insurers in the country
- Offers specialist resources and expertise across a range of niche insurance markets
- Is one of the fastest growing insurers in the country
- Provides the widest range of motor insurance products
- Is a market leader in the credit life market Regent is part of the Imperial family. 

Imperial is a diversified multinational mobility group with activities that span motor vehicles and related operations across all modes of transport for people and freight, both locally and abroad.  As part of this diversified group, the Regent culture is based on entrepreneurship, innovation and an adherence to industry-specific best practices that characterise the way Imperial does business. An exceptional range of short-term insurance and life assurance products are now available to you under one the Regent brand offering you a one-stop-shop. Regent also operates in Botswana and in Lesotho.For more information on Regent Insurance please visit www.regent.co.za

Injazat Data Systems licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

25 January 2012

Excel4apps announced that Injazat Data Systems, a Hi-Tech organization based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Injazat Data Systems is an industry recognized market leader in the region for Information Technology, Data Center and Managed Services delivered from the region’s most sophisticated and advanced facility, the Tier IV design certified Premier Data Center facility.

Injazat has over 5 years of experience serving a diverse range of customers and has developed a broad portfolio of capabilities to successfully address any organization’s most pressing technology challenges. Injazat supports customers in achieving their vision and allows them to focus on what they do best.

For more information on Injazat Data Systems please visit www.injazat.com

Alpha Natural Resources licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

13 January 2012

Excel4apps announced that Alpha Natural Resources, based in VA, USA, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting tools

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Alpha) is a coal supplier in the United States. The Company is a supplier and exporter of metallurgical coal for use in the steel-making process, and a supplier of thermal coal to electric utilities and manufacturing industries. It operates 66 mines and 13 coal preparation plants in Northern and Central Appalachia and the Powder River Basin. The Company operates in two segments: Eastern Coal Operations and Western Coal Operations. Eastern Coal Operations consists of the mines in Northern and Central Appalachia, its coal brokerage activities and the Company’s road construction business. Western Coal Operations consists of two Powder River Basin mines in Wyoming. During the year ended December 31, 2010, steam coal and metallurgical coal accounted for approximately 86% and 14% of its coal sales volume. During 2010, Alpha sold a total of 84.8 million tons of steam and metallurgical coal.

For more information on Alpha Natural Resources please visit http://www.alphanr.com

Arbonne International, LLC licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

3 January 2012

Excel4apps announced that Arbonne International, LLC, an organization based in CA, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Arbonne International was developed in 1975 by Petter Morck and a group of leading bio-chemists, biologists and herbalists from Switzerland that developed skin care products based on botanical principles. In 1980, Arbonne’s products came to the United States, and the product lines have grown to include not only outer health and beauty products for skin care, they also now have a product line that offer skin care from the inside out as well as anti-aging and weight loss products. Their products are Swiss born formulas that are now made in the United States and sold Internationally on the Global Market.

Arbonne International is a direct selling company that operates in the United States, Canada and other International markets.The company markets an exclusive line of high quality skin care, color cosmetics, nutrition and weight loss supplements and aromatherapy products that are based on natural and botanical principles. They have products that contain anti-oxidant and detox formulas, as well as safe and natural weight loss programs with proven results.

For more information on Arbonne International, LLC please visit www.arbonne.com

Fidelity & Guaranty Life Business Services licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

23 December 2011

Excel4apps announced that Fidelity & Guaranty Life Business Services, a Financial Services organization based in MD, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Incorporated in 1959, Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company has a solid commitment to serving the individuals it knows best – middle market consumers seeking the safety, protection, accumulation and income features of secure life insurance and annuity products. Under new ownership since April 2011 by Harbinger Group Inc., Fidelity & Guaranty Life will continue to offer its series of focused life insurance and annuity products through its independent network of master general agents in every state, other than New York, as well as the District of Columbia. In New York, products are offered through a wholly owned subsidiary, Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company of New York.

For more information on Fidelity & Guaranty Life Business Services please visit www.fglife.com

Israel Discount Bank of New York licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

15 December 2011

Excel4apps announced that Israel Discount Bank of New York, a Financial Services organization based in NY, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Israel Discount Bank of New York also known by its registered service mark, "IDB Bank", is a full service commercial bank chartered by the State of New York and a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

IDB Bank provides domestic and international, personal and commercial banking services to its U.S. and foreign clientele through its two branches in Manhattan and a branch in Staten Island, NY, in addition to branches in Beverly Hills and Downtown Los Angeles, California; and Aventura, Florida. The Bank also maintains an offshore Grand Cayman Island Branch; an International Banking Facility at its main office; and representative offices in Brazil, Chile, Israel, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.

IDB Bank's broad range of banking services include Personal and Business accounts, Cash Management, Regular Checking Accounts, Basic Banking accounts (New York Residents only), Money Market Savings Accounts, IDB Better CheckingSM Accounts (personal and not-for-profit), U.S. Dollar and Foreign Currency Time Deposits, Visa Credit Cards, ATM Cards (for personal accounts), ATM/Debit Cards (for personal accounts), Safe Deposit Boxes (New York main office only), Online Banking, Money Transfers, Lockbox Facilities, Safekeeping and Custody of Securities, Travelers Checks, Money Orders and Direct Deposit of Social Security and other recurring payments.

For more information on Israel Discount Bank of New York please visit www.idbbank.com

Gilt Groupe, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

13 December 2011

Excel4apps announced that Gilt Groupe, Inc., a retail, wholesale, and distribution company based in NY, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Headquartered in New York, Gilt Groupe is a privately-held company dedicated to providing its members with access to coveted fashion and luxury lifestyle brands at sample sale prices. Gilt Groupe includes sales for men, women, and home as well as Gilt City (geo-specific), Gilt Taste (food), and Jetsetter (travel).

Gilt Groupe hand selects both established and up and coming brands relevant to its membership base. Each Gilt Groupe Shopping Event is designer-specific and held over a one day period. The Gilt Groupe production team creates a short video reel to introduce each designer and brand to its membership.

There is no fee associated with joining Gilt Groupe; membership is by invitation only. Gilt Groupe’s most recent speculated valuation was at $1 billion.

For more information about Gilt Groupe, Inc. please visit www.gilt.com.

KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

9 December 2011

Excel4apps announced that KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc., a Media & Entertainment organization based in TX, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

Founded in 2005, with operations in the Dallas area and Austin, KingsIsle is creating massively multiplayer online entertainment offerings that are innovative, compelling, uncommon and of high quality. They have brought together a team of highly creative, energetic, accomplished and skilled professionals to develop these projects. The team consists of individuals with unique and in-depth experience in the development of video games, online environments, communications and commercial software.

For more information on KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. please visit www.kingsisle.com.

All Weather Windows licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

10 November 2011

Excel4apps announced that All Weather Windows, an Industrial Manufacturing organization based in AB, Canada, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. All Weather Windows is Canada’s largest privately owned window and door manufacturer. Today, All Weather Windows has two state of the art manufacturing plants located in Edmonton, Alberta and Mississauga, Ontario with a combined LEAN Manufacturing capacity of almost 400,000 square feet. There are over 1000 dealers across Canada that stock our windows and doors. After years of research and development, in 2009 All Weather Windows was proud to be one of the first manufacturers in North America to introduce a revolutionary technology called V-weld. With this new technology, the window joints are welded together, virtually eliminating any air or water leaks. For more information about All Weather Windows, please visit allweatherwindows.com.

Fitness Together Holdings, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 November 2011

Excel4apps announced that Fitness Together Holdings, Inc., an  organization based in Colorado, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Established in 1996, Fitness Together has led the industry in one-on-one personal fitness training. Whether you are looking to lose weight, tone and tighten muscles or simply work toward better health, Fitness Together pairs you with a personal fitness trainer in a private setting equipped with a workout plan tailored just for you. In addition to your personal fitness-training regimen, Fitness Together offers nutritional guidance to help you attain your wellness goals. With almost 500 franchise locations throughout the United States, Brazil, Costa Rica, Israel, Ireland, and Canada, Fitness Together is part of Fitness Together Holdings, Inc., one of the world's largest wellness organization. For more information about Fitness Together Holdings, Inc., please visit www.thewellnessleader.com.

Medical Mutual of Ohio licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

17 October 2011

Excel4apps announced that Medical Mutual of Ohio, a Healthcare Services & Facilities organization based in OH, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Medical Mutual, a trusted insurer for 75 years, serves more than 1.6 million healthcare customers. Headquartered in downtown Cleveland in the historic Rose Building, Medical Mutual has sales, service, and information technology offices in 12 locations across Ohio, and 2,500 Ohio-based employees who pride themselves on their customer service. As a mutual company, Medical Mutual is owned by its policyholders and acts in their best interest, not according to the demands of stockholders and Wall Street analysts. The company offers group and personal health insurance plans, and third-party administrative services to self-insured group customers, as well as provides health and wellness programs. Its eServices allow communication between providers and patients with electronic and Internet based tools, such as Emdeon Office, an Internet-based system that offers providers HIPPA-compliant access to benefit eligibility and claims status information; Medem, an online communication and personal health record service; and Epocrates, an electronic pharmaceutical system, which provides reference guides for drug, formulary, disease, codes, and medical terms. For more information about Medical Mutual of Ohio, please visit www.medmutual.com.

Byer California licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

7 October 2011

Excel4apps announced that Byer California, a women's clothing company based in San Francisco, CA, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Founded in 1964, Byer California is a family-owned garment company that designs and manufactures high quality, trend-driven clothing in junior, misses and girls sizes for major department and specialty stores. Known for bringing the latest fashions to the marketplace at affordable prices, Byer California products include blouses, skirts, pants, sweaters, dresses and coats. For more information about Byer California, please visit www.byer.com.

DTS Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

22 September 2011

Excel4apps announced today that DTS Inc., a Household Audio & Video organization based in CA, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSI) is dedicated to making digital entertainment exciting, engaging and effortless by providing state-of-the-art audio technology to hundreds of millions of DTS-licensed consumer electronics products worldwide. From a renowned legacy as a pioneer in multi-channel audio, DTS became a mandatory audio format in the Blu-ray Disc™ standard and is now increasingly deployed in enabling digital delivery of movies and other forms of digital entertainment on a growing array of network-connected consumer devices. DTS technology is in home theaters, car audio systems, PCs, game consoles, DVD players, televisions, digital media players, set-top boxes, smart phones, surround music software and every device capable of playing Blu-ray discs. Founded in 1993, DTS' corporate headquarters are located in Calabasas, California with its licensing operations headquartered in Limerick, Ireland. DTS also has offices in Northern California, Washington, China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information on DTS Inc. please visit http://www.dts.com/

Hearthside Food Solutions LLC licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

12 September 2011

Excel4apps announced that Hearthside Food Solutions LLC, a Bakery & Bakery Products company based in Oregon, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Hearthside Foods operates 12 manufacturing plants in seven states. They are the largest privately-held bakery in the US, as well as the largest producer of breakfast bars. They function as a seamless extension of their customers' existing production networks. They offer the scale, expertise and resources demanded by the world's leading brands - yet are nimble enough to design, deploy and execute rapidly. This lowers costs, speeds time to market, and creates competitive advantage for our valued customers. For more information on Hearthside Food Solutions LLC, please visit hearthsidefoods.com.

Zantel licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

12 September 2011

Excel4apps announced that Zantel, a telecommunications company based in Tanzania, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information about Zantel, please visit www.zantel.com.

The Room Place licenses GL Wand and Budget Wand from Excel4apps

9 September 2011

Excel4apps announced today that The Room Place, a Consumer Goods organization based in IL, USA, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The RoomPlace makes furniture buying easy for customers. The showrooms feature completely furnished, coordinated rooms created by the company's team of experienced designers. Until 1985, The RoomPlace operated as a single store in the Windy City. Today, headquartered in Lombard, Ill., The RoomPlace operates 22 stores in Chicagoland, including three showrooms in metro Chicago; 14 in suburban Chicago; and single showrooms in Rockford, Ill., and Merrillville and Mishawaka, Ind. The company's newest showrooms are located in Indianapolis, Ind. The company also operates a state-of-the-art distribution center in Woodridge, Ill. For more information on The Room Place please visit theroomplace.com

Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 September 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., a Pharmaceuticals Distribution & Wholesale organization based in MN, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their SAP Financial reporting toolset. Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, engages in developing, manufacturing, commercializing, marketing, and distributing prescription and over-the-counter products. It offers drugs for cardiology, women's health, dermatology, neurology, and epilepsy and Parkinson's diseases. The company also provides prenatal vitamins. It serves patients, physicians, pharmacists, and healthcare organizations. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with a facility in Denver, Colorado. For more information on Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. please visit www.upsher-smith.com

Demand Media Inc licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

26 August 2011

Excel4apps announced that Demand Media Inc, an Internet and online services provider based in CA, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Demand Media is focused on an Internet-based model for the professional creation of content at scale. The company’s business is comprised of two service offerings: Content & Media and Registrar. Demand Media’s Content & Media service offering includes a content creation studio that identifies, creates and distributes online text articles and videos, utilizing its algorithms, editorial processes and community of freelance content creators; enterprise-class social media applications that enable websites to offer features, such as user profiles, comments, forums, reviews, blogs and photo and video sharing, and a system of monetization tools that are designed to match targeted advertisements with content in a manner that optimizes advertising revenue and the end user experience. The company’s registrar, with over 10 million Internet domain names under management, is a wholesale registrar. For more information about Demand Media Inc., please visit www.demandmedia.com.

Velcro USA, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

23 August 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Velcro USA, Inc., a Other organization based in NH, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Velcro USA, Inc. engages in the manufacture and supply of flame or adhesive laminates. The company offers fabrics and foams. It produces loop laminate fabric that is designed for engagement with its hook fasteners. The company offers G-series laminates, which are used in braces, supports, sleeves, pads, and other products sold in the medical, sports medicine, industrial safety, and home health care markets. The company was formerly known as American Velcro, Inc. and changed its name to Velcro USA, Inc. in 1976. The company was founded in 1957 and is based in Manchester, New Hampshire. . Velcro USA, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Velcro Industries NV. For more information on Velcro USA, Inc. please visit www.velcro.com

Taconic Farms, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

12 August 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Taconic Farms, Inc., a Laboratory & Analysis Services organization based in New York, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Taconic is a leading provider of life sciences solutions to researchers worldwide, offering innovative animal models and scientific services that facilitate in vivo studies and advance drug discovery. Their solutions enable investigators to obtain reliable data early in the development cycle - reducing costs, accelerating time-to-market, and creating a strong competitive advantage. A broad portfolio of relevant animal models and services - combined with unrivaled scientific expertise and a global footprint - enables Taconic to deliver the highest quality solutions quickly and reliably. Through seven breeding facilities and three service labs in the U.S. and Europe, more than 1,000 Taconic scientists and specialists demonstrate their commitment to technological innovation every day. For more information on Taconic Farms, Inc. please visit www.taconic.com

Grontmij licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

8 August 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Grontmij, an engineering organization based in The Netherlands, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Grontmij is a leading sustainable design and management consultancy active in four business lines: Planning & Design, Transportation & Mobility, Water & Energy, Monitoring & Testing. At the core of their business is the principle of sustainability by design which is a leading value proposition for their customers. Grontmij is the fourth largest engineering consultancy in Europe with almost 300 offices across the region and a further 50 offices globally. They have nearly 11,000 professionals around the world. For more information on Grontmij please visit www.grontmij.com. For more information on OC-C BV the transaction partner please visit www.oc-c.nl

Nueva Tecnologia en Alimentacion, S.A. de C.V. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

