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GL Wand Users Share Tips on Streamlined Financial Reporting from SAP during SAPPHIRE Event

3 days ago

In interactive panel discussions, customers of Excel4apps highlighted how GL Wand enables real-time SAP financial reporting with easy drill down and reporting from an Excel-based interface

Raleigh,  NC – May 22, 2013 – SAP users learned how Excel4apps  expedites financial reporting from SAP with its flagship GL Wand solution at SAPPHIRE NOW, Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) Annual Conference, held May 14-16 in Orlando. In an interactive customer panel, Kevin Lybbert, senior cost/SAP analyst for Purcell Systems, and Anton Farenyk, SAP FI analyst for EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc., shared perspectives on how their companies are improving and streamlining SAP financial reporting with GL Wand.

Specifically, Lybbert and Farenyk discussed the challenges Purcell and EXFO were experiencing prior to implementing GL Wand. Panel attendees learned how the companies now extract live data from their SAP systems using GL Wand’s Microsoft Excel interface for fast, flexible ad-hoc reporting and analysis. They also heard how to report balances from the new SAP general ledger (GL) and the classic GL, as well as how to execute cost center accounting, profit center accounting, orders, activity types, and statistical key figures (SKF), all within the ease of Excel.

“We were delighted to have two of our valued customers speak about the difference GL Wand has made in financial reporting processes, allowing them to make the most of their SAP investment,” said Chris Meyer, President, Americas for Excel4apps. “It is our mission to take away the frustration and pain points with financial reporting tasks as we’ve done for Purcell Systems and EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering.”

According to Lybbert, Purcell Systems has significantly expedited monthly closes by creating financial reports in GL Wand. “We’ve reduced our month end from four days to one with GL Wand and we can now trust the data,” he said, referring to GL Wand’s access to real-time SAP information.

Farenyk of EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering reflected on GL Wand’s ease of use during the panel discussion. “GL Wand is such an incredibly intuitive tool.  We’ve barely needed any training from Excel4apps,” he noted.

GL Wand is an SAP Certified Integration solution and an award-winning, Excel-based financial reporting tool for finance professionals using SAP Financials for SAP 4.7, ERP 2004/ECC 5.0, or ERP 2005/ECC 6.0. It enables highly efficient and secure financial reporting, shorter month ends, and faster refreshes with ad-hoc inquiry and drill downs.

About Excel4apps
Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for SAP and Oracle. Designed for financial 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 12,000 SAP and Oracle 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/support/SAP/elearning today.

E-Learning Videos Now Available on iOS Devices

12 days ago

Excel4apps is happy to share that all of our e-learning content, product demonstrations, and homepage videos have been enhanced to improve the viewer's experience.  They will now play as pop-up overlays allowing them to be viewed on mobile iOS devices such as an iPhone or iPad.  

Featured in SAPinsider - Apr 2013 - Integrate Microsoft Excel Within Your SAP Environment for Seamless, Real-Time Reporting & Analysis

11 April 2013

To make it easier to format and slice and dice data, many financial users manually cut and paste information from a data warehouse into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Excel is often more intuitive for them than other reporting tools, and its familiar formatting capabilities and robust functionality support effective communication and easy calculations and modeling of financial data. 

Even after an ERP implementation and the introduction of new reporting tools and capabilities, many financial users still prefer to use Excel as a front-end interface for structuring reports and manipulating data into a useful format. However, getting the necessary data from SAP systems into Excel can be a timeconsuming, multi-step process that requires help from the IT department, which must program queries for extracting the data and putting it in a data warehouse. Afterward, users must push the data a step further from the warehouse into Excel. Ad hoc report requests like these can become particularly demanding and time consuming for both the finance users and IT, and the more IT falls behind, the longer it takes for the finance department to receive the reports they need.

For the full article click here: Integrate Microsoft Excel Within Your SAP Environment for Seamless, Real-Time Reporting & Analysis

Excel4apps Honors IQX and Red Rock with Top Partner Awards

9 April 2013

IQX earns global and APJ regional awards for most sales to SAP users; Red Rock is APJ regional winner in Oracle category

Sydney, Australia  (April 9, 2013) –  Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle, has honored two APJ companies — IQX  Business Solutions and Red Rock Consulting —with its 2012 Partner of the Year awards. The awards recognize excellence in communicating the value of the Excel-based GL Wand financial reporting tool and other Excel4apps products to prospects and customers.

