by Angela Guess
Mike Vizard of ITBusinessEdge recently wrote, “For more time than anyone cares to admit, there has been a debate over getting people to give up their spreadsheets in favor of more robust business intelligence applications. Given the relative adoption of BI applications versus the deep penetration of spreadsheets throughout our business culture, the numbers speak for themselves.”
He continued, ”But there are those who would argue that the whole debate is pointless. Many companies use BI applications and spreadsheets in harmony with each other. Others still are embedding BI functionality inside applications that are primarily spreadsheet-driven. Case in point is Host Analytics, a provider of financial management applications in the cloud. According to Keri Brooke, vice president of marketing for Host Analytics, the company thrived by making a range of financial management applications available via a front-end interface provided by a familiar Excel