25 July 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Nueva Tecnologia en Alimentacion, S.A. de C.V., an organization based in Mexico, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Euro-Nutec is a company that provides animal nutrition services.They provide products and services to the poultry industry that helps reduce production costs. EURO-NUTEC PREMIX started its activities in late 2000 in the state of Querétaro, from the French-Mexican joint venture between CCPA and Nutec, whose main objective was to develop formulations, premixes and to provide services to support customer’s growth and development in the agriculture and livestock market. Since nutrition plays a critical role in the poultry economy, Euro-Nutec focuses its efforts on the creation, design, manufacturing and supply of premixes, bases and nutrition specialties. With its high-tech plant, Euro-Nutec provides total assurance and confidence to farmers who have to compete in a globalized market, where the traceability demands will keep all other production processes unchanged. For more information on Nueva Tecnologia en Alimentacion, S.A. de C.V. please visit http://www.euronutec.com For more information on Quadrantix the transaction partner please visit www.quadrantix.com

Marc Fisher Footwear, LLC licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

22 July 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Marc Fisher Footwear, LLC, a organization based in CT, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Marc Fisher Footwear, LLC engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of footwear for women. It also sells its products online. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut with a showroom in New York, New York. For more information on Marc Fisher Footwear, LLC please visit www.marcfisherfootwear.com

Tecnoquimicas S.A. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

20 July 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Tecnoquimicas S.A., a pharmaceutical organization based in Colombia have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Tecnoquimicas S.A., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of generic pharmaceutical drugs, baby care products, personal care products, and animal/veterinary health products in Colombia, Ecuador, and other countries in Latin America. It offers cosmetics, body talcum powders, and alcohol, as well as sterile products for human use; solid and liquid pharmaceutical products and sterile veterinary products; bleaching agents, effervescent medications, ointments, and creams; and disposable diapers. The company also provides glues, and industrial and commercial tapes; hospital adhesives, such as bandages and court plasters; graphic arts supplies, including folding cartons, labels, selling aids, and POP materials; and veterinary vaccines and agricultural products. Tecnoquimicas S.A. was founded in 1934 and is based in Cali, Colombia. For more information on Tecnoquimicas S.A. please visit www.tecnoquimicas.com.co. For more information on Quadrantix the transaction partner please visit www.quadrantix.com

Ramsey Industries, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

19 July 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Ramsey Industries, Inc., a General Industrial Machinery organization based in OK, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Ramsey Industries, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures cranes, crane service bodies, hydraulic air compressors, and front mount and industrial winches. It offers electric and hydraulic telescoping cranes, hydraulic articulating cranes, and accessories, as well as terrain vehicles, automotive, and industrial winches. The company's products are used in front mount self-recovery and industrial applications. It markets its products through dealers. The company was founded in 1944 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For more information on Ramsey Industries, Inc. please visit www.ramsey.com

Nueva Tecnologia en Alimentacion, S.A. de C.V. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

11 July 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Nueva Tecnologia en Alimentacion, S.A. de C.V., an organization based in Mexico, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Euro-Nutec is a company that provides animal nutrition services.They provide products and services to the poultry industry that helps reduce production costs. EURO-NUTEC PREMIX started its activities in late 2000 in the state of Querétaro, from the French-Mexican joint venture between CCPA and Nutec, whose main objective was to develop formulations, premixes and to provide services to support customer’s growth and development in the agriculture and livestock market. Since nutrition plays a critical role in the poultry economy, Euro-Nutec focuses its efforts on the creation, design, manufacturing and supply of premixes, bases and nutrition specialties. With its high-tech plant, Euro-Nutec provides total assurance and confidence to farmers who have to compete in a globalized market, where the traceability demands will keep all other production processes unchanged. For more information on Nueva Tecnologia en Alimentacion, S.A. de C.V. please visit http://www.euronutec.com For more information on Quadrantix the transaction partner please visit www.quadrantix.com

Ramsey Industries, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

7 July 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Ramsey Industries, Inc., a General Industrial Machinery organization based in OK, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Ramsey Industries, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures cranes, crane service bodies, hydraulic air compressors, and front mount and industrial winches. It offers electric and hydraulic telescoping cranes, hydraulic articulating cranes, and accessories, as well as terrain vehicles, automotive, and industrial winches. The company's products are used in front mount self-recovery and industrial applications. It markets its products through dealers. The company was founded in 1944 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For more information on Ramsey Industries, Inc. please visit www.ramsey.com

Weaver Popcorn Company, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

5 July 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Weaver Popcorn Company, Inc., a Food Products organization based in IN, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. In 1928, Reverend Ira Weaver founded the Weaver Popcorn Company — shucking and bagging his own carefully-grown popcorn, then delivering it to his customers with the assistance of a horse-drawn wagon. Today, Pop Weaver has become a leading brand of microwave popcorn. Ira's horse has long since been replaced by a fleet of vans, trucks and tankers, distributing our products throughout the United States and to more than 90 other countries worldwide. They have created one of the healthiest microwave popcorns in the world, with more rich, buttery flavor than ever before. They remain conscious of the environment, using less packaging material and ink and utilizing natural, unbleached bags. Finally, they never use palm oil—the harvesting of which destroys the earth's dwindling rainforests. For more information on Weaver Popcorn Company, Inc. please visit www.weaverpopcorn.com

Internacional de Ceramica licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

22 June 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Internacional de Ceramica, based in Mexico, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Internacional de Ceramica began operations in Chihuahua, Mexico in 1979 as a ceramic tile manufacturing company with the most innovative technology at the time. Today it is one of the largest ceramic tile manufacturers in North America with a total production capacity of approximately 450 million sq ft per year in nine facilities housed in four different manufacturing complexes: three in Chihuahua, Mexico and one in Garland, TX in the US. With almost 30 years in the market, Internacional de Ceramica has become a leader not only as a manufacturer, but also as distributor of ceramic tile, bathroom fixtures, setting materials and natural stone. To complement manufactured products, Interceramic also outsources approximately 70 million sq ft of floor and wall tile annually. For more information on Internacional de Ceramica please visit http://www.interceramic.com/sitio/MEX.xhtml. For more information on Quadrantix the transaction partner please visit www.quadrantix.com

AGInteractive licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

14 June 2011

Excel4apps announced today that AGInteractive, a Paper & Paper Products organization based in OH, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. American Greetings Corporation is a leading manufacturer of innovative social expression products. The company's major greeting card brands are American Greetings, Carlton Cards, Gibson, Recycled Paper Greetings, and Papyrus, and other paper product offerings include DesignWare party goods, American Greetings and Plus Mark gift-wrap and boxed cards and Date Works calendars. American Greetings also has the largest collection of electronic greetings on the Web, including cards available at AmericanGreetings.com through AG Interactive, Inc., the company's online division. AG Interactive also offers digital photo sharing and personal publishing at Webshots.com and a one-stop source for online graphics, animations, and more at Kiwee.com. In addition to its product lines, American Greetings also creates and licenses popular character brands through the American Greetings Properties group. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, American Greetings generates annual revenue of approximately $1.7 billion, and its products can be found in retail outlets domestically and worldwide. For more information on AGInteractive please visit www.americangreetings.com

Penn Color, Inc licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

6 June 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Penn Color, Inc, a Plastic Materials & Synthetic Resins organization based in PA, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Founded in 1964, Penn Color develops and manufactures the most diverse product line of color concentrates, masterbatches, and pigment dispersions of any colorant company in the world. For nearly fifty years, Penn Color has maintained a commitment to meet or exceed the expectations of their customers, and has expanded and diversified to develop innovative solutions for industries using colorant and additive functional materials. Penn Color is a privately held company with manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Europe, India and sales offices in Asia. Penn Color provides manufacturing continuity designed to meet your specific requirements on a timely basis. For more information on Penn Color, Inc please visit www.penncolor.com

FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

27 May 2011

Excel4apps announced today that FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation, a Engines & Turbines organization based in MA, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation designs and manufactures wind turbines. The company's products include mixer and ejector wind turbines. It caters to wind farm developers, industrial operators, and utilities. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation operates as a subsidiary of FloDesign Inc. For more information on FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation please visit www.fdwt.com

Jacksonville Electric Authority licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

23 May 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Jacksonville Electric Authority, a Utilities organization based in FL, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. JEA owns, operates and manages the electric system established by the City of Jacksonville in 1895. JEA is the largest community-owned utility in Florida and the eighth largest in the United States. The JEA electric system currently serves more than 417,000 electric customers in Jacksonville and parts of three adjacent counties. JEA's water system serves more than 305,000 water customers and 230,000 sewer customers in Northeast Florida. Approximately 42 percent of JEA’s electric revenues come from our 368,000 residential customers, 45 percent from 46,000 commercial and industrial customers and 3 percent from one wholesale customer. The commercial and industrial market segment also accounts for about one-third of the water and wastewater revenue. For more information on Jacksonville Electric Authority please visit www.jea.com

Canberra Institute of Technology licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

19 May 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Canberra Institute of Technology, a organization based in ACT, Australia, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) is the ACT and region's leading training organisation providing career opportunities and partnering with industry and individuals to develop a skilled community. CIT offers over 400 programs to local, national and international students to equip them to work effectively in business and industry or go onto further tertiary study. CIT can also tailor a workforce development solution specifically for an individual business or industry. Qualifications range from certificate to degree level and include a range of flexible learning options. CIT students include school leavers, first-time employees, those seeking a new career direction or additional skills and people with specific training needs. CIT staff are industry professionals, with students benefiting from their expertise, support and personal attention. CIT enjoys excellent working relationships with many international institutions and is host to international students from over 50 countries. For more information on Canberra Institute of Technology please visit www.cit.act.edu.au

Boral Industries, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

16 May 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Boral Industries, Inc., a Brick, Tile, Roofing & Clay Products organization based in GA, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Boral USA employs around 2,500 people across 162 operating and distribution sites across the USA. The US operations include the country's largest brick manufacturer, the largest clay tile manufacturer, one of the largest fly ash suppliers, and the group holds a strong position in the Denver construction materials market and more recently in Oklahoma construction materials. Through the 100% owned MonierLifetile (MLT), Boral is the largest concrete roof tile manufacturer in the United States. For more information on Boral Industries, Inc. please visit www.boral.com

EATON Steel Bar Company licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

6 May 2011

Excel4apps announced today that EATON Steel Bar Company, a Steel Pipes & Tubes organization based in Michigan, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. EATON Steel Bar Company engages in the production and distribution of carbon and alloy cold finish and hot roll bar products. It offers bar and billet products for forging and machining industries. The company serves automotive, handtool, agricultural, service center, screw machine plants, forgers, OEM's, and fluid power manufacturers and industries in the United States and internationally. EATON Steel Bar Company was founded in 1953 and is based in Oak Park, Michigan. It has warehouses in Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Barrie, Massachusetts. For more information on EATON Steel Bar Company please visit www.eatonsteel.com

City of Memphis Finance Division - ACS licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

4 May 2011

Excel4apps announced today that City of Memphis Finance Division - ACS, in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information on City of Memphis Finance Division - ACS please visit memphistn.gov

Biodel Inc licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

6 April 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Biodel Inc, a Biopharmaceuticals & Biotherapeutics organization based in Danbury,Connecticut, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Biodel Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops novel formulations of already approved therapeutics to treat endocrine disorders such as diabetes and osteoporosis. Biodel's products are created by utilizing the company's proprietary VIAdelTM technology, which enables rapid delivery of drugs into the blood through various routes of administration. Faster onset of action and non-invasive routes of delivery improve the efficacy, safety, compliance and convenience for patients. For more information on Biodel Inc please visit http://www.biodel.com/

GFI Group Leverages Excel-Based Reporting Tool - OAUG Insight feature story

5 April 2011

OAUG Insight, the official publication of the Oracle Applications User Group featured an article in the spring 2011 edition on how GFI leverages Excel-Based reporting tools, specifically GL Wand for improved decision making and Orace EBS Financial Reporting. GFI Group provides wholesale brokerage services, electronic execution and trading support products in a multitude of global over-the-counter cash and derivatives markets. The company is headquartered in New York and employs more than 1,700 people throughout the world to provide services and products for over 2,400 institutional clients, including leading banks, corporations, insurance companies and hedge funds. The article was authored by Marco J. Meirinho, the Director of the Financial Operations Group for GFI Group, an OAUG member company.

B.E. Campbell Pty Ltd licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

31 March 2011

Excel4apps announced today that B.E. Campbell Pty Ltd, a meat wholesaler based in New South Wales, Australia, have selected GL Wand to complement their SAP Financial reporting toolset. BE Campbell is one of Australia’s largest family owned meat wholesalers with a proud history of providing Australian consumers, butchers, supermarkets and the food service industry at large with the highest quality meat products including pork, beef and chicken. Established in 1969 by Bruce and Marie Campbell with a commitment to quality and service continues today under the stewardship of Managing Director, Ted Campbell and family. For more information on B.E. Campbell Pty Ltd please visit http://www.becampbell.com.au/ For more information on IQX Business Solutions the transaction partner please visit www.iqxbusiness.com

Staples Brazil licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

21 March 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Staples Brazil, an Office Supplies organization based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Staples Brazil keeps the focus on providing solutions that make buying office supplies easy, aligned to the values, corporate culture and principles of the American headquarters and global subsidiaries. For more information on Staples Brazil please visit www.staples.com.br

Al Mailem Group of Co's licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

18 March 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Al Mailem Group of Co's, an organization based in Kuwait, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Al Mailem’s main product lines are automobile tires, spare parts, batteries, auto glass, lubricants and garage equipment for tire service. Retail shops are equipped with state of the art equipment to provide top end service to the customers. Wholesale and corporate customers are treated equally the same level and are delivered an experience of satisfaction. They pride themselves on speed of delivery, customer service and quality of product – total commitment to client satisfaction and ability to meet specific clients requirements. Al Mailem caters to all kinds of customers, which include the Oil sector, Ministries, Government and Semi-Government Agencies and Departments, Contracting Companies, Public and Private Sector. For more information on Al Mailem Group of Co's please visit www.almailemgroup.com

Achieving Financial Excellence - Mastering SAP Financials case study

15 March 2011

Mastering SAP Financials - Sydney - TRACK C Tuesday 17 May 2011, 10:40am Achieving Financial Excellence Why the promise of SAP as the "single source of truth" does not mean the end of Excel. Examine five treacherous pitfalls and five great reasons to keep Excel. The reality is that despite lT’s desire to wean end-users off Excel and investments made in Business Intelligence, Excel is still the most common tool in many finance organisations. Reasons include simplicity, familiarity, collaboration, flexibility and user-empowerment. - Why we love and will keep on using Excel - How to have the "Best of Both Worlds" - Live demonstration - Real time SAP finance reporting via Excel (a "pull rather than a "push") - Journal processing via Excel with full data lookups and live validation - Budgeting and forecasting via Excel A case study from iNova Pharmaceuticals covering Excel based finance reporting and Excel based journal processing and why an Excel solution complements Business Intelligence. Peter Tysoe - Group Finance Manager, iNova Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Limited & Richard Frykberg - Operations Director, IQX Business Solutions Do register and come and join us for this live event.

Infoblox, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

14 March 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Infoblox, Inc., a Computer Networking Equipment organization based in CA, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Infoblox is the leader in network automation and control. Many of the world’s largest businesses rely on their integrated hardened appliance based software for business continuity, availability and compliance. They provide integrated DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (IPAM) and Network Change & Configuration Management (NCCM) products. Infoblox was founded in 1999 and has shipped more than 40,000 appliances to more than 4,000 customers worldwide including more than one third of the Fortune 500. For more information on Infoblox, Inc. please visit www.infoblox.com

City of Detroit Reaches Financial Reporting Milestone with Excel-based Tool for Oracle Business Users

8 March 2011

Easy access to complex Oracle financial data via Excel expedites annual report

RALEIGH, NC (March 8, 2011) – For the first time in more than a decade, the City of Detroit in 2010 submitted its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) ahead of schedule, assisted by GL Wand, an Excel-based reporting tool from Excel4apps. Installed in 2009, GL Wand provides finance users a direct link via Excel to financial data in the City’s complex Oracle ERP system, a capability that has quickly decreased the time needed to prepare the CAFR.