IQX earned not only the APJ Regional Partner of the Year Award, leading sales for all Excel4apps partners who resell the company’s solutions to SAP users in the APJ region, but also the Excel4apps Global Partner of the Year Award in the SAP category for the most sales across all Excel4apps regions—including Europe, Middle East & Africa, and the Americas.

Red Rock Consulting also earned a Regional Partner of the Year Award, leading sales in the APJ region to Oracle users.

"IQX and Red Rock were instrumental in helping us build our footprint in APJ significantly in 2012," said Wilhelm Hamman, Managing Director, Excel4apps APJ. “Their successful sales efforts have helped make 2012 our most successful year ever, with a more than 50% increase in new customer acquisitions globally.”

Headquartered in New South Wales, IQX specializes in leveraging SAP solutions with Microsoft applications to deliver enhanced business insight, collaboration and productivity. Red Rock Consulting is the largest independent provider of Oracle consulting and managed services in Australia and New Zealand.

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 financial professionals, the 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 12,000 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

Excel4apps to Host Educational, Social Events at Collaborate 13 Oracle Applications User Forum

8 April 2013

In sessions and at Booth #1217, Excel4apps shows how GL Wand mitigates loss of Client ADI via live link to Oracle financial data, with easy drill down and reporting from an Excel-based interface

COLLABORATE 13, Denver – April 8, 2013 – Oracle users will have several opportunities to learn about Excel4apps financial reporting solutions at the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) Collaborate 13 forum, held April 7-11 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. A key focus will be on how organizations upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 or upgrading from MS Excel 2003 can use GL Wand from Excel4apps to solve the challenges in reporting from Oracle’s General Ledger (GL) because Oracle’s Client Application Desktop Integrator (ADI) is no longer available.

Excel4apps will hold two education sessions during Collaborate, an annual event attended by 5,000 Oracle users:

- “Deeper Dive into GL Wand 5: The Latest Excel-Based Reporting Solution for Oracle 11i/R12 from Excel4apps” is scheduled for 2:30-3:30 p.m. Monday, April 8. Alex Chard, product developer with Excel4apps, will demonstrate new features in GL Wand 5, the latest pre-release of the GL Wand financial reporting software.
- “How Glatfelter Insurance Group Is Streamlining Oracle R12 Reporting Using Excel-Based Solutions” is scheduled for 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. Jennifer Raffensberger, Corporate Controller for Glatfelter, one of the largest privately owned insurance brokers in the U.S., will discuss how GL Wand is filling the gaps left with the loss of Client ADI in the R12 environment.

“We look forward to sharing our experience with GL Wand during Collaborate,” said Raffensberger. “The product has saved us countless hours and freed us up to focus more on data analysis. The more we use GL Wand, the more applications we find for it.”

Used for years to produce FSG (Financial Statement Generator) reports, Oracle’s Client ADI was replaced in R12 by browser-based applications that leave gaps with the familiar Client ADI functionality. Many organizations upgrading to R12 or upgrading to Excel 2007 or 2010 have turned to GL Wand from Excel4apps because it delivers real-time GL data via a direct link between Oracle and Excel, dramatically cutting steps from the report creation process – even beyond Client ADI.

Prior to the official opening of Collaborate 13, Excel4apps will host its first user group workshop, an interactive session in which Oracle E-Business Suite 11i/R12 users will hear from experts on how to maximize GL Wand and Reports Wand from Excel4apps. The workshop is scheduled for 1-4:45 p.m. on Sunday, April 7. Other Excel4apps events at Collaborate 13 include:

- RadiOAUG interview with Scott Engel of Enphase Energy, a current Excel4apps customer using GL Wand with R12 reporting, at 7:45 p.m., Monday, April 8.
- “Grab and Go” event, Monday, April 8. Those entering the exhibit hall at its 6 p.m. opening receive an Excel4apps Collaborate T-shirt along with a key that might open the Excel4apps treasure chest at the company’s Booth #1217.
- Cocktail reception from 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, April 9, for customer and prospects. Hosted by Excel4apps and two of its business partners, More4apps and Infosemantics, the reception will be held at Tag Restaurant near the Colorado Convention Center.

“We are delighted to have such a high profile at Collaborate 13,” said Chris Meyer, President, Americas for Excel4apps. “And we look forward to sharing our expertise on how GL Wand helps Oracle users sidestep issues with the loss of Client ADI in the R12 environment. We also will be showcasing the exciting new features in GL Wand 5, which further empowers financial users with faster refreshes and drill downs to Oracle General Ledger data.”

According to Meyer, GL Wand users have noted that submitting ad-hoc reports that once took 15 minutes with Client ADI and 45 minutes with R12 reporting tools take less than five minutes in GL Wand, leaving more time for valuable analysis and less time with frustrating, multi-step processes.

GL Wand is an Oracle Validated Integration solution, and Excel4apps is a Gold-level member in Oracle PartnerNetwork and a 5-Star OAUG partner. For more information on GL Wand Pre-Release 5 and to access a free trial, visit www.excel4apps.com/glwand5.

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 products easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps serves over 12,000 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/oracle today.

Excel4apps to Grow MEA Client Base through Catalyst Partnership

20 March 2013

Catalyst to offer Excel4apps financial reporting solutions to significant Oracle client base in Africa, Middle East and beyond

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 19 March 2013 – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software, has announced its partnership with Catalyst, a global Technology consulting firm. Catalyst will offer GL Wand and related Excel4apps solutions to provide its Oracle clients with a direct link between the Oracle e-Business Suite and an Excel-based interface for efficient and secure financial reporting.

“Catalyst is a highly regarded Oracle Platinum Partner with a full offering of IT consulting services in Africa, Middle East, India, Europe and USA,” said Shirley Riddick, managing director for Excel4apps in the MEA region. “With more than 150 clients in the MEA region, Catalyst will help us expand our footprint there. We are proud of Catalyst’s recognition of GL Wand and our other products for Oracle, and we look forward to working with them as they recommend our products for more efficient financial reporting with live Oracle data.”

Catalyst provides end to end services for Oracle E-Business Suite including Healthcheck, Implementation, Upgrade, Support, Education and Cloud. As a reseller partner, the company is authorized to market and sell Excel4apps solutions and can assist customers with product learning or report development services.

“No matter how diverse our clients, no matter where they want to go technologically, they all have a common need, and that is fast, efficient and responsive financial reporting,” said Amol Awasthi, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Catalyst. “We are particularly impressed with GL Wand from Excel4apps and the flexible reporting capabilities it can give our Oracle clients.”

According to Awasthi, the partnership enhances Catalyst’s value proposition to help its existing clients get the greatest return from their Oracle investment while increasing the Oracle E-Business Suite customer base. “We partner with top-tier providers to enhance that value,” said Awasthi. “We are delighted to include Excel4apps among their ranks.”

Becoming an Excel4apps partner is an easy way for Oracle and SAP experts to earn extra revenue and differentiate their Oracle or SAP 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 SAP and Oracle. Designed for financial professionals, the 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 12,000 SAP and Oracle 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 Catalyst
Catalyst is a global IT leader in systems integration – bridging the gap between local business requirements and global leading-edge technology. Catalyst offers deep expertise in the roadmap definition, implementation, upgrade, maintenance, and training for the Oracle E-Business Suite and ICT applications as well as next-generation solutions using GIS, RFID, vehicle tracking, electronic billing, digitization, and Smart Cards. Headquartered in San Jose, California, in the United States, Catalyst has offices in Middle East, Africa, and South East Asia. For more information, please visit: www.catalyst-us.com.

Excel4apps Names Fit 4 Finance as 2012 European Regional Partner of the Year

8 March 2013

Award honours top sales of the GL Wand financial reporting tool to Oracle users

Staffordshire, UK  (March 6, 2013) –  Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle, has named Fit 4 Finance (F4F) as the recipient of its 2012 Partner of the Year award for its European region. The award honours excellence in communicating the value of the Excel-based GL Wand financial reporting tool and other Excel4apps products to prospects and customers. In 2012, F4F generated the highest European regional partner revenue for the Oracle category.