“When I arrived at the City’s Finance Department in 2008, it seemed that we were two centuries behind in the technology needed to produce the City’s CAFR,” said Norman L. White, Chief Financial Officer, City of Detroit. “We would manually run the Oracle reports and then transfer the data to Excel spreadsheets to compile the CAFR -- a long and arduous process.”

With GL Wand, Finance can quickly produce financial statements from Oracle data. Users pull the data and transmit it directly to the City’s CAFR template. In addition to completing the 2008 and 2009 CAFRs within one fiscal year, the City submitted the fiscal year 2009-2010 CAFR two weeks ahead of deadline. According to White, GL Wand also increased the integrity of the City’s CAFR and enabled users to easily document source data.

“The ability to drill down directly from the CAFR to the supporting transaction detail has been a great analytical tool,” White described. “Thanks to GL Wand, it now seems like our technology for producing the CAFR and other financial reports is ahead of our peers.”

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a provider of best-in-class Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for use with solutions from Oracle and other vendors. Its award-winning GL Wand and Budget Wand products help financial professionals save time by delivering accurate and secure information in the familiar Excel environment. The company serves a broad range of industries, including financial services, education, utilities, insurance, hospitality, manufacturing and engineering. All products are available for immediate download and free trial, installing in minutes with no data warehouse and no additional hardware, setup or security configuration needed. Excel4apps maintains offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. More information is available at www.excel4apps.com.

Viva Telecom licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

4 March 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Viva Telecom, a telecommunications organization based in Kuwait, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. VIVA is the newest, most advanced mobile telecommunications service provider in Kuwait. VIVA has rapidly established itself in the market through their customer and employee-centric approach. VIVA offers superior Internet speed due to the implementation of the most advanced 3G and High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network in Kuwait resulting in high network performance. The company continues to take a considerable share of the market by offering an innovative range of advanced products and services, a state of the art network, and access to a world-class service. For more information on Viva Telecom please visit www.viva.com.kw For more information on TransSys Solutions the transaction partner please visit www.TransSysSolutions.com

Southern Sun Hotel Interests (Pty) Ltd licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

4 March 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Southern Sun Hotel Interests (Pty) Ltd, a large hotel group based in South Africa, have selected GL Wand to complement their SAP Financial reporting toolset. Southern Sun Hotels has 40 years of experience in providing great hospitality to its local and international guests. Southern Sun's portfolio of hotels provide world-class accommodation across all markets, and offer the widest distribution of hotels in South Africa in major urban centres and key leisure destinations. They are designed to meet the needs of all guests, whether they are travelling for business or leisure. Providing an extensive selection of hotels in South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia and the Seychelles. Southern Sun Hotels is the leading hotel group in Africa, and has two superb hotels in Dubai and an expansion programme for the Middle East. For more information on Southern Sun Hotel Interests (Pty) Ltd please visit http:\\southernsun.com

Farmacias del Ahorro licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 March 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Farmacias del Ahorro, a pharmaceutical organization based in Mexico, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The company is one of the largest drugstore chain with 18 years experience in the franchising market. They are in 23 states of the Mexican Republic, with over 800 outlets. For more information on Farmacias del Ahorro please visit www.fahorro.com.mx For more information on Quadrantix the transaction partner please visit www.quadrantix.com

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

25 February 2011

Excel4apps announced today that EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc., a Telecommunications Equipment organization based in QC, Canada, have selected GL Wand to complement their SAP Financial reporting toolset. EXFO is a leading provider of test and service assurance solutions for network service providers and equipment manufacturers in the global telecommunications industry. EXFO is among the leading providers of next-generation test and service assurance solutions for wireless and wireline network operators and equipment manufacturers in the global telecommunications industry. The company offers innovative solutions for the development, installation, management and maintenance of converged, IP fixed and mobile networks — from the core to the edge. Key technologies supported include 3G, 4G/LTE, IMS, Ethernet, OTN, FTTx, and various optical technologies (accounting for an estimated 35% of the portable fiber-optic test market). EXFO has a staff of approximately 1600 people in 25 countries, supporting more than 2000 telecom customers worldwide. EXFO stock has been traded on both the NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange since their Initial Public Offering in June 2000. For more information on EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. please visit http://www.exfo.com/

Rochester Institute of Technology licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

18 February 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Rochester Institute of Technology, a Universities based in NY, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Rochester Institute of Technology is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and graduate courses in science, technology, imaging arts, liberal arts, and information sciences. The institute has eight colleges: Applied Science and Technology, Business, Computing and Information Sciences, Engineering, Imaging Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts, Science, and National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Rochester Institute of Technology was founded in 1829 and is based in Rochester, New York. It has endowment assets worth $613.6 million. For more information on Rochester Institute of Technology please visit www.rit.edu

Avidyne licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

10 February 2011

Excel4apps announced today that Avidyne, a organization based in MA, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Based in Lincoln, Mass., Avidyne Corporation is the market-leading developer of Integrated Flight Deck Systems for light general aviation (GA) aircraft. Avidyne’s Entegra line revolutionized flying in 2003 as the first Integrated Flight Deck for light GA. Avidyne’s continuing leadership in innovation and its Flying Made Simple™ design philosophy make flying safer, more accessible and more enjoyable for pilots and their passengers. Avidyne operates four locations with world-class teams of technical experts in key Integrated Flight Deck technologies and systems that will be incorporated into future versions of Avidyne’s Entegra integrated flight deck and other Avidyne products. For more information on Avidyne please visit www.avidyne.com

RNDC licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 February 2011

Excel4apps announced today that RNDC, a organization based in GA, United States, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. RNDC is the second largest distributor of premium wine and spirits in the U.S., with wholly-owned operations in Arizona, Alabama, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. RNDC is also partners in joint-ventures in Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Carolina. In total, RNDC employs more than 6,000 individuals nationwide. For more information on RNDC please visit www.rndc-usa.com

IEEE licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

20 January 2011

Excel4apps announced that IEEE, an  organization based in New Jersey, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. IEEE is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE creates an environment where members collaborate on world-changing technologies – from computing and sustainable energy systems, to aerospace, communications, robotics, healthcare, and more. The strategic plan of IEEE is driven by an envisioned future that realizes the full potential of the role of IEEE in advancing technology for humanity. For more information about IEEE, please visit www.ieee.org.

Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

19 January 2011

Excel4apps announced that Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc., a publisher based in California, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc. engages in publishing automotive books in the United States. Its publications feature information relating to new and used cars, as well as used car values on various models of cars, trucks, and vans. The company also provides information relating to the purchase and sale of vehicles through its web site. It sells its products through bookstores and auto supply stores. The company was founded in 1918 and is based in Irvine, California. For more information about Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc., please visit www.kbb.com.

Starkey Laboratories, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

27 December 2010

Excel4apps announced that Starkey Laboratories, Inc., an orthopedic and prosthetic equipment company based in Minnesota, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Starkey Laboratories, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and distribution of hearing instruments and solutions. It offers diagnostic equipment, hearing protection products, wireless technology, and hearing solutions. The company's products include communication and mobile headsets and SoundPort wireless devices; and audio and music devices, such as personal audio monitors, custom mini monitors, MP3 earbud molds, and musician's earplugs. Its products also include industrial, swimming, hunting, and sleeping hearing protection and enhancement products; hearing aid devices; and newscaster/teleprompter, pilot headset, racing receiver, and stethoscope adaptor molds. The company was formerly known as Professional Hearing Aid Service, Inc. Starkey Laboratories, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. For more information about Starkey Laboratories, Inc., please visit www.starkey.com.

Tempel benefits from GL Wands advanced capabilities for information access

10 December 2010

Tempel is seeing a variety of positive benefits from GL Wand’s advanced capabilities for instant access to detailed information.

“Previously, we had to run a manual update process to get the old reporting system to pull updated information from the GL, which occasionally caused problems,” Coffey said. “With GL Wand tied directly to Oracle, we just sign in and update the period/date information for the report, and GL Wand automatically populates the spreadsheet with real-time Oracle data.”

Tempel is the world's leading independent manufacturer of precision magnetic steel laminations and the largest independent purchaser of electrical steel. The company supplies electrical equipment to manufacturers in the automotive, motor, generator, transformer and lighting markets. With over $400 million in sales and 1,800-plus employees, the company operates in five countries. In 2005, Tempel began a phased implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 11i, but ...

Panasonic Mexico licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 December 2010

Excel4apps announced that Panasonic, an organization based in Tijuana, Mexico has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Panasonic de Mexico began operations in October 1979. The close link between the two nations has been of great importance. Panasonic for 30 years has contributed to the progress and development of Mexican society through the production and distribution of its products, which are designed to improve the quality of life of people. One of the main priorities of Panasonic is through the Eco Ideas program, which aims to reduce CO2 emissions from environmental products and production processes and obtain more efficient power consumption. For more information about Panasonic, please visit www.panasonic.com. For more information about Quadrantix, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.quadrantix.com.

OGIO International, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

23 November 2010

Excel4apps announced that OGIO International, Inc., based in Utah, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. OGIO International, Inc. designs and manufactures skate, snow, surf, moto, BMX, snowmobile, laptop, streetpacks, messenger, duffels, travel, girl, golf, and promotional bags as well as accessories. OGIO International, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Bluffdale, Utah. For more information about OGIO International, Inc., please visit www.ogio.com. For more information about Mercury Technology Group, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.mercurytechnology.com.

Golden Temple of Oregon licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

8 November 2010

Excel4apps announced that Golden Temple of Oregon, an organization based in Oregon, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Golden Temple is committed to providing healthy, natural foods and beverages that are accessible to as many people as possible. With more than 40 years of experience, they strive to support the health and well-being of their consumers by incorporating the highest-quality natural and organic ingredients. Golden Temple currently has four branded lines: YogiTM, Peace Cereal®, Sweet Home Farm® Granola and Golden Temple Bulk Granola. Earlier brands included Wha Guru Chews, an all-natural candy bar and granola. For more information about Golden Temple of Oregon, please visit www.goldentemple.com.

Tai Ping Carpets Group licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 November 2010

Excel4apps announced that Tai Ping Carpets Group, a textile products company based in NY, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Tai Ping is an international company recognized as the carpet designer and manufacturer of choice for a discerning global clientele. Tai Ping owns and operates its own factories, as well as design retailers and showrooms, allowing the company to offer a peerless caliber of design, manufacturing and customer service. For more information about Tai Ping Carpets Group, please visit www.taipingcarpets.com.

Analytics leader FICO improves internal decisions with accurate financial reporting from GL Wand

28 October 2010

As a leader in decision management, FICO's mission is to transform business by making every decision count. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., with locations around the world, the company uses predictive analytics to help businesses automate, improve and connect decisions across organizational silos and customer lifecycles. FICO provides decision management software and solutions to more than 4000 financial services providers including two-thirds of the top 100 global banks, as well as insurers, retailers and healthcare organizations. Just as FICO helps customers make better decisions, the company continually seeks improvements in its own internal processes. FICO identified financial reporting from its Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system as an area that could improve its internal decisions...

Surrey Police Authority licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

18 October 2010

Excel4apps announced that Surrey Police Authority, based in Surrey, United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Surrey Police Authority is dedicated to a Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team. In all there are 106 such teams in Surrey, each helping to keep the county safe and sound. For more information about Surrey Police Authority, please visit www.surrey.police.uk.

Océ North America, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps through Appcentric

11 October 2010

Excel4apps announced that Océ North America, Inc., an organization based in Trumbull, Connecticut, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Océ is a leading international provider of digital document management technology and services. The company's solutions are based on Océ's advanced software applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and the Internet to printing devices and archives locally and around the world. Supporting the workflow solutions are Océ digital printers and scanners, considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Océ also offers a wide range of display graphics, consulting and outsourcing solutions. Océ employs around 22,000 people, with 2009 revenues of approximately $3.7 billion, operates in and around 100 countries and maintains research and manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Romania and Singapore. For more information about Océ North America, Inc., please visit www.oceusa.com.  For more information about AppCentric, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.appcentric.com.

Neopost Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

4 October 2010

Excel4apps announced that Neopost Inc., an organization based in Milford, Connecticut, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Neopost markets its Neopost brand and Hasler brand of innovative, efficient and affordable mailing and shipping solutions via a network of dealers and direct-sales channels throughout the United States. Neopost supplies technologically advanced solutions for mailing, folding/inserting and addressing as well as logistics management and traceability and also offers a full range of consultancy, maintenance and financing solutions services. Neopost USA is the American operating company of Neopost S.A., based in France. Neopost S.A. is the number-one producer of mailing and shipping products in Europe, the second largest in the world. During its 90-year history, Neopost has delivered innovative mailing solutions, including the first electronic postage meter, the first folder/inserters with automated setting adjustments, and its renowned digital ink jet mailing systems. For more information about Neopost Inc., please visit www.neopostinc.com.

Comunicaciones Nextel de Mexico S.A. de C.V. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

27 September 2010

Excel4apps announced that Comunicaciones Nextel de Mexico S.A. de C.V., a communications organization based in Mexico City, Mexico, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Comunicaciones Nextel de Mexico S.A. de C.V. provides radio communication services in Mexico. The company is an analog-specialized mobile radio (SMR) operator that offers mobile radio voice, messaging, and data services. It was formerly known as Corporacion Mobilcom S.A. de C.V. and changed its name in 1997. Comunicaciones Nextel de Mexico S.A. de C.V. operates as a subsidiary of NII Holdings, Inc. For more information about Comunicaciones Nextel de Mexico S.A. de C.V., please visit www.nextel.com.mx. For more information about Quadrantix, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.quadrantix.com.

OFS Brands Holdings, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

17 September 2010

Excel4apps announced that OFS Brands Holdings, Inc., an office furniture and fixtures company based in Huntingburg, Indiana, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. OFS Brands Holdings, Inc. manufactures, distributes, and sells furniture. Its products include desks, lunch and meeting room furniture, tables, case goods, conference room furniture, wood finishes, leathers, and textiles, as well as swivel, guest, and lounge seating. The company was formerly known as Styline Industries, Inc. and changed its name to OFS Brands Holdings, Inc. in 2007. OFS Brands Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1937. For more information about OFS Brands Holdings, Inc., please visit www.ofsbrands.com.

Assore licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

15 September 2010

Excel4apps announced that Assore, a mining organization based in South Africa, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Assore Limited is a mining holding company principally engaged in ventures involving base minerals and metals. The group's principal investment is a 50% interest in Assmang Limited, which it controls jointly with African Rainbow Minerals Limited (ARM). The group, through its various joint venture entities and subsidiary companies, is involved in the mining of manganese, iron and chrome ores together with other industrial minerals and the manufacture of manganese and chrome alloys. Assore is also responsible for marketing all products produced, the bulk of which is exported and the remainder either used in the group's beneficiation processes or sold locally. The company was incorporated in 1950 and its shares are listed on the JSE Limited under "Assore" in the general mining sector. For more information on Assore, please visit www.assore.com. For more information on Syllogistics cc t/a iFACTORY Outsourcing, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.ifactoryconsulting.co.za.

GL Wand Expedites SAP Financial Reporting for HMX Group

14 September 2010

GL WAND FROM EXCEL4APPS CONSOLIDATES CRITICAL SAP FINANCIAL DATA FOR HMX GROUP’S NEW BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.

RALEIGH, NC (September 14, 2010) – Financial reporting after a merger, acquisition, or new company formation is often challenging, as companies struggle to standardize information technology (IT) systems and consolidate data. Such was initially the case for premier clothing provider HMX Group, owner of famous brands like Hart Schaffner Marx, after the company was restructured last year. To expedite financial reporting from SAP/R3 in this environment, HMX Group turned to GL Wand, an Excel-based reporting tool from Excel4apps. With GL Wand, business users can immediately access live SAP data to create financial statements and ad hoc reports, without programming support or excessive familiarity with SAP.

“GL Wand has allowed our financial group to easily provide the necessary reports from an existing SAP installation across formerly autonomous business units, while also supporting a new strategy that includes a shared services financial organization,” explained John Niemzyk, CIO of HMX Group. “We could not let IT become a bottleneck to quickly moving the business forward, and GL Wand gave financial personnel unfamiliar with SAP the ability to respond to new reporting requirements within a new organizational structure.”