"Fit 4 Finance is instrumental in our work to make GL Wand the de facto standard Excel-based reporting and inquiry tool for all Oracle and SAP users," said Dean Jones, Managing Director UK and Europe for Excel4apps. “Its successful sales efforts have translated into helping make 2012 our most successful year ever, with a more than 50% increase in new customer acquisitions globally.”

An Excel4apps partner since June 2010, F4F is market leader in The Netherlands in Oracle E-Business Suite support. With its 200 employees, F4F supports companies and organisations that use Oracle CRM and ERP integrated business applications and business intelligence solutions. Clients of F4F include hospitals, governmental organisations, municipalities, telecom operators, international publishers, service and maintenance companies, trading companies, and leasing companies.

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 financial professionals, the 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 12,000 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

Excel4apps Honors 3RP and Z Option with Top Partner Awards

20 February 2013

3RP takes global and Americas awards for most sales to Oracle users; Z Option is Americas regional winner in SAP category

Raleigh, NC  (February 20, 2013) –  Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle, has honored two companies in the Americas—Z Option and 3RP—with its 2012 Partner of the Year awards. The awards recognize excellence in communicating the value of the Excel-based GL Wand financial reporting tool and other Excel4apps products to prospects and customers.

3RP earned not only the Americas Regional Partner of the Year Award, leading sales for all Excel4apps partners who resell the companies solutions to Oracle users in the Americas, but also the Excel4apps Global Partner of the Year Award in the Oracle category for the most sales across all Excel4apps sales regions—including Europe, Middle East & Africa, and APAC.

Z Option earned the Regional Partner of the Year Award, leading sales to SAP users in the Americas.

"Excel4apps is privileged to partner with quality companies like Z Option and 3RP who share the same values of care and focus on adding value to customers," said Chris Meyer, President for the Americas region of Excel4apps. “Their successful sales efforts have helped make 2012 our most successful year ever.”

An Oracle Platinum Partner and consultancy based in Arizona, 3RP became an Excel4apps partner in early 2012. Z Option is a Texas-based SAP software partner and provides software solutions that are complementary to SAP and Microsoft Office. Z Option became an Excel4apps partner in 2011.

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 financial professionals, the 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 11,000 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

Excel4apps Names TransSys Solutions 2012 MEA Regional Partner of the Year

18 February 2013

Award honors top sales of the GL Wand financial reporting tool to Oracle users in the Middle East and Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa (February 15, 2013) – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle, has named TransSys Solutions as recipient of its 2012 Partner of the Year award for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. The award honors excellence in communicating the value of the Excel-based GL Wand financial reporting tool and other Excel4apps products to prospects and customers. In 2012, TransSys Solutions generated the highest MEA regional partner revenue for the Oracle category.

"TransSys Solutions is instrumental in our work to make GL Wand the de facto standard Excel-based reporting and inquiry tool for Oracle users," said Shirley Riddick, Managing Director, MEA for Excel4apps. “Their successful sales efforts have translated into helping make 2012 our most successful year ever, with a more than 50% increase in new customer acquisitions globally.”

An Excel4apps partner since April 2010, TransSys Solutions is a consulting specialist in the Oracle E-Business Suite and solutions around it. TransSys Solutions deploys enterprise applications for the telecom, airline, retail and banking and financial services industries. With offices in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and India, the company is committed to liberating Oracle Finance teams from traditional, time-intensive reporting processes, and finds GL Wand an effective tool in that effort.

“The participation by TransSys Solutions has been a key factor in securing GL Wand licensing arrangements with some of the largest organizations in the Middle East,” said Riddick.

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 financial professionals, the 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 12,000 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

Japan’s NTT DATA Selects Excel4apps as Partner

29 November 2012

6th largest global IT services provider extends Excel4apps Asia-Pacific footprint, makes company part of its strategy for global growth with SAP and Oracle finance teams

Sydney, Australia – 29 November 2012 – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software, has announced its reseller partnership with NTT Data, the sixth largest global IT services provider.  Headquartered in Tokyo, NTT DATA will combine its Oracle and SAP knowledge with Excel4apps’ GL Wand reporting solution to deliver a more efficient finance process to clients.

GL Wand simplifies reporting by providing a direct link from Oracle and SAP financial solutions to an Excel-based interface.

"NTT DATA expands our footprint significantly in the Asia/Pac region," said Wilhelm Hamman, Excel4apps Sales Director, APAC. "The partnership signals an exciting new chapter in the growth of our company."

Founded in the 1960s, NTT Data looks to partnerships with companies like Excel4apps to help build business in the finance, healthcare, manufacturing and retail industries. "As the sixth largest systems integrator, we have the right and sufficient resources to support dynamic software like Excel4apps besides big software names like Oracle and SAP," said Ramanathan Krishnappan, Managing Director, NTT DATA Singapore Pte Ltd. "We at NTT Data would like to make it a success for Excel4apps’ business in the whole of Asia Pacific, including Japan."

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, the 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 11,000 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. For more information, please visit www.excel4apps.com/sap.

About NTT DATA Corporation
NTT DATA Corporation is one of the leading providers of IT services and solutions in Japan. Offerings include consulting, systems integration and IT outsourcing for major financial, public administration and enterprise sectors. The NTT DATA Group is focusing on rapidly expanding its overseas business by providing high quality IT solutions and consulting services to customers worldwide. The NTT DATA Group is also in the process of expanding collaboration with overseas research institutes to strengthen global R&D activities. For more information, please visit www.nttdata.com.

Excel4apps Joins Forces with Freudenberg IT to Bring Easy Financial Reporting to SAP Users

28 November 2012

Joint marketing partnership enhances FIT’s value proposition to SAP community with GL Wand from Excel4apps

Raleigh, NC – November 28, 2012 – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software, has announced its partnership with Freudenberg IT (FIT), an SAP-certified global provider of hosting and cloud services. Central to the partnership is GL Wand from Excel4apps, an SAP-certified integration solution that provides a direct link between SAP Financials and an Excel-based interface, without the need for a data warehouse, additional hardware or programming support.

"FIT is a high-profile, well-established company with a significant SAP user base, and we are proud to have them recognize the value of GL Wand for SAP and our other SAP products," said Scott Stollwerk, Vice President of Sales, Americas, for Excel4apps. "We look forward to working with FIT as they recommend our products to their customers."

As a global SAP hosting partner, FIT has hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies world-wide hosted in their FIT-owned highly resilient data centers. "We look forward to engaging our SAP customers with a value-added product like Excel4apps," said Richard Downham, Vice President of Business Development. "We strongly believe in long-term partnerships with our customers, vendors, and employees, and our partnership with Excel4Apps is predicated on delivering even greater value to our customers."

According to Downham, the partnership enhances FIT’s value proposition of reducing the risk and cost of customers running their SAP infrastructure while improving and guaranteeing excellent SAP uptime, performance and support. "GL Wand is an excellent product from an excellent vendor with the capability to dramatically increase SAP user productivity," said Downham.

About Excel4apps
Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for SAP and Oracle. Designed for financial professionals, the 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 11,000 SAP and Oracle 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/sap today.

About Freudenberg IT
Freudenberg IT (FIT) is a global provider of IT services for implementing, optimizing and operating IT systems. FIT specializes in mission-critical hosting capabilities across the globe using its world-class FIT-owned data centers. IT services include Managed Hosting Services (e.g. SAP, Exchange, etc.), LAN/WAN Management, Client Services, Helpdesk Services, Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Disaster Recovery Services, and more. As an SAP-certified global provider of hosting and cloud services with over 40 years of experience running and hosting SAP solutions, FIT is a recognized as a leader in its industry.  For more information, please visit: www.freudenberg-it.us.

Excel4apps Wins Four 2012 Partner of the Year Awards from UK Oracle User Group

25 October 2012

For the fourth straight year, Oracle users recognise innovation and benefits of Excel-based reporting tools from Excel4apps, with specific honours for Financial Services and Public Sector implementations

Staffordshire, UK – 25 October 2012 - Excel4apps, an Oracle Gold Partner and provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software for use with Oracle and other applications, won four 2012 Partner of the Year Awards from the UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG). Chosen by Oracle end users for outstanding solutions and support over the past 12 months, Excel4apps was honoured during a black-tie Awards Banquet at London’s Roof Gardens on Oct. 18, where 19 award categories were recognised.