In addition to empowering business users, GL Wand also ...

F5 Networks, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

7 September 2010

Excel4apps announced that F5 Networks, Inc., a computer networking equipment company based in Seattle, Washington, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. F5 provides strategic points of control throughout the IT infrastructure, enabling organizations to scale, adapt, and align with changing business demands and drive businesses forward on a solid foundation of IT agility. F5 is the only vendor that provides an open architectural framework, offering IT organizations new ways to deliver services that generate true business value. The company’s core technology is hardware and software for application delivery networking, including application security, secure remote access, Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization and file virtualization. All of its products are systems that integrate its software with purpose-built hardware that incorporates commodity components. The company’s BIG-Internet protocol (IP) product family supports a number of features and functions as software modules, including Global Traffic Manager (GTM), Link Controller, Application Security Manager (ASM) and WebAccelerator. It also sells ASM, FirePass, WANJet and WebAccelerator as separate, stand-alone appliances. For more information about F5 Networks, Inc., please visit www.f5.com.

TrustPower licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

3 September 2010

Excel4apps announced that TrustPower, an  organization based in New Zealand, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset.  Established in 1925, TrustPower has grown to be New Zealand's fourth largest electricity retailer, and fifth largest electricity generator. TrustPower owns 36 small to medium-sized Hydro Generating Stations and a large Wind Farm in New Zealand, with a further Wind Farm recently completed in South Australia. TrustPower produces electricity exclusively from renewable sources with power stations producing enough electricity for around 220,000 Kiwi households. For more information about TrustPower, please visit www.trustpower.co.nz.

Morinda Inc licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

26 August 2010

Excel4apps announced that Tahitian Noni International, Inc., a food and beverage company based in Utah, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Tahitian Noni International, Inc. engages in the discovery, development, manufacturing, and marketing of noni-based products. Its products include beverages, juices, nutrition, women's health products, teas, and noni sweets. The company also provides facial care products and skin treatment products; body care products; hair care products; gifts; animal nutrition; and accessories. In addition, the company offers beauty and spa products, weight management lines, and animal nutrition products. Tahitian Noni International, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Morinda Holdings, Inc. For more information about Tahitian Noni International, Inc., please visit www.tni.com.

GL Wand Proves Practical Yet Powerful Reporting Tool for Fletcher Insulation’s SAP Environment

20 August 2010

“GL Wand has streamlined our tight month-end close so that we spend less time struggling to prepare data and more time analyzing it to improve our business strategy and responses. With minimal training, our finance users can develop complex reports in GL Wand in just minutes, without programming support. Because the reports access real-time SAP data, we are assured that we are analyzing the most relevant data possible.” Andrew Roberts, Finance Manager, Fletcher Insulation.

Background

Fletcher Insulation is a producer of Australia's leading insulation brands, with three manufacturing facilities and 14 branch locations located throughout the country. For Fletcher’s Finance Group, extremely tight month-end closes were a challenge in the company’s SAP R/3 environment. Financial reports were due to the various branches and manufacturing plants just two days after SAP data was finalized each month. Plant accountants and managers could then use profit and loss (P&L) statements to perform variance, ratio, and other types of analyses. By the fourth day, the final consolidated financial reports were due from Finance to Fletcher’s parent company.

Challenges

For finance users, creating or updating reports in SAP required ...

Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

20 August 2010

Excel4apps announced that Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, an organization based in Doha, Qatar, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Qatari Dair Real Estate is the region’s most influential and innovative real estate investment company – a master developer and planner whose mission is to promote a better quality of life by creating distinguished legacy developments that are planned, built and managed to internationally recognized standards. Qatari Diar is fully owned by the Qatar Investment Authority and was founded to support Qatar’s rapidly expanding economy and provide structure and quality control for the country’s real estate development priorities. For more information about Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, please visit www.qataridiar.com.  For more information about TransSys Solutions, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.transsyssolutions.com.

Amalgamated Life Insurance Company licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

10 August 2010

Excel4apps announced that Amalgamated Life Insurance Company, an insurance organization based in NY, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Amalgamated Life is America’s Labor Insurance Company®, offering quality insurance and benefit programs for working people. Recognizing the importance of benefits programs to unions, trust funds and other individuals, the company helps its clients access world-class insurance programs designed to balance cost while maximizing member satisfaction. Areas of expertise include group and individual life insurance, disability coverage, medical stop-loss insurance, health and pension administration, medical management, benefits communication programs, printing and fulfillment services and mainframe computer services and support. Clients include fund administrators, unions, members, brokers and consultants as well as nonunion members. For more information about Amalgamated Life Insurance Company, please visit www.amalgamatedlife.com.

KU Childrens Services licenses GL Wand, Budget Wand and Reports Wand from Excel4apps via Dataweave

9 August 2010

Excel4apps announced that KU Childrens Services, a non-profit organization based in New South Wales, Australia, has selected GL Wand, Budget Wand and Reports Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Established in 1895 as the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales, KU Childrens Services is Australia's oldest and most respected child care provider. KU Childrens Services established Australia's first early childhood teacher training college in the early 1900s and has continued to build an enviable reputation for providing high-quality early childhood services that meet the ever-changing needs of children, families and the community. KU employs more than 2,500 early childhood specialists who work in over 150 early childhood centers throughout Australia. For more information on KU Childrens Services, please visit www.ku.com.au. For more information on Dataweave Pty Ltd., the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.dataweave.com.au.

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

27 July 2010

Excel4apps announced that Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., an iron and steel foundry based in Oregon, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. is a recycler of used and salvaged vehicles, and a manufacturer of finished steel products. It operates in three business segments: the Metals Recycling Business (MRB), the Auto Parts Business (APB) and the Steel Manufacturing Business (SMB). In February 2009, the Company acquired a self-service used auto parts business with two locations in California. In March 2009, the Company acquired a metals recycler in Nevada, providing an additional source of scrap metal for MRB’s Oakland, California export facility. On October 2, 2009, the Company acquired four self-service operations, which are located near the Company’s MRB export facility located in Portland, Oregon and sold its full-service used auto parts operation to LKQ Corporation. For more information about Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., please visit www.schnitzersteel.com.

Bournemouth Borough Council licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

22 July 2010

Excel4apps announced that Bournemouth Borough Council, a government organization based in Dorset, United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Bournemouth Borough Council is committed to making local people and visitors to the Town aware of services, activities and events. A Cabinet of 9 elected Councillors runs Bournemouth Borough Council. There are six Overview and Scrutiny Panels that help the Cabinet and full Council with developing new policy or reviewing current policy. The Panels also monitor performance and spending for each of the Council’s priority areas. In addition, there is an overview and scrutiny Management Panel that is responsible for co-ordinating the Council’s overview and scrutiny function. For more information about Bournemouth Borough Council, please visit www.bournemouth.gov.uk.

Fondförsäkringsaktiebolaget SEB Trygg Liv licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

20 July 2010

Excel4apps announced that Fondförsäkringsaktiebolaget SEB Trygg Liv, an  organization based in Sweden, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. SEB is a North European financial group serving 400,000 corporate customers and institutions and more than five million private individuals. The business comprises mainly banking services, but also carries out significant life insurance activities in selected markets. In Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Germany, SEB offers universal banking services. SEB aims to be a universal bank also in Ukraine. Sweden remains SEB’s single largest market, with approximately 1.9 million private and 200,000 corporate customers. For several years, SEB has ranked as the best foreign exchange bank in Swedish kronor on a global basis. For more information on Fondförsäkringsaktiebolaget SEB Trygg Liv, please visit www.seb.se.

Newark Group Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

20 July 2010

Excel4apps announced that Newark Group Inc., an industrial manufacturing and services organization based in New Jersey, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The Newark Group, Inc. manufactures and sells recycled paperboard and paperboard products. The company operates in three segments: Paperboard, Converted Products, and International. The Paperboard segment handles recovered paper and manufactures grades of recycled paperboard, which are used in the production of folding cartons, rigid boxes, tubes, cores, and other products. The Converted Products segment converts paperboard into laminated and graphic board products; tubes, which are used primarily for forming concrete columns during construction; cores that are used in packing products, such as paper, tape, textiles, yarn, and plastic film; and allied products, including paper roll end covers, roll wraps, and pallets. The products are also used for book covers, game boards, jigsaw puzzles, and loose-leaf binders. The International segment engages in the production of recycled paperboard, laminated products, graphic board, and solid board packaging, primarily for the European market. The Newark Group serves paper, packaging, stationery, book printing, construction, plastic film, furniture, and game industries. It has operations primarily in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Cranford, New Jersey. For more information on Newark Group Inc., please visit www.newarkgroup.com.

Makro SA licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

13 July 2010

Excel4apps announced that Makro SA, a retail organization based in South Africa, has selected GL Wand to complement its SAP Financial reporting toolset. Makro is a chain of warehouse clubs, also called cash and carries. Makro comprises 13 warehouse clubs in South Africa and two similar formats in Zimbabwe that trade in food, general merchandise and liquor. The low-cost/low-margin trading philosophy is manifested in the distribution of high volumes of merchandise in selected categories at very competitive prices. A superior merchandise proposition (quality, differentiation, innovation, style, price, etc.) is the cornerstone of the value offering to customers. For more information on Makro SA, please visit www.makro.co.za.

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

7 July 2010

Excel4apps announced that Rackspace Hosting, Inc., a computer services organization based in Texas, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Rackspace Hosting, the world's leader in enterprise-level hosting services, offers its products under the Fanatical Support brand. The company has grown to serve more than 99,000 customers, including over 80,000 cloud-computing customers. Rackspace integrates the industry's best technologies for each customer's specific needs and delivers it as a service via the company's commitment to Fanatical Support. Core products include Rackspace Managed Hosting, The Rackspace Cloud™ and Rackspace Email & Apps. For more information about Rackspace Hosting, Inc., please visit www.rackspace.com.

Metropolitian Water District of Southern Californa licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

2 July 2010

Excel4apps announced that Metropolitian Water District of Southern Californa, an  organization based in the United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is the largest supplier of treated water in the US. It is a cooperative of 14 cities and 12 municipal water districts that indirectly provides water to 18 million people in its 5,200-square-mile (13,000 km2) service area. It was created by an act of the California Legislature in 1928, primarily to build and operate the Colorado River Aqueduct. MWD became the first (and largest) contractor to the State Water Project in 1960. It includes parts of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. For more information about Metropolitian Water District of Southern Californa, please visit www.mwdh2o.com/index.htm.

TPC Group, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

30 June 2010

Excel4apps announced that TPC Group, Inc., a chemical products organization based in Texas, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. TPC Group is a leader in providing highly specialized lines of chemical products to major chemical and petroleum-based companies worldwide. As North America’s largest producer of finished butadiene and the largest producer of butene-1, companies around the globe rely on the group as a dependable supplier for hydrocarbon processing and other specialty chemicals. The organization is the sole producer of chemical grade diisobutylene in North America and the second largest active merchant producer of high purity isobutylene in North America. TPC Group products are sold to a wide range of performance, specialty and intermediate markets, including synthetic rubber, fuel additives, plastics and surfactants. Put simply, TPC makes the products that go into making the world’s tires, carpets, gasoline additives and many other essential items used in our daily lives. For more information on TPC Group, Inc., please visit www.tpcgrp.com.

Jacksonville Aviation Authority licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

23 June 2010

Excel4apps announced that Jacksonville Aviation Authority, an airlines and scheduled air transportation organization based in Florida, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The Jacksonville Aviation Authority owns and manages the Jacksonville Airport System, a diversified airport system that serves the commercial, business and recreational aviation needs of the City of Jacksonville, Northeast Florida, and Southeast Georgia. For more information about Jacksonville Aviation Authority, please visit www.jaa.aero.

STC licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

23 June 2010

Excel4apps announced that Saudi Telecom Company, an organization based in Saudi Arabia, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. STC is the leading national provider of telecommunication services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The company is working continuously to fulfill and satisfy the market requirements, keeping pace with the emerging technologies in the telecommunications sector and satisfying its customer's needs. For more information about STC, please visit www.stc.com.sa. For more information about Saudi Paramount Computer Systems, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.pcssaudi.com.

Distribuciones Sagaji, S.A. de C.V. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

16 June 2010

Excel4apps announced that Distribuciones Sagaji, S.A. de C.V., an organization based in Mexico City, Mexico, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Sagaji is a leader in distribution and wholesale marketing of auto parts, based on technology, computer systems and technology, and distinguished by the attention and service the organziation provides to its customers throughout Mexico. For more information on Distribuciones Sagaji, S.A. de C.V., please visit http://www.sagaji.com.mx.   For more information on Quadrantix, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.quadrantix.com.

Placon Corporation licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

10 June 2010

Excel4apps announced that Placon Corporation, a  manufacturing organization based in Wisconsin, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Placon Corporation, a thermoformed packaging resource, engages in designing, manufacturing, and marketing plastic thermoforms for packaging food, retail, and medical products in the Americas. It offers stock packages for hardware, household electronics, office products, sporting goods, and health and beauty products, as well as for medical device, pharmaceutical, and hospital products. The company's products also include HomeFresh polypropylene, white, and printed deli containers; Crystal Seal hinged deli containers; and PastaPak trays and lids for pasta, bakery items, candy, and nuts, as well as sustainable packaging, such as recycled PETE (RPET) thermoforms, heat-sealable RPET, and EcoStar PC50. Placon Corporation was founded in 1966 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin. For more information on Placon Corporation, please visit www.placon.com.

Virgin Money licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

27 May 2010

Excel4apps announced that Virgin Money, a financials services organization headquartered in Norfolk, United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Virgin Money is a financial services company owned by the Virgin Group and founded by Sir Richard Branson in March 1995. It was originally known as Virgin Direct, and pioneered index tracking by launching a value Personal Equity Plan into the market. In the 2000s, Virgin Money expanded its operations around the world. In 2010, the company received a banking licence through the purchase of the Church House Trust and has plans to expand into this sector. For more information on Virgin Money, please visit uk.virginmoney.com/virgin.

Plantronics licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

14 May 2010

Excel4apps announced that Plantronics has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Plantronics, Inc. (Plantronics) is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and marketer of lightweight communications headsets, telephone headset systems, and accessories for the business and consumer markets under the Plantronics brand. It is also a manufacturer and marketer of docking audio products, computer and home entertainment sound systems, and a line of headphones for personal digital media under the Altec Lansing brand. In addition, it manufactures and markets under its Clarity brand specialty telephone products, such as telephones for the hearing impaired, and other related products for people with special communication needs. Plantronics ships a range of communications products to over 80 countries through a worldwide network of distributors, retailers, wireless carriers, original equipment manufacturers and telephony service providers. As of March 28, 2009, its business was organized into two segments: the Audio Communications Group (ACG) and the Audio Entertainment Group (AEG). For more information on Plantronics, please visit www.plantronics.com.  For more information on Quadrantix, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.quadrantix.com.

Zain Communications Ltd licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

7 May 2010

Excel4apps announced that Zain Communications Ltd., an organization based in NDjamena, Chad, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Zain (formerly MTC) is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and now a major player within the African continent. They are a leading wireless services provider with a commercial presence in 23 countries across the Middle East and Africa with over 13,000 employees providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 70 million active individual and business customers. For more information about Zain Communications Ltd., please visit www.zain.com. For more information about Technology Management Services, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.tms.mu.

Forsythe Technology, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

6 May 2010

Excel4apps announced that Forsythe Technology, Inc., a computer and software retailer based in Illinois, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Forsythe Technology, Inc. provides technology and business consulting services, technology leasing, and products from information technology infrastructure manufacturers. Its services include aligning and operating information technology, managing risks, protecting and managing data, optimizing data centers, enhancing information technology infrastructure, and sourcing and managing technology. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Skokie, Illinois. It has additional offices in the United States and western Canada. For more information on Forsythe Technology, Inc., please visit www.forsythe.com.