A Silver Award in the Independent Software Vendor category marks the third consecutive year Excel4apps has won in that category, while the Silver Award for Innovative Product/Service marks a second consecutive showing. Excel4apps also took home a Silver Partner of the Year Award in the Public Sector category and a Bronze in the Financial Services category.

“It’s a tremendous feeling to earn four awards this year and to know our customers appreciate us for the work we do,” said Dean Jones, Managing Director UK & Europe, Excel4apps. “There are not many awards that are voted solely by customers and this is what makes the UKOUG PYA very special.  They are an incredible validation that Excel4apps sets the standard in the industry with the unique capabilities of GL Wand, our flagship Excel-based reporting tool, and our other Oracle products, as well as our dedicated development and service teams. We put an enormous amount of effort into our solutions and our customer support. These awards tell us we are doing it right.”

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, as well as how well the vendor contributed to their success over the last 12 months. “During the awards evening, a number of Oracle partners mentioned they often hear about Excel4apps and our great products, and we align very well with them due to our passion, integrity and wanting to offer the customer the best solution,” said Jones. “I want to thank all our customers for saying such great things about us and for putting their trust in us.”

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 11,000 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/oracle 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. www.ukoug.org

Formulate Consulting Select Excel4apps as Partner to Bring Added Value to SAP Customers

26 September 2012

Reseller partnership to help make SAP finance users more efficient and maximise their SAP investment

Staffordshire, UK – 26 September 2012 – Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based inquiry and reporting software, has announced its partnership with Formulate Consulting, a UK-based consultancy in SAP Finance solutions.  As an Excel4apps reseller, Formulate will be combining their extensive SAP knowledge with Excel4apps’ GL Wand reporting solution to deliver a more efficient finance process to organisations in the SAP community.

GL Wand is an SAP-certified integration solution that simplifies reporting by providing a direct link between SAP Financials and an Excel-based interface, without the need for a data warehouse, additional hardware or programming support.

“Formulate are an excellent fit to our company because they hold the same passion and values as we do,” said Dean Jones, Managing Director UK/Europe, for Excel4apps. “They recognise the value of GL Wand for SAP and our other SAP products, and we look forward to seeing our solutions and their expertise combine to help SAP users make the most of their SAP Finance system. The partnership brings a new day for releasing SAP Finance teams from traditional, time-intensive reporting processes.”

An SAP extended business partner, Formulate is a growing company specializing in SAP Finance. “We know nearly all finance teams use Excel, and extracting and sharing data easily in SAP can be an issue. GL Wand gives customers access to fast, flexible reporting by leveraging those Excel skills and liberating finance teams from the frustrations of month end to deliver business critical information,” said Charlotte Taylor, Director at Formulate. “This exciting partnership with Excel4Apps underpins our service, which is about delivering real, tangible business benefit.”

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, the 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 10,000 Oracle and SAP users worldwide, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. For more information, please visit www.excel4apps.com/sap.

About Formulate
Formulate Consulting provide SAP solutions within the finance divisions of companies. Set up in 2006 in answer to a need for bridging the gap between boardroom objectives and frontline delivery, our talent is in understanding the business objective, and translating this into an SAP outcome.

We are based in the Midlands and deliver our services throughout the UK, Europe and the world. Our value is in our people. All consultants are hand-picked; all are accountancy qualified with usually a decade of SAP experience. Whatever the need; better reporting, client-side support throughout the implementation process or adapting your SAP system for business growth and change, Formulate deliver, irrespective of size of organization or its solution, www.4ormulate.com.

Partner Case Study - Quadrantix Opens Customer Doors as an Excel4apps Reseller Partner

18 September 2012

Reselling Excel4apps signature GL Wand has bridged a financial reporting gap for Quandrantix customers by providing real-time access to Oracle data through direct links with Microsoft Excel®.

For consulting and software reseller firm Quadrantix, the ultimate gauge of its own performance is the success customers have in achieving business goals and maximizing their Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) investment. To help customers quickly and accurately access real-time Oracle general ledger (GL) data, the San Jose, CA-based firm began working with Excel4apps in 2009, bringing its flagship GL Wand product to a mostly Spanish-speaking Oracle user base, mainly in Mexico.

“Excel4apps has a relationship-oriented philosophy and takes care of its customers and partners, and we are happy to recommend and sell their products.”
Jose Flores, Associate Director, Quadrantix

To view the full case study: Quadrantix Opens Customer Doors as an Excel4apps Reseller Partner

Excel4apps Names Karen Toh as ASEAN Sales Director

13 September 2012

Singapore-based Toh to expand strong regional presence and sales for enterprise financial reporting authority Excel4apps

SYDNEY -- September 13, 2012

Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel-based reporting software for use with SAP and Oracle, today announced the key personnel appointment of Karen Toh as Sales Director for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. This region has contributed significantly to the company’s Asia-Pacific (APAC) success, with revenue growth above 100% annually for the last three years. Fueling this success is 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 the increasing investment of Oracle and SAP in the ASEAN ERP market, Excel4apps has experienced an overwhelming response to our Excel-based finance reporting solutions, which reduce the need for pricey BI systems and expensive technical resources that are regionally in short supply,” said Wilhelm Hamman, Excel4apps Sales Director, APAC. “We are excited to add Karen’s proven sales track record to our efforts in the ASEAN region, especially given its exceptional growth potential.”

Based in Singapore, Karen brings 18 years of experience in the technology industry and is a veteran of multinational companies such as Oracle, EMC, SAS Institute and IBM. Karen holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Information Systems from the National University of Singapore.

As ASEAN Sales Director, Karen will focus on growing direct sales and building a strong regional channel. In addition to the ASEAN region, Karen will contribute to gaining customers in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Greater China. Existing users of the popular GL Wand product in Singapore include DFS, DHL and Temasek Sciences.

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, 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 9,500 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.

Excel4apps Goes for Another Gold from Oracle Users in 2012 UKOUG Partner of the Year Awards

20 July 2012

Excel4apps shortlisted in four categories to be decided by users of Oracle software before the voting deadline on 10th September

Staffordshire, UK,  (20th July 2012) – Excel4apps, an Oracle Gold Partner and provider of best-in-class Excel-based reporting software for use with Oracle and other applications, is pleased to announce that it has been shortlisted for four Partner of the Year Awards from the UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG).  The awards are chosen by Oracle end users to reward organisations that have given the best service and contribution to customers over the past 12 months. Oracle users are encouraged to vote for their preferred Partners in Gold, Silver and Bronze positions.

"We are extremely honoured to have been recognised in four categories this year, including Independent Software Vendor, where we have received the prestigious Gold Award the last two years," said Dean Jones, Managing Director UK & Europe, for Excel4apps. "Being shortlisted for these awards represents an incredible validation that Excel4apps sets the standard in the industry with the unique capabilities of GL Wand, our flagship Excel-based reporting tool, and our other Oracle products, as well as our dedicated development and service teams. This recognition is thoroughly deserved for our hardworking teams and my fingers are crossed for the final results later in the year."

Oracle users are invited to vote for Excel4apps in the following categories based on the quality of products, service and innovation Excel4apps has shown as an Oracle Partner:
 - Independent Software Vendor (ISV)
 - Innovative (Product /Service)
 - Financial Services
 - Public Sector

Voting for the UKOUG Partner of the Year Awards closes on 10th September 2012 at 19:00. The 2012 awards will be presented on Thursday, 18th October, at The Roof Gardens, London. More information on the awards is available here: UKOUG 2012 Partner of the Year Awards.