Tetra Tech cuts inter-company reconciliation process from 7 days to just 1 day

23 April 2010

Tetra Tech is considered to be a global leader in consulting engineering, with expertise in program management, construction and technical services. GL Wand was installed in May 2008 and apart from cutting the intercompany reconciliation process from 7 days to just 1 day, Tetra Tech lists the ease of use and relatively low cost of purchase as other GL Wand benefits.

"We appreciate how user-friendly GL Wand is for our employees around the world.” says Kathy Engler, Tetra Tech, Inc. Please read the case study for the complete story.

John Lewis Partnership licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

20 April 2010

Excel4apps announced that the John Lewis Partnership, a large retail organization based in London, United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The John Lewis Partnership is a visionary and successful way of doing business, boldly putting the happiness of Partners at the centre of everything it does. It's the embodiment of an ideal, the outcome of nearly a century of endeavour to create a different sort of company, owned by Partners dedicated to serving customers with flair and fairness.

All 70,000 permanent staff are Partners who own 29 John Lewis shops (28 department stores and one John Lewis at home), 228 Waitrose supermarkets (www.waitrose.com), an online and catalogue business,johnlewis.com (www.johnlewis.com), a direct services company, Greenbee (www.greenbee.com), a production unit and a farm with a turnover of nearly £7.4 billion last year. Partners share in the benefits and profits of a business that puts them first. For more information about the John Lewis Partnership, please visit www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk.

Accountants at UTS save 2-3 days per month on each report pack

13 April 2010

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, is a growing university with 30,000-plus students and a vision for becoming a world-leading school of technology. Since using GL Wand, report production at UTS is now automated so accountants can focus on value-added analysis of financial and budgetary trends. UTS immediately saw benefits from the installation, according to business systems analyst Chris Chand, who says accountants save two to three days per month on each report pack, allowing them more time to review the data with various groups. The savings is expected to grow with the development of quarterly and forecasting packs. Read the full case study.

Spotlight Pty Ltd licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

8 April 2010

Excel4apps announced that Spotlight Pty Ltd., an organization based in Australia, has selected GL Wand to complement its SAP Financial reporting toolset. Spotlight has become synonymous with expertise in crafting, fabrics and home decorating products, all while remaining true to its vision to give customers the best quality, best service, and best price. Spotlight's family values are at the core of its vision, beliefs, attitudes and success. For more information about Spotlight Pty Ltd., please visit www.spotlight.com.au.  For more information about IQX Business Solutions, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.iqxbusiness.com.

KEMET Corporation licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

25 March 2010

Excel4apps announced that KEMET Corporation, an electronic components and accessories organization based in South Carolina, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. KEMET Corporation (KEMET) is a manufacturer of tantalum capacitors, multilayer ceramic capacitors, film capacitors, electrolytic capacitors, paper capacitors, and solid aluminum capacitors. Capacitors are fundamental components that store, filter, and regulate electrical energy and current flow. They are found in virtually all electronic applications and products used today, including those in the computer, telecommunication, automotive, military and aerospace, medical, industrial/instrumentation (including lighting), and consumer market segments. "High Reliability" (Hi-Rel) versions of KEMET capacitors have shared in every important military/aerospace effort from the first Telstar to Viking, the Apollo moon landing, the Patriot missile, and the Mir and International Space Stations. KEMET capacitors were also present in both the Pathfinder probe and the Sojourner rover during their historic exploration of Mars. For more information on KEMET Corporation, please visit www.kemet.com.

Mexico Retail Properties licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

12 March 2010

Excel4apps announced that Mexico Retail Properties, based out of Mexico City, Mexico, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Founded in 2003, Mexico Retail Properties (MRP) is a fully integrated retail real estate company operating throughout Mexico. MRP acquires and develops net-leased properties in Mexico, anchored by leading retailers such as Wal-Mart, Costco, and Home Depot. For more information on MRP, please visit www.mexicoretailproperties.com.  For more information on Quadrantix, the Excel4apps
Reseller Partner, please visit www.quadrantix.com.

NBME licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

9 March 2010

Excel4apps announced that the National Board of Medical Examiners, based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The NBME is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides high-quality examinations for health professions. Protection of the health of the public through state of the art assessment of health professionals is the mission of the NBME, along with a major commitment to research and development in evaluation and measurement. For more information about NBME, please visit www.nbme.org.

iNova Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Limited licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

4 March 2010

Excel4apps announced that iNova Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Limited has selected GL Wand to complement its SAP reporting toolset. iNova Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Limited is an Australian owned and operated pharmaceutical company, based in New South Wales. iNova has leading consumer healthcare and specialty prescription brands in over 20 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific, and Africa regions. For more information about iNova Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Limited, please visit www.inovapharma.com. For more information about IQX Business Solutions, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.iqxbusiness.com.

Belron® International Limited licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

26 January 2010

Excel4apps announced that Belron® International Limited, an organization based in Surrey, United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Belron® is the world's largest, dedicated, vehicle glass repair and replacement (VGRR) company and the home of some of the best known brands in the industry, including CARGLASS®, AUTOGLASS®, LEBEAU®, O'BRIEN®, and SAFELITE®. For more information on Belron®,  please visit www.belron.com.

Aljomaih Holding Co. licenses GL Wand and Reports Wand from Excel4apps

19 January 2010

Excel4apps announced that Aljomaih Holding Co., an  organization based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has selected GL Wand and Reports Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Aljomaih Holding Co., a conglomerate, operates in manufacturing, beverages, real estate, investment, automotive services, and heavy plant equipment industries primarily in Saudi Arabia. It engages in the import and distribution of automobiles, spare parts, tyres, lubricating oil, earth moving and construction equipment, agricultural equipment, and foodstuffs; and soft drinks bottling. The company was founded in 1956 and is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company also has offices in Qassim, Hail, Shaqra, Sajer, Wadi Dawasir, and Quria Olaya, Saudi Arabia. For more information about Aljomaih Holding Co., please visit www.aljomaih.com.sa.

ABUJA INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED (AICL) licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

15 January 2010

Excel4apps announced that ABUJA INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED (AICL), an investment management organization based in Nigeria, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Abuja currently functions as an interface between government and investors interested in operating within the Federal Capital Territory. This mandate is carried out by facilitating business processes, offering due diligence on projects and providing advisory services. In addition, AICL promotes public private partnerships and seeks to create and unveil investment opportunities for investors to participate in the physical and economic development of the FCT. Its role, therefore, is one of a facilitator, adviser and promoter. AICL is wholly owned by the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA). For more information about ABUJA INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED (AICL), please visit www.abujainvestments.com. For more information about Base Information Technology, the Excel4apps Reseller partner, please visit www.base-infotech.com.

Coach America licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

11 January 2010

Excel4apps announced that Coach America, a travel and transportation company based in Texas, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Coach America is the largest tour and charter bus operator and the second largest motorcoach service provider in the highly fragmented US surface transportation industry. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Coach America provides transportation services throughout the entire United States. For more information about Coach America, please visit www.coachamerica.com.

Kharafi National licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

10 January 2010

Excel4apps announced that Kharafi National, an organization based in Kuwait, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Kharafi National is a leading Infrastructure Project Developer in water, wastewater treatment and reclamation, district cooling, solid waste management and enhanced oil recovery as well as a leading contractor and facilities management service provider to the petroleum, chemicals, power, water and commercial sectors in the Middle East and Africa. For more information about Kharafi National, please visit www.kharafinational.com.

Westgate Resorts LTD licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 January 2010

Excel4apps announced that Westgate Resorts LTD, based in Flororida, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Westgate Resorts provides affordable luxury vacations with first-class accommodations to its timeshare owners and guests. Westgate strives to be a leader in the hospitality industry by constantly focusing its efforts on understanding our customer's needs and exceeding their expectations. For more information about Westgate Resorts LTD, please visit www.westgateresorts.com.

j2 Global Communications licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

29 December 2009

Excel4apps announced that j2 Global Communications, a communications organization based in California, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Founded in 1995, j2 Global Communications, Inc. (NASDAQGS: JCOM) provides individuals and businesses throughout the world with high value, time-saving communications and messaging services, including industry-leading unified messaging capabilities, which j2 developed internally and introduced commercially in 1996. For more information about j2 Global Communications, please visit www.j2global.com.

Stepstone ASA licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

24 December 2009

Excel4apps announced that Stepstone ASA, an  organization based in Oslo, Norway, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. StepStone is a leading international provider of software and services for the Human Capital Management (“HCM”) sector. Their expertise in establishing specialist online talent networks ensures that customers using its software and services are in the vanguard of today’s competitive marketplace for talent. For more information about Stepstone ASA, please visit www.stepstone.com.

Mexicana licenses GL Wand though Quadrantix a partner of Excel4apps

24 December 2009

Excel4apps announced that Mexicana, an airline based in Mexico, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Mexicana de Aviación began its operations more than 87 years ago and is the airline with the fourth longest tradition in the world. Currently, Mexicana has the most extensive international coverage from Mexico and is the leading transportation company between Mexico and the United States. From its operational hub in Mexico City International Airport, Mexicana flies to around 50 destinations in North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean. For more information about Mexicana, please visit www.mexicana.com. For more information about Quadrantix, the Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.quadrantix.com.

Sandals Resorts International licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

18 December 2009

Excel4apps announced that Sandals Resorts International, a hotel and luxury resorts company based in St. James, Jamaica, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information about Sandals Resorts International, please visit www.sandals.com.

Sphere Healthcare Pty Ltd licenses GL Wand from IQX

16 December 2009

Excel4apps announced that New South Wales-based Sphere Healthcare Pty Ltd., a leading Australian contract manufacturer of complementary healthcare products and the largest soft gel manufacturer in Australia, has selected GL Wand to complement its SAP Financial reporting toolset. For more information about Sphere Healthcare Pty Ltd., please visit www.spherehealthcare.com.au. For more information about IQX Business Solutions, an Excel4apps Reseller Partner, please visit www.iqxbusiness.com.

Parliament of South Africa licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

16 December 2009

Excel4apps announced that Parliament of South Africa, a government organization based in South Africa, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Enterprise Leading Technologies, a Cape Town-based consulting firm, facilitated the transaction. For more information about Parliament of South Africa, please visit www.parliament.gov.za.

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham - LBBD licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

9 December 2009

Excel4apps announced that London Borough of Barking and Dagenham - LBBD, an organization based in the United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information about London Borough of Barking and Dagenham - LBBD, please visit www.lbbd.gov.uk.

Terex Corporation licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 December 2009

Excel4apps announced that Terex Corporation, (NYSE: TEX), a $10B annual revenue organization headquartered out of Westport, Connecticut, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Terex Corporation (Terex) is a diversified global manufacturer of capital equipment focused on delivering reliable, customer relevant solutions for the construction, infrastructure, quarrying, surface mining, shipping, transportation, refining and utility industries. The company operates in five segments: Terex Aerial Work Platforms, Terex Construction, Terex Cranes, Terex Materials Processing & Mining and Terex Roadbuilding, Utility Products and Other. For more information about Terex Corporation, please visit www.terex.com.

Neenah Paper licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

12 November 2009

Excel4apps announced that Neenah Paper, a manufacturer based in WI, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Neenah is recognized as a world-class manufacturer of premium writing, text and cover materials, cotton fiber papers and specialty items in a wide variety of colors, textures and eco-friendly processes, with distinguished brands including CLASSIC®, ENVIRONMENT®, NEENAH®, STARWHITE® and ESSE®. Neenah is also a leading producer of customized, saturated, coated, and specialized materials for a variety of end markets, with well-known brands such as MUNISING LP®, Gessner® and varitess®. Neenah sells its products globally in 17 different product categories, with customers located in more than 35 countries. For more information about Neenah Paper, please visit www.neenahpaper.com.

WIN plc licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

11 November 2009

Excel4apps announced that WIN plc, an organization based in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. WIN mobile data services help Europe's leading content owners, mobile operators, corporate enterprises, and media and entertainment corporations engage customers with mobile broadcast, brand loyalty creation, revenue maximization, and cost reduction. For more information about WIN plc, please visit www.winplc.com.

ICAP Management Services Ltd licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

4 November 2009

Excel4apps announced that ICAP Management Services Ltd, an organization based in London, United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. ICAP is the world’s premier voice and electronic interdealer broker and provider of post-trade services. The Group is active in the wholesale markets in interest rates, credit, commodities, FX, emerging markets, equities and equity derivatives. ICAP has an average daily transaction volume in excess of $2.3 trillion, more than 40% of which is electronic. The organization is active in both established and emerging markets and operates a global network covering more than 50 countries. ICAP believes that they can best provide the service their customers need by combining the strengths of people together with technology – continuing to set the standard for the industry. ICAP's goal is to be the leading global intermediary and post-trade services provider in the wholesale OTC markets. For more information about ICAP Management Services Ltd., please visit www.icap.com.

Spectranetics Corp licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

2 November 2009

Excel4apps announced that Spectranetics Corporation, an organization based in Colorado, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The Spectranetics Corporation was founded in the 1980s on Excimer Laser technology and today markets the only Excimer Laser System approved in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan for use in minimally invasive interventional procedures within the cardiovascular system. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Puerto Rico. For more information on Spectranetics Corp., please visit www.spectranetics.com.

Beluga Ventures licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

19 October 2009

Excel4apps announced that Beluga Ventures, an organization based in Utah, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Beluga Ventures is a manufacturer of nutritional supplements, elixirs, and beverages. For more information about Beluga Ventures, please visit www.supranaturals.com.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

11 October 2009

Excel4apps announced that Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., based in CA, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Jacobs, with annual revenues exceeding $12 billion, is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional, and construction services. For more information about Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., please visit www.jacobs.com.

Sealing Devices, Inc licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

2 October 2009

Excel4apps announced that Sealing Devices, Inc, a manufacturing organization based in Lancaster, New York, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Sealing Devices is one of the largest authorized stocking distributor/fabricators of gasketing and sealing products in North America. For more information about Sealing Devices, Inc., please visit www.sealingdevices.com.

Edmunds.com, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

23 September 2009

Excel4apps announced that Edmunds.com, Inc., an organization based in California, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Edmunds Inc. publishes four Web sites that empower, engage and educate automotive consumers, enthusiasts and insiders. For more information about Edmunds Inc., please visit www.edmunds.com.

ResMed Ltd licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

4 September 2009

Excel4apps announced that ResMed Ltd, an  organization based in NSW, Australia, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. ResMed is a global leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of innovative medical products for the treatment and management of respiratory disorders, with a focus on sleep-disordered breathing. They sell a comprehensive range of products in more than 70 countries worldwide through direct offices and a network of distributors. For more information about ResMed, please visit www.resmed.com.

Getty Images, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

17 August 2009

Excel4apps announced that Getty Images, Inc., an organization based in WA, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Getty Images is a leading provider of digital media worldwide, creating and distributing a range of assets – from royalty-free stock photography and editorial images to footage, music and multimedia – that help communicators around the globe tell their stories. For more information about Getty Images, Inc., please visit www.gettyimages.com.

ACCA licenses GL Wand and Budget Wand from Excel4apps

6 August 2009

Excel4apps announced that ACCA, the largest and fastest-growing global professional accountancy body in the world, headquartered in London, United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand and Budget Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. The organization supports 131,500 members and 362,000 students throughout their careers, providing services through a network of 82 offices and active centers. For more information about ACCA, please visit www.accaglobal.com.

GL Wand Simplifies Project Accounting at HBO

6 August 2009

With just a year of experience since their implementation of Oracle R12 in August 2008 and the purchase of GL Wand, HBO accounting professionals are singing the praises of using GL Wand for their project accounting. More than 50 members of the Pittsburgh OAUG were treated to a presentation by Michael Hinck from HBO’s New York headquarters during the group’s quarterly meeting in June.

Although initially brought in for GL reporting, the ease of using GL Wand quickly had ideas flying at HBO about using the tool in the Project Accounting area. Projects at a company like HBO are of gargantuan size. They include all of their original programming, such as wildly successful series like Sex in the City, the Sopranos, and Entourage, as well as dozens of projects that are in development every season. Projects are tracked from inception through production, and once produced and airing, the projects success may mean many are destined for syndication to other networks, both domestic and overseas. Projects also have video components and merchandise, and tracking revenue per project, on a show that lasts many seasons, can be a complex and difficult thing. Or at least it was before GL Wand. Since each show includes its own independent expenses, executives require P&L statements for each program. On traditional networks, revenues come from advertising, but on a network like HBO, it comes from distribution, flowing through a variety of revenue streams.

“We had purchased GL wand for our GL reporting. We loved the tool, but our GL reporting was really simple, so we decided to try to use it with our Project Accounting. By using SLA in R12, we were able to change our core data and point it in different directions, so we send it to GL Wand. Now we can track our revenue not only within each project, but across category lines. Our executives often want to know how a certain genre is performing, such as all one hour dramas or all half hour comedies,” Hinck says.

To assist in adapting GL Wand for Project Accounting, the team at Excel4apps created a way for users to query DFF attributes. This allowed for reports to be created that compared various projects to each other and combined revenues and other information. “The fact that the team at Excel4apps would work with us to customize the product really blew us away,” Hinck says. “It’s customer service that is out of this world.”

Today if an executive at HBO asks for how much sales and marketing expenses have occurred with one hour dramas that are in development, the number can be found with a few simple clicks. Users at HBO particularly appreciate the product’s reporting tools that allow you to drill down or expand upon information and send reports that correspond to user’s security clearances. This allows them to slice and dice data within programs, genre, or function.

“With GL Wand, it’s simple to create different reports for non-finance users and end-users who need the detail. You create your queries and get information, and then you can drill down to the vendor detail, but users will only see what they have the security clearance to see,” says Hinck. “The best thing is you build your reports in Excel using GL Wand and you save them. Then every month you just have to change the date field and use the Get Balance formula to update the report. You refresh the screen, and you have an updated report. The report manager creates the emails that send the customized reports to all your users. It couldn’t be easier,” Hinck says.

American Power Conversion Corporation licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

31 July 2009

Excel4apps announced that American Power Conversion Corporation, an  organization based in Rhode Island, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. APC is a global leader in network-critical physical infrastructure (NCPI) solutions. American Power Conversion (APC) provides protection against some of the leading causes of downtime, data loss and hardware damage: power problems and temperature. Its comprehensive solutions, which are designed for both home and corporate environments, improve the manageability, availability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communications and industrial equipment of all sizes. For more information about American Power Conversion Corporation, please visit www.apcc.com.

Geratech licenses Budget Wand from Excel4apps

27 July 2009

Excel4apps announced that Geratech, a natural resources organization based in Chamdor, South Africa, has selected Budget Wand to complement its Oracle Budgeting toolset. For more information about Geratech, please visit www.geratech.co.za.

Lance, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

2 July 2009

Excel4apps announced that Lance, Inc., a food and beverage company based in North Carolina, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The Company’s products include potato chips, crackers, cookies, other snacks, sugar wafers, nuts, restaurant style crackers and candy. Lance has manufacturing facilities in North Carolina, Iowa, Georgia, Massachusetts, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Arkansas and Ontario, Canada. For more information about Lance, Inc., please visit www.lance.com.

University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

30 June 2009

Excel4apps announced that University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), a university in NSW, Australia, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. UTS is a dynamic and cosmopolitan university that marks the gateway to Sydney - Australia's economic, multicultural and creative global city. UTS joins a long list of Universities in Australia that use GL Wand for financial reporting out of Oracle Financials, including University of Western Sydney, Charles Darwin University, The University of Melbourne and University of Tasmania. For more information about UTS, please visit www.uts.edu.au.

AET UK Ltd licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

29 June 2009

Excel4apps announced that AET UK Ltd, an organization based in London, United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. AET is a leading worldwide petroleum shipping company. AET employs more than 3,000 highly skilled and dedicated people across the world to operate a young and technically advanced fleet of 70 tankers. The business is managed from regional centres in London, Houston, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to move crude oil and refined products for the world’s oil companies and trading houses. AET is also a leading provider of US Gulf lightering services. For more information about AET UK Ltd, please visit www.aet-tankers.com.

FleetPartners licenses GL Wand through Dataweave.

26 June 2009

Excel4apps announced that FleetPartners, a Fleet Leasing Company based in Victoria, Australia, has selected GL Wand and BudgetWand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. FleetPartners licensed GL Wand and Budget Wand through Dataweave, a partner of Excel4Apps Pty Ltd. FleetPartners provides Fleet Leasing products to the corporate business market. For more information about FleetPartners, please visit www.fleetpartners.com.au.  For more information about Dataweave Pty Ltd., please visit www.dataweave.com.au.

Powell Industries licenses GL Wand and Budget Wand from Excel4apps

25 June 2009

Excel4apps announced that Powell Industries, an industrial manufacturing company headquartered out of Houston, Texas, has selected GL Wand and Budget Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Powell Industries gets a charge out of making equipment and computer systems that monitor and control the flow of electricity in industrial, commercial, and government facilities. Products include switchgears (units that manage the flow of electricity to motors, transformers, and other equipment); bus ducts (insulated power conductors housed in a metal enclosure); process control systems for instrumentation, computer control, and communications; and data management. Powell sells to refineries, utilities, paper mills, offshore oil-and-gas drilling platforms, and transportation companies, among other customers. For more information about Powell Industries, visit www.powellind.com.

Tiger Brands' Use of GL Wand Grows Exponentially

23 June 2009

Tiger Brands is involved in the manufacturing and distribution of a wide range of food products, household consumer products, and baby and personal care products. The company owns a number of well-known brands in these market segments and have a strong market share in most of the markets it competes in.

“The use of the product (GL Wand) has grown exponentially. Users are quite creative in the application of the tool and information becomes much more easily available to the business.” – Jan van der Merwe, Senior Business Analyst, Tiger Brands. Read the full story.

Tempel Steel Company licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

15 June 2009

Excel4apps announced that Tempel Steel Company, an industrial manufacturing company based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Tempel is a manufacturer of motor and transformer laminations used by a broad range of OEM and aftermarket manufacturers. After 60 years in the business, the company is still focused on providing superior electrical steel products and services. For more information about Tempel Steel Company, please visit www.tempel.com.

Oracle Users Benefit from Partner Tools - Get OAUG Insight

28 May 2009

"This installment of OAUG Insight takes a look at how one OAUG member company deployed a solution in their OracleE-Business Suite environment to meet their organization's unique reporting needs and uncovered time savings for their financial business users" -- Cindy Force OAUG Insight Managing editor.  

Small IT Departments are constantly being asked to do more, often with fewer resources. At Destination Hotels & Resorts, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lowe Enterprises and the country's fourth largest independent management company of hotel and resort properties, this was no exception...read the OAUG Insight Spring 2009 article in full.

NHS Direct licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

22 May 2009

Excel4apps announced that NHS Direct, a Healthcare organization based in the United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. NHS Direct is a national healthline, providing expert health advice, information, and reassurance using their world-class telephone service and web site, and aim to be the NHS provider of choice for telephone and digitally delivered health services For more information on NHS Direct, please visit www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk.

QBE Management Services (UK) Ltd licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

12 May 2009

Excel4apps announced that QBE Management Services (UK) Ltd, an organization based in the United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. QBE Insurance Group Limited is one of the top 25 insurers and reinsurers worldwide with operations in all key global insurance markets. QBE offers professional insurance and reinsurance services differentiated by an entrepreneurial approach with unrivalled product expertise and an in depth market understanding. For more information on QBE Management Services (UK) Ltd., please visit www.qbe.com.

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

11 May 2009

Excel4apps announced that Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, based in Anchorage, Alaska in the USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The Alyeska Pipeline Service Company was established in 1970 and charged with designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, commonly called TAPS. Headquartered in Anchorage, the company also maintains operations in Fairbanks and Valdez and employs almost 800 people statewide, with 1,000 more employed by independent contractors working for the company. For more information about Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, please visit www.alyeska-pipeline.com.

Avista Makes Complex Accounting Easy with GL Wand Power

4 May 2009

For more than 100 years, Avista has been generating power and delivering natural gas and electricity to customers throughout Washington state. In 2007, before GL Wand, the reports created by Oracle FSG were not usable as created resulting in efficient processes. Today a growing group of users are enjoying the benefits of GL Wand and Excel4apps’ newest product: Budget Wand. The result, users say, is that all accounting and finance operations go faster and smoother.

"Our goal was to make our accounting easier and less complex. With GL Wand and Budget Wand, reports of all types are quicker to generate. We have basically eliminated our human error potential while speeding up processes. We also have given our analysts and accountants a tool to help them find problems and opportunities within our financials far easier than before. Our executives are right on board and can do their own comparisons. They love that.” - Jenny McCauley Accounting Analyst Avista. Read the full Avista case study.

Integro cuts Oracle month-end reconciliation time in half with GL Wand

20 April 2009

Integro was established in 2005 to offer a client-centric approach to providing insurance brokerage services. In 2008, the company was named “Best Retail Broker” in the $50 - $250 million revenue category by readers of Business Insurance Magazine. Integro needed a sophisticated business intelligence reporting tool that would work with Oracle. After evaluating various products, Integro selected GL Wand for month-end reporting. After using it for awhile, the GL Wand-built reconciliation reports has allowed the company to cut its time spent on monthly reconciliations in half. Read the full case study by visiting www.excel4apps.com.

Mubadala Development Company licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

11 April 2009

Excel4apps announced that Mubadala Development Company has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala) is a Public Joint Stock Company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. Its focus is on developing and managing an extensive and economically diverse portfolio of commercial initiatives. It does this either independently or in partnership with leading international organizations. Mubadala’s commercial strategy is fundamentally built on long-term, capital-intensive investments that deliver strong financial returns. For more information on Mubadala Development Company, please visit www.mubadala.ae.

State Library of New South Wales licenses GL Wand from Red Rock Consulting

1 April 2009

Excel4apps announced that State Library of New South Wales, based in Sydney, Australia, has purchased GL Wand from Red Rock Consulting to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information about State Library of New South Wales, please visit www.sl.nsw.gov.au.  For more information about Red Rock Consulting Pty Ltd, please visit www.redrock.net.au.

Brookfield Multiplex Limited licenses Budget Wand from Excel4apps

30 March 2009

Excel4apps announced that Brookfield Multiplex Limited, an  organization based in NSW, Australia, has selected Budget Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information about Brookfield Multiplex Limited, please visit www.multiplex.com.

Tetra Tech speaks out at Collaborate 09 - "Spend more time managing and analyzing"

27 March 2009

Kathy Engler (Tetra Tech, Inc) will be presenting a paper at the Collaborate 09 conference in Orlando, FL. 

Title: "Finance: Spend more time managing and analyzing"
Abstract: "With 10,000 employees in 42 subsidiaries worldwide, Tetra Tech has a lot going on supporting government and commercial water, energy and environmental projects. Tying expenses directly to projects was cumbersome, and IT had little time to continuously support Finance with daily requests for new reports. With the goal of self-sufficiency and productivity, Tetra Tech searched for a product that would make it easy for users to create reports in Excel. They discovered GL Wand from Excel4apps and will share their experiences during this session"
Learning objectives
* Learn how the finance team can spend less time extracting & manipulating data
* Learn how finance can optimize managing and analyzing information
* Learn how finance can create and customize reports independent of IT
* Learn how to reduce your intercompany reconciliation process from 7 to 1 days
* See how to optimally leverage the power of Microsoft Excel.

Thurs 7th May 2009 – Orlando, FL 08h30 – 09h30 (Session 3097)

State Library of Victoria licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

12 March 2009

Excel4apps announced that State Library of Victoria, based in Melbourne, Australia, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The State Library of Victoria is one of Australia's oldest cultural institutions. It is the major reference and research library in Victoria, responsible for collecting and preserving Victoria's documentary heritage and making it available through a range of services and programs. For more information on the State Library of Victoria, please visit www.slv.vic.gov.au.

Fujitsu Services licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

10 March 2009

Excel4apps announced that Fujitsu Services, a high-technology organization based in the United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. For more information on Fujitsu Services, please visit www.uk.fujitsu.com.

Bunnings licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

10 March 2009

Excel4apps announced that Bunnings, part of the Wesfarmers group, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Bunnings is Australia and New Zealand's leading retailer of home improvement and outdoor living products and a major supplier of building materials. For more information on Bunnings, please visit www.bunnings.com.

Internet Solutions a Division of Dimension Data (Pty) Ltd licenses Budget Wand from Excel4apps

10 March 2009

Excel4apps announced that Internet Solutions, a Division of Dimension Data (Pty) Ltd based in Gauteng, South Africa, has added Budget Wand to complement its GL Wand and Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information on Internet Solutions, please visit www.is.co.za.

H.J. Baker & Bro., Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

21 February 2009

Excel4apps announced that H.J. Baker & Bro., Inc., headquartered in Westport Connecticut, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting and ad hoc analysis. HJ Baker is a world leader in agriculture’s feed, fertilizer and sulphur industries, providing its customers with extraordinary knowledge and service. For more information on H.J. Baker & Bro., Inc., please visit www.bakerbro.com.

Boral licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

6 February 2009

Excel4apps announced that Boral has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Boral Limited is Australia's largest building and construction materials supplier and has significant operations in the USA and Asia. For more information on Boral, please visit www.boral.com.

Suffolk Constabulary licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

6 February 2009

Excel4apps announced that Suffolk Constabulary, an organization based in Ipswich, United Kingdom, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information on Suffolk Constabulary, please visit www.suffolk.police.uk.

Cochlear customer case study published

29 January 2009

"One of the key benefits of GL Wand is its simplicity. When faced with training personnel around the world, it’s critical that it can be done remotely. Because all our users are intimately familiar with Excel, the training was minimal. It took less than two hours to train report users and no more than six hours for report developers to be off and running. The time savings for everyone is incredible..." Francis Nocom Applications Manager, Cochlear. Read the full case study by visiting www.excel4apps.com.

Stepstone licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

20 January 2009

Excel4apps announced that StepStone ASA, a leading international provider of software and services for the Human Capital Management (“HCM”) sector, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information on StepStone, please visit www.stepstone.com.

Omantel licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

16 January 2009

Excel4apps announced that Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel), the largest communications service provider in the Sultanate of Oman, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information on Omantel, please visit http://www.omantel.om.

First American Title Insurance Co. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

16 January 2009

Excel4apps announced that First American Title Insurance Co., an organization based in California in the US, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information on First American Title Insurance Co., please visit www.firstam.com.

USCI licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

16 January 2009

Excel4apps announced that Utility Service Company, Inc.(USCI), an organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. USCI is the premier provider of professional water tank service and maintains thousands of elevated tanks under full-service maintenance contracts coast-to-coast. For more information on USCI, please visit www.utilityservice.com.

Smiths Medical licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

16 January 2009

Excel4apps announced that Smiths Medical has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset in order to operate on a single, global instance of Oracle E-Business Suite applications. Smiths Medical is a leading global provider of high-quality medical devices and products for global markets. It designs and manufactures specialist medical devices under three product groupings: Safety Devices, Vital Care and Medication Delivery. Smiths Medical's customers include hospitals, alternate care such as home care, and other healthcare providers worldwide. Smiths Medical is part of the global technology business Smiths Group, a world leader in the practical application of advanced technologies. For further information, visit www.smiths-medical.com.

Salhia Real Estate Company licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

28 December 2008

Excel4apps announced that Kuwait-based Salhia Real Estate Company has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The company has become a major player in Kuwait’s retail and leisure, hotel, and office markets. The domestic portfolio is complemented by Salhia’s international investments. For more information on Salhia Real Estate Company, please visit www.salhia.com.

City of Vancouver licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

23 December 2008

Excel4apps announced that the City Government of Vancouver, in Washington in the US, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information on the City of Vancouver, please visit www.cityofvancouver.us.

ACSA licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

23 December 2008

Excel4apps announced that Airports Company South Africa, an  organization based in South Africa, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Apart from providing world-class, secure and safe airport infrastructure, ACSA promotes tourism and facilitates socio-economic growth. For more information on ACSA, please visit www.acsa.co.za.

London Borough of Croydon licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 December 2008

Excel4apps announced that London Borough of Croydon, a organization based in England, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. The council provides a large number of services for local people, businesses and visitors to the borough, including services for children and adults, and environmental, cultural, sports, housing, planning and benefits services. For more information on London Borough of Croydon, please visit http://www.croydon.gov.uk.

SA Reserve Bank licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 December 2008

Excel4apps announced that SA Reserve Bank, the central bank of the Republic of South Africa, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information on SA Reserve Bank, please visit www.sareservebank.co.za.

Tnemec Company, Inc licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

1 December 2008

Excel4apps announced that Tnemec Company, Inc, an  organization based in Missouri in the United States, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Tnemec is one of the largest privately-held coatings companies in the United States. They manufacture more than 100 architectural and industrial coatings. For more information on Tnemec Company, Inc., please visit www.tnemec.com.

Glatfelter Insurance Group licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

20 November 2008

Excel4apps announced that Glatfelter Insurance Group, based in Pennsylvania, PA in the US, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Glatfelter Insurance Group is one of the top 25 privately owned insurance brokers in the United States, providing all lines of property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance products and financial services to individuals, businesses and organizations. For more information on Glatfelter Insurance Group, please visit www.glatfelters.com.

Aljomaih Automotive Company licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

20 November 2008

Excel4apps announced that Aljomaih Automotive Company, an  organization based in Saudi Arabia, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Aljomaih Automotive is the largest GM dealer in the Middle East. The company’s services include the sale of new and used vehicles, with a range of financing and leasing options. For more information on Aljomaih Automotive Company, please visit http://www.aljomaihauto.com.

Townsville City Council licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

6 November 2008

Excel4apps announced that Townsville City Council, based in Queensland, Australia, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information on Townsville City Council, please visit www.townsville.qld.gov.au.

United Online, Inc. licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

30 October 2008

Excel4apps announced that United Online, Inc., a communications organization based in California, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNTD) is a leading provider of consumer products and services over the Internet, where the company’s brands have attracted a large online audience. For more information on United Online, Inc., please visit www.untd.com.

Ports America licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

14 October 2008

Excel4apps announced that Ports America, the largest American terminal operator, stevedore and vehicle processor with operations in 50 ports and 97 terminals within the United States, Mexico and Chile, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information about Ports America, please visit www.portsamerica.com.

Clickatell licenses GL Wand from Enterprise Leading Technologies

14 October 2008

Excel4apps announced that Clickatell, an organization based in South Africa has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Clickatell is a world leading communication provider specializing in bulk messaging services and SMS gateway connectivity. For more information on Clickatell, please visit www.clickatell.com.

QBE the Americas licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

27 September 2008

Excel4apps announced that QBE the Americas, one of the top 25 insurers and reinsurers worldwide, based in NY, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Their history dates back over 120 years when the Company was founded in Australia. Since then the Company has grown to have operations in 45 countries with over 10,000 employees worldwide. For more information on QBE the Americas, please visit http://www.qbeusa.com.

Financial Power “Even Executives Can Use”

18 September 2008

In this age of technology, it’s not uncommon for senior executives to do things for themselves. When your organization is running lean and mean and striving for productivity to help capitalize on exciting opportunities, the tools you use make a difference. For Integro Insurance Brokers, their acquisition of technology is always based on an analysis of functions, ease of use, and wherever possible, self-sufficiency. Scott Ashen, who is responsible for Integro’s Oracle and HRIS systems spends half his day in IT and the other half in accounting. With resources spread thin, he knew his users needed simple solutions that would allow them to create ad hoc reports and complex reconciliations without involving IT. With GL Wand, he got exactly what he needed.

“Our consulting partner was helping us evaluate reporting options. We evaluated GL Wand and another product, and GL Wand was a slam dunk. Our people think in Excel. It’s like their right arm, so they are working in a media they are extremely comfortable with,” Ashen says.

Today Integro uses GL Wand not only for dozens of reconciliations and ad hoc reports, but also for most of their month end reporting. The presentation quality reports appeal to Integro professionals, and according to Ashen, the flexibility and power of the tool is literally cutting the time it takes to do complex reconciliations in half.

“We are saving so much time organization-wide while giving people the ability to be self sufficient. Our executives can do reports themselves, and they like that a lot,” Ashen says. For more about Integro, read our press release and case study coming soon.

Courts (Mauritius) Ltd licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

12 September 2008

Excel4apps announced that Courts (Mauritius) Ltd, a large retail organization based in Port Louis, Mauritius, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information about Courts (Mauritius) Ltd., please visit www.courtsmauritius.com.

Alliance Coal, LLC licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

3 September 2008

Excel4apps announced that Alliance Coal, LLC, a organization based in Tulsa, OK in the United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Alliance Coal is a diversified producer and marketer of coal to major United States utilities and industrial users. For more information about Alliance Coal, LLC, please visit www.arlp.com.

Goodrich Corp USA licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

3 September 2008

Excel4apps announced that Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Goodrich Corporation, is a global supplier of systems and services to the aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. For more information about Goodrich Corp, please visit www.goodrich.com.

Charles Darwin University licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

29 August 2008

Excel4apps announced that Charles Darwin University, an education and research organization based in the Northern Territory of Australia, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. As a multi-sector education provider, the University provides unique pathways for students, from school-based vocational training through to advanced research degrees. For more information about Charles Darwin University, please visit www.cdu.edu.au.

Internode licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

27 August 2008

Excel4apps announced that Internode Systems Pty Ltd, an Australian owned, national internet services provider, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Internode is an internationally connected IP carrier. They manage their own private network that has high capacity links between Australian capital cities and between Australia, the United States and Japan. For more information about Internode Systems Pty Ltd, please visit www.internode.on.net.

Lanelogic, Inc licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

19 August 2008

Excel4apps announced that Lanelogic, Inc an organization based in Dallas, Texas, United States, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting. Lanelogic, Inc is an exclusive online used vehicle market-maker and premier used vehicle inventory management solution for franchised dealers. For more information on Lanelogic, Inc.,  please visit www.caroffer.com.

Dresser Masoneilan licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

18 August 2008

Excel4apps announced that Dresser Masoneilan, an international leader in the design, manufacture, and support of final process control elements and solutions has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Dresser Masoneilan are based in Avon, MA in the USA. Masoneilan is an integral part of Dresser Inc., which provides a wide range of valve products serving all phases of the energy industry. For more information on Dresser Masoneilan, please visit www.masoneilan.com.

Staging Connections Group licenses GL Wand from Dataweave

7 July 2008

Excel4apps announced that Staging Connections Group, Asia Pacific's premier event staging services provider has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle R12 Financial reporting toolset. For more information on Staging Connections Group, please visit http://www.stagingconnections.com. For more information on Dataweave Pty Ltd, a GL Wand partner, please visit http://www.dataweave.com.au.

Destination Hotels & Resorts - Customer Snapshot

27 June 2008

Destination Hotels and Resorts (DH&R), founded in 1972, has grown to be the fifth largest independent hospitality management company in the United States. DH&R implemented the Oracle E-Business in April 2006. Their Finance and accounting business users were hungry for an easy-to-use, ad hoc reporting tool, so they selected GL Wand in March 2007. They currently have 95 financial and business analysts using GL Wand.

University of Tasmania licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

5 June 2008

Excel4apps announced that University of Tasmania (UTAS), an Education & Research organization based in Australia, have selected GL Wand to compliment their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. This adds to our growing list of Higher Education institutions using GL Wand. For more information on University of Tasmania (UTAS), please visit www.utas.edu.au.

Gracenote licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

29 May 2008

Excel4apps announced that Gracenote, a media and entertainment organization based in California, USA, has selected GL Wand to complement its Oracle Financial reporting toolset. Gracenote® powers the biggest names in digital media enabling their products with Gracenote's leading edge solutions. For more information on Gracenote, please visit www.gracenote.com.

ISE Corporation licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

27 May 2008

Excel4apps announced that ISE Corporation, an automotive organization based in California, USA, have selected GL Wand to complement their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. ISE Corporation (“ISE”) is a supplier of integrated hybrid-electric drive systems and control software for large buses and trucks. For more information on ISE Corporation, please visit www.isecorp.com.

UNISA licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

26 May 2008

Excel4apps announced that UNISA, an Education & Research organization based in Gauteng, South Africa, had selected GL Wand to compliment their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information on UNISA, please visit www.unisa.ac.za.

APT AM Holdings Pty Ltd (APA Group) licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

26 May 2008

Excel4apps announced that Australian Pipeline Trust based in South Australia has selected GL Wand to compliment their Oracle Financial reporting toolset. For more information on Australian Pipeline Trust, please visit www.pipelinetrust.com.au.

Introducing the new GL Wand 5 Pre-release!

3 May 2012

GL Wand 5 has taken the best functional elements from its incredibly successful predecessor and wrapped them into a completely new Java-based framework, designed exclusively for the strengths of an Oracle environment. GL Wand 5 is about ease of use, ease of deployment, flexibility, and speed of refresh and drill downs. Experience the benefits of easier and faster reporting by trialing GL Wand 5 today.

See the GL Wand 5 pre-release datasheet here.
Start the GL Wand 5 pre-release trial free here

GL Wand 4.25 released

9 December 2011

GL Wand 4.25 sees the introduction of the Reports Wand Administrator. This exciting new feature allows for user friendly creation and maintenance of Reports Wand definitions directly from Excel. The Reports Wand Definition Wizard carefully guides the user through the Reports Wand Definition creation process in a simple and streamlined manner. Another standout feature is the ability to easily assign Reports Wand Definitions to Reports Wand users via Oracle request groups. This eliminates the hassle of making these assignments though Oracle Applications.

Please read more about Reports Wand Administrator in the online user guide for GL Wand 4.25 http://www.excel4apps.com/oracle/downloads/glwand/4.25/user_guide/index.htm

GL Wand 4.25 (incl Reports Wand Administrator) requires the GL Wand 4.20 server component.

GL Wand 4.15 released

9 December 2010

An updated version of GL Wand is available. This version includes support for Excel 2010 64 bit as well as supporting the "&" character in a segment value which was previous not allowed. Also included is a new operator for Get Balance segment parameters which will return only the intersection of two sets of criteria. A number of smaller bug fixes are also included.

GL Wand performance optimisation update

17 November 2010

Check out the latest tips and tricks for maximising GL Wand performance. Relevant for customers running on Oracle E-Business suite.

Reports Wand Seeded Reports Listing from 4.05 - requires seperate download

20 August 2010

Listing of currently available seeded reports querying Oracle Projects, System Administration, Assets, Payables, Receivables, HR & Payroll.

New Reports Wand module for Oracle E-Business Suite wide reporting (Release 4.05)

15 January 2010

Feature Description: Run Excel based reports based on your own custom SQL queries. This new module provides incredible flexibility in terms of filtering, sorting, formatting and refreshing real-time data from any area in Oracle in an Excel reporting environment. Link reports to each other for multi-level drill to detail, drill to anywhere type reporting. Please read the data sheet on our web site for the details or watch a demo on http://www.youtube.com/excel4apps Feature Benefit: Flexible reporting from any area in Oracle e-Business Suite. Reports Wand is available as a cost plus option. Please contact your sales representative for details and for a free trial.

Get Exchange Rate Function (Release 4.05)

15 January 2010

Feature Description: Ability to fetch daily exchange rates out of Oracle using a GL Wand function. Feature Benefit: Exchange rates can be fetched directly from Oracle using a function, therefore users don't have to manually fetch these out of Oracle for use in what-if analysis using GL Wand reports.

Drill down performance improvement in release 4.05

15 January 2010

Feature Description: The drill down logic has been enhanced to improve performance. Where possible GL Wand will batch the drill down calls and fetch the results from Oracle in batches. The user also has the option to cancel the process. This option will be enabled by default but can be disabled under the advanced GL Wand options. Feature Benefit: Faster drill downs, quicker population of the results into Excel and the ability to stop the process.

Get Balance and drill down by journal source and category (GL Wand 4.05)

15 January 2010

Feature Description: A new parameter has been added to the Get Balance function which allows you to specify a journal source and category. The returned balance will then only include journal lines having that source and category. The drill down to detail will then also only return journals having that source and category. Feature Benefit: Enables you to get balances on an account at a more detailed level than the overall account balance. The functionality can also be used to extract journals based on a particular source and category.

Calculated formulas on GL Wand drill down reports (Release 4.05)

15 January 2010

Feature Description: You can now add calculated formulas to the GL Wand drill down reports as user defined columns. Please see the user guide for more details. Feature Benefit: More flexibility added to the drill down report layouts. Also facilitates including a Run Report formula in an existing GL Wand drill down report which will allow you to drill to additional detail which is not provided in the standard drill down layouts. The Run Report functionality is part of the new Reports Wand Module available as a cost plus option.

Reports Wand coming in version 4.0

11 December 2009

Reports Wand for realtime reporting from any area in Oracle will be available as an add on from GL Wand 4.0. Download the Reports Wand datasheet or see the demo.

Audit Get Balance feature helps identify glwNoAccess reasons in release 3.89.0

29 October 2009

A new option on the tools menu - "Audit Get Balance" - can assist in determining why a Get Balance formula returns an error. It can specifically assist with providing information as to why a Get Balance formula returns glwNoAccess by identifying the segment and segment value which contains security rules.

Sets of Books list of values (Release 3.89.0)

27 July 2009

The 'Create List of Values' functionality as been extended to include a list of value listing all Sets of Books. Organisations reporting across sets of books can easily create a Set of Books List of Values that will be dynamic.

Currencies list of values (Release 3.89.0)

27 July 2009

The 'Create List of Values' functionality has been extended to include a list for Currencies. Organisations reporting across multiple currencies can easily create a dynamic Currencies List of Values that users can access by double clicking the cell containing the List of Values.

Convert FSG Reports to GL Wand (Release 3.89.0)

27 July 2009

GL Wand now contains a feature which will extract an FSG report definition into an Excel worksheet and allow you to rapidly convert the FSG to a working GL Wand report.

Novell Groupwise email supported in release 3.89.0

27 July 2009

Novell Groupwise email is now supported as an email client by the GL Wand Report Manager in addition to the previously supported Outlook and Lotus email clients. The Report Manager is used to mass produce and distribute GL Wand reports to users.

Drill down to OPM supported in release 3.89.0

27 July 2009

GL Wand now supports drill down to Oracle Process Manufacturing in Oracle 11i.

Change in the Get Balance “all values” parameter (Release 3.85.0)

2 December 2008

Feature Description: Previously when leaving a particular Get Balance segment parameter empty, GL Wand would assume that you want all values for that segment. You had the option to either specify a “%” to denote all values or simply leave the segment parameter blank. This functionality has however caused problems in certain situations. For example a user copies and pastes a Get Balance formula onto a new row. The Get Balance formula is linked in the segment 3 parameter to column A, however on this new row the value in column A is blank. If your GL Wand calculation is it set to “On” this calculation will start and may take a long time to complete as GL Wand is assuming you want all values for segment 3. Feature Benefit: You must now specifically enter a “%”to denote all values. This gives GL Wand the ability to know whether you are specifically requesting all values or that you have simply not completed entering the formula yet. This change also prevents GL Wand from duplicating the calculations which can result in certain cases when Excel does not initially get the calculation dependencies correct. This can happen when you derive the segment values using an Excel formula like Mid or the GL Wand Split_Text.

New calculation option for Get Balance in Release 3.85.0

2 December 2008

Feature Description: The GL Wand logon screen now has a new check box which allows you to select an alternative method for processing Get Balance formulas. You can select this option at each logon and vary it to suit which ever method provides you with the best performance for particular GL Wand reports. Feature Benefit: In certain situations this alternate Get Balance processing method can result in a significant performance improvement. When selecting this option, the initial GL Wand logon may be slower. We recommend testing your slower GL Wand reports using the old and the new method to determine which method is better for your environment.

Get Balance now supports converted amount (Release 3.85.0)

2 December 2008

Feature Description: The Get Balance formula now contains a new option for the translated flag, namely “C” for converted. When using this option GL Wand will return the converted amount in functional currency for a particular entered currency. Feature Benefit: This amount type was previously not available in GL Wand.

Discover parent hierarchy (Release 3.85.0)

1 December 2008

Feature Description: You now have the option of extracting the hierarchy for a segment into an Excel sheet. Starting with a parent value GL Wand will extract the full hierarchy for that parent value and display it indented in an Excel sheet. Feature Benefit: Previously GL Wand only extracted the segment values in alphabetical order, you now have the option to extract this information in the hierarchy sequence and view the full hierarchy.

Expand using the parent hierarchy (Release 3.85.0)

1 December 2008

Feature Description: You can now perform an expand using the Oracle defined parent hierarchy per level of the hierachy. Previously GL Wand would perform and expand down to the lowest level children only. You can expand down one level of the hierarchy or down the full hierarchy for all levels. Feature Benefit: More flexibility when expanding values into their detail. You are now able to see the detail one level down the hierarchy (or for the full hierarchy) rather than only seeing the lowest level children.

Explode using the parent hierarchy (Release 3.85.0)

1 December 2008

Feature Description: You can now perform an explode using the Oracle defined parent hierarchy. Previously GL Wand would perform and explode on a summary report by splitting it down to the lowest level children only. You can now explode a report down one level of the hierarchy or down the full hierarchy for all levels. Feature Benefit: More flexibility when exploding reports into their detail. You are now able to see the detail one level down the hierarchy (or for the full hierarchy) rather than only seeing the lowest level children.

Support for specifying segment criteria spanning account combinations in Release 3.80.0

12 October 2008

Feature Description: In the past the Get Balance function only supported criteria independent to each segment e.g. seg 2 = 100 or 200 and seg 3 = 1000 or 2000. This would result in GL Wand returning all the possible combinations of those segment 2 and 3 criteria. It is now possible to specify criteria spanning the account combination using the new Get Balance syntax. This means that you can create new complex criteria for your Get Balance formula e.g. (seg 2 = 100 and seg 3 = 1000) or (seg 2 = 200 and seg 3 = 2000). With this criteria GL Wand will no longer return all the possible combinations but rather only the combinations you specify. Feature Benefit: Significantly enhanced reporting capability for customers requiring the ability to specify criteria for account combinations rather than individual segment values only. Previously this required using multiple Get Balance formulas to achieve the same result. Now you have the capability of specifying these complex criteria in a single Get Balance function.

New drill down sources will be supported in Release 3.80.0

2 October 2008

Feature Description: GL Wand now supports drill down to the sub ledger for the following new journal sources - Marketing, PYA Transactions (Fed), Budgetary Transaction (Fed) and Payables for the Treasury Confirmation category.

Get Balance and drill down to balances based on DFF criteria (Release 3.80.0)

2 October 2008

Feature Description: GL Wand now has the ability to extract balances and perform a drill down using information stored in the segment values descriptive flexfields. Feature Benefit: Report based on your descriptive flexfields information.

Expand feature extended to work across segments. (Release 3.80.0)

2 October 2008

Feature Description: Previously the expand feature would allow you to extract all the child values that are included in your criteria for a single segment. You can now expand values using criteria spanning multiple segments. Feature Benefit: Expand complex segment combination criteria. Use this feature to extract account combinations that are in use.

New Product Preview: Introducing Budget Wand!

18 September 2008

Customers ask for it, and we listened. The success of GL Wand has proved that Oracle Financial users appreciate being able to work in Excel. Our newest product, Budget Wand is a new GL Wand add on that will allow users to meet their important financial budgeting and forecasting requirements, quicker and easier than ever before -- all from within Excel. The features of Budget Wand allow users to create and edit models, distribute them, collect budget values, validate budgets and upload them to Oracle quickly and easily – all in real time. Visitors to Oracle Open World will have the opportunity to see Budget Wand for the first time.

Budget Wand - new product announcement

25 July 2008

Budget Wand, our latest product is nearing readiness for customers to trial. If you are considering improvements to Oracle’s General Ledger budgeting functionality, then we encourage you to include a Budget Wand evaluation as part of that. About Budget Wand Budget Wand will allow Excel to be used as the front end to the Oracle General Ledger Budgeting functionality. We expect that organisations’ “Budget Administrators” will be able to use their advanced Excel skills and Budget Wand to create comprehensive Budgeting and Forecasting models that meet organization specific requirements. Budget Wand roadmap Budget Wand release 1.0, planned for 2008 will contain the key features and benefits outlined in the Budget Wand preview.pdf. Release 2.00 planned in 2009 will include features to improve the management and control of the overall budgeting process and as well as some of the top customer enhancement requests. Budget Wand beta Barring unforeseen technicalities, we are intending to release a Beta version to interested parties in August 2008, initially for 11i customers. Depending on the enhancements identified a full version release will follow that. Please see Budget Wand preview for more information.

GL Wand 3.59 released

3 July 2008

Version 3.59 of GL Wand was released on 21 June 2008. This is a roll up patch release containing all the fixes and patches since version 3.55. This version of the client software works in conjunction with version 3.50 of the server components.

Wider List of values form in Release 3.59

27 June 2008

Feature Description: Made the list of values form column widths wider to accommodate value sets with more characters. In future these forms will be resizable by the user. Feature Benefit: Easier to read segment values that contain many characters

Undo and refresh Expand already in Release 3.55.0

9 June 2008

Feature Description: You are now able to undo the last Expand operation at the click of a button. The new Refresh Expand functionality allows you to highlight a range that was previously expanded and GL Wand will retrieve the latest values from Oracle and refresh the Expand results. Feature Benefit: Undo an Expand operation at the click of a button rather than needing to remove the inserted lines manually. Refresh the Expand with the latest information from Oracle.

Rolling period and offset reporting already in Release 3.55

9 June 2008

Feature Description: The period name function has been extended to allow you to return the period name for an offset e.g. Period Name 2008, 3 offset by -2 will return the name for Period 1 of 2008. A new function was added called Period Offset. You can enter a period and offset e.g. Mar-02 offset -2 will return “Jan-02”. This function can also return the period as a range e.g. “Jan-02-Mar-02” which can be used in conjunction with the custom to date (CTD) balance type to create a rolling period type report. Feature Benefit: More flexible period reporting.

After Upgrade to Oracle R12 Get Balance is incorrect

5 June 2008

After upgrading to Oracle release 12 your Get Balance formulas may start giving an incorrect balance. The reason is that there is a new balance option in release 12. In the past you could report on "Entered" or "Translated" balances. In R12 you can report on "Entered", "Translated" or "Total". GL Wand supports this new "Total" option. For all Get Balance calculations where you want to see the full balance on the account you should now use the "Total" option. You can do a find and replace on your reports to replace "E" with "Total" to fix the Get Balance formulas in existing reports.

Excel 2007 file format (.xlsx) in Release 3.55.0

3 June 2008

Feature Description: By default GL Wand would always save files and prompt to open files that were in .xls format. The Excel 2007 format has now been included when GL Wand prompts to open a file and will be used when saving files on Excel 2007. Feature Benefit: Extended support for Excel 2007 file format.

Nett value on journal report for entered and accounted in Release 3.55.0

3 June 2008

Feature Description: Two new fields have been added to the journal drill down report. They are Accounted Nett and Entered Nett. Feature Benefit: The journal drill down report can be used for further manipulation in Excel without needing to first add a nett column manually each time.

Undo option for hide zeros in Release 3.55.0

3 June 2008

Feature Description: The new Undo Hide Zeros option will automatically undo the last hide zeros operation. Feature Benefit: No longer necessary to manually unhide rows that where hidden by the hide zeros operation.

Explode a report into one sheet per child segment value in Release 3.55.0

3 June 2008

Feature Description: The Explode report feature allows you to duplicate the current sheet for each child segment value that rolls up to the selected criteria. Start with a complete GL Wand report and select a cell that drives the Get Balance formula e.g. a cell containing a parent department value. Clicking the Explode report button will create a new sheet for each child value of the selected parent department. Feature Benefit: Duplicate your GL Wand report to create one sheet per child value for the selected criteria at the click of a button.

Invalid picture will be in Release 3.55.0

27 May 2008

Feature Description: An error message "Invalid picture" was received in certain cases when loading GL Wand. This problem has been fixed. Feature Benefit: Bug Fix

Dependant segments, correct description for duplicate segment values in Release 3.55.0

26 May 2008

Feature Description: When using dependent segments in the accounting flexfield the correct description could not be determined if there were duplicate segment values. A new parameter has been added to the Get Segment Description function and other key functions that will allow you to indentify which segment value you are looking for based on the independent value. Feature Benefit: Extended support for accounting flexfield’s that contain dependant values sets.

Option for Statistical Values (Release 3.45)

20 days ago

Option added to include statistical values for CO get balance functions included in the balance and drill downs.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

Descriptions for Lists and Ranges of Values (Release 3.45)

24 days ago

The Get Description and Get Company Code functions now return results for lists and ranges of values.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

SAP GUI 7.20 saplogon.ini file location (Release 3.45)

26 days ago

The new SAP GUI 7.20 saplogon.ini file location has been catered for.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

Alternate Account for Classic GL (Release 3.45)

27 days ago

The Alternate Account parameter has been added to the Classic GL function.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

Display Cleared Line Items (Release 3.45)

3 May 2012

Option added to display cleared line items in the GL drill down.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

New Balance Types for Calendar Year Reporting (Release 3.45)

3 May 2012

CALY for Calendar Year To Date and CALP for Calendar Period To Date balance types added to all functions.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

Trading Partner Balances in PCA function (Release 3.45)

1 May 2012

Balances in the PCA function can be extracted by Trading Partner.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

Activity Type Dollar Values (Release 3.45)

1 May 2012

The Activity Type parameter on the CCA function allows extraction of dollar values for activities.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

Expand Hierarchy (Release 3.45)

27 April 2012

Expand Hierarchy functionality now automatically expands formulas as well. A single level or all level expand option is available.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

New GL Quantities (Release 3.45)

27 April 2012

Quantity Balances can be retrieved for the New GL and the Custom New GL functions.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

Multiple Company Codes per function (Release 3.45)

27 April 2012

Multiple Company Codes may now be used in the Classic GL, New GL and Custom GL functions.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

Reports Distribution Manager (SAP)

22 April 2012

Refresh All Workbooks (Release 3.45)

22 April 2012

An additional refresh calculation option is available to refresh all open workbook calculations.

See the 3.45 user guide for more detail.

Representative Material (Release 3.15)

25 January 2012

Feature Description: Balances by Representative Material can be retrieved from the PCA get balance function. Feature Benefit: Additional get balance parameter in the PCA function.

Quantities for PCA line items (Release 3.15)

29 December 2011

Feature Description: Quantities are an available field for PCA line item drill downs. Feature Benefit: Improved drill down capability.

Drill to FI or CO document (Release 3.15)

29 December 2011

Feature Description: In a CCA line item drill down it is possible to drill further to either the FI or CO document should an FI document be available. Feature Benefit: Improved drill down capability.

Optimize Groups (Release 3.15)

29 November 2011

Feature Description: The user has the option to Optimize Groups which can result in improved performance. Feature Benefit: Improved performance.

Cache On Demand (Release 3.15)

8 November 2011

Feature Description: Master Data is now cached on demand. Feature Benefit: Improved log on times.

Unlock Administrator (Release 3.15)

8 November 2011

Feature Description: A code can be requested from Excel4apps to unlock the Administrator functions. Feature Benefit: User assistance.

Session timeout (Release 3.15)

7 November 2011

Feature Description: The Wand Administrator can set a session timeout value so that inactive users are automatically logged off. Feature Benefit: Enhanced security.

Leverage .Net Architecture (Release 3.15)

31 October 2011

Feature Description: Leverage of the .Net Architecture has improved performance and the user interface. Feature Benefit: Performance and ease of use.

Company Code parameter for PCA function (Release 3.15)

31 October 2011

Feature Description: The Company Code has been added as an additional parameter on the PCA balance function. Feature Benefit: Refined balance selection options.

Use Chart of Accounts Description (Release 3.15)

27 October 2011

Feature Description: The user can select to have the description for the GL Account taken from the Chart of Accounts if desired. Feature Benefit: Additional option for the user.

Discover the individual master records within a range (Release 3.15)

26 October 2011

Feature Description: This allows the user to set an option so that the discover hierarchy functionality will return either a range of values or the individual master records making up that range. Feature Benefit: Users can return the breakdown of a group as it was defined as a range or automatically list the master records within that range.

Drilldown worksheet in current workbook (Release 3.15)

26 October 2011

Feature Description: The user now has the option to have the drill down results appear as a new sheet in the current workbook or to be created in a new workbook. Feature Benefit: Improved user flexibility.

List of Values persisted (Release 3.15)

24 October 2011

Feature Description: The List of Values that have been built are persisted when accessing the List. Feature Benefit: Improved user interface.

Lists of Groups (Release 3.15)

22 October 2011

Feature Description: Lists of Groups can now be used in get balance functions. Feature Benefit: Extended get balance functionality.

Configuration Sheet (Release 3.15)

21 October 2011

Feature Description: The Configuration Sheet provides system configuration and master data information. Feature Benefit: Provides information for troubleshooting.

Custom Drill Down Layouts (Release 3.15)

20 October 2011

Feature Description: Both line item and document drill down layouts can now be customized. Feature Benefit: Improved user interface.

Single Sign On (Release 3.15)

19 October 2011

Feature Description: Single Sign On capability added to the Excel4apps Wands Connector. Feature Benefit: Single Sign On capability.

CO Order, Activity Type and Statistical Key Figure Get Balance Functions (Release 3.15)

18 October 2011

Feature Description: New functions provided to access balances from CO Orders, Activity Types and Statistical Key Figures. Feature Benefit: Greater functional scope.

Excel 2007/2010 Ribbon

13 October 2011

Feature Description: The Excel 2007/2010 ribbon provides a rich user interface to interact with the Wand products. Feature Benefit: Improved user interface.

GL Wand for SAP 1.15.43 released

10 December 2010

An updated version of GL Wand for SAP is available. This version includes support for currencies with additional decimal places as well as a quicker logon process to the Excel4Apps demo server. Also included is a correction to the foreign language conversion routine for other language descriptions. A number of smaller bug fixes and minor enhancements are also included.

Functional area parameter added to the Get_PCA balance function. (Release 1.15.0)

19 May 2010

The functional area parameter has been added to the Get_PCA balance function allowing balances and drill down by functional area.

Support for SAP version 4.70 (Release 1.15.0)

19 May 2010

Support for SAP version 4.70 has been added which requires a different server transport. GL Wand now supports a wider range of SAP versions.

SAPINSIDER | New and Noteworthy

23 April 2010

News from SAP and Partners Excel4apps Streamlines Financial Reprots with New GL Tool. Read about our release of GL Wand 1.10 for SAP Solutions as published in the SAPINSIDER magazine.

See the GL Wand for SAP online demo

5 November 2009

See the GL Wand for SAP online demo published today. You will see a brief overview of the main GL Wand functions including logging on to SAP, refreshing a report and drilling to detail. See it online in the GL Wand for SAP demo section of our website or on YouTube.

GL Wand 1.00 for SAP available for in-house trial

27 October 2009

GL Wand 1.00 for SAP is now available for in-house trial by a limited number of early adopters. Complete the GL Wand for SAP download form to apply for early access.

GL Wand for use with SAP coming soon!

21 August 2009

Excel4apps are pleased to announce that GL Wand for use with SAP will be available in the coming months for download and trial. This annoucement follows over a year of development and testing.