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 10,000 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/oracle 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. www.ukoug.org

Frustrated by Reporting after Oracle R12 or Excel 2007 Migration? GL Wand Sidesteps Struggles from Loss of Client ADI

19 July 2012

GL Wand mitigates the loss of Client ADI with R12 or Excel 2007 migrations via direct link to Oracle financial data, with easy drill down and intuitive report creation from an Excel-based interface

Raleigh, NC – July 19, 2012 – As organizations upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Release 12 or MS Excel 2007, they encounter challenges in reporting from the General Ledger (GL) because Oracle’s Client Application Desktop Integrator (ADI) is no longer available. Used for years to produce FSG (Financial Statement Generator) reports, Client ADI was replaced in R12 by browser-based applications that leave gaps with the familiar Client ADI functionality. Many organizations upgrading to R12 or Excel 2007 have turned to GL Wand from Excel4apps because it delivers real-time GL data via a direct link between Oracle and Excel, dramatically cutting steps from the report creation process – even beyond Client ADI.

“Using their Excel skills, financial users easily create and modify standard and ad-hoc reports with GL Wand’s friendly Excel interface and drill down to sub-ledger details with a simple mouse click – all without requiring IT support,” said Chris Meyer, Managing Director Americas for Excel4apps. “GL Wand reports are similar to those from Oracle methods, yet the process is faster and more intuitive. GL Wand users have noted that submitting ad-hoc reports that once took 15 minutes with Client ADI and 45 minutes with R12 reporting tools take less than five minutes in GL Wand, leaving more time for valuable analysis and less time with frustrating, multi-step processes.”

Now available, the latest version of GL Wand – GL Wand Pre-Release 5 – further empowers financial users with faster refreshes and drill downs to Oracle GL data. The Java-based software installs easily for IT departments and launches directly from Oracle, creating even less steps in the reporting process for users. Intuitive toolbars and enhanced functionality help financial users build richer reports in less time.

GL Wand is an Oracle Validated Integration solution, and Excel4apps is a Gold-level member in Oracle PartnerNetwork. For more information on GL Wand Pre-Release 5 and to access a free trial, visit www.excel4apps.com/glwand5.

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 9,500 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/oracle today.

Bateleur/Excel4apps partnership benefits productivity-minded SAP, Oracle financial users

7 June 2012

Bateleur Software, a leader in the South African high-end software technology arena, has been appointed as a reseller for Excel4apps, a best-in-class provider of Excel-based financial reporting and budget-loading software for Oracle and SAP.

A practical alternative to traditional business intelligence (BI) tools, the SAP and Oracle certified applications are the ideal tools for financial users in need of fast access to accurate business data.

These include the GL Wand, Reports Wand, Budget Wand and Sales Wand products, which easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel to save reporting time and effort.

Designed for finance professionals, the award-winning range serves over 9 000 Oracle and SAP users in more than 60 countries and across a broad range of industries, including financial services, education, utilities, insurance, hospitality, manufacturing and engineering.

Announcing the partnership, Bateleur Software CEO Sam Selmer-Olsen said faster access to accurate data is a necessity for all productivity-minded users looking to accelerate creation of financial reports, monthly closes and other critical reporting processes.

And here, for example, GL Wand is a simple, Excel-based financial reporting tool for finance professionals using either SAP Financials or Oracle e-Business Suite 11i or 12.

“With GL Wand, users of SAP Financials and Oracle 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 Selmer-Olsen.

“Because GL Wand links directly with real-time data and bypasses the need for multiple data exports and use of a data warehouse, 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,” he said.

About Bateleur Software
Bateleur Software is a leader in the South African high-end software technology arena. It distributes a range of software products from selected business partners, all of which are complemented by comprehensive service offerings, among them project management office consultancy, programme and project management, business analysis, technical expertise, development in most tools (.net, Java etc) DBA consulting, fine-tuning, networking, product customisation, and training.

www.bateleur.co.za

2012 Customer Survey Highlight Results

16 May 2012

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

16 May 2012

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.

About HBO

Home Box Office, Inc. is the premium television programming subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., providing two 24-hour pay television services – HBO and Cinemax – to over 40 million U.S. subscribers. The services offer the most popular subscription video on demand products, HBO On Demand and Cinemax On Demand, as well as HBO on Broadband, HD feeds and multiplex channels. Internationally, HBO’s branded television networks, along with the subscription video on demand products HBO On Demand and HBO Mobile, bring HBO services to over 50 countries. HBO programming is sold into over 150 countries worldwide.

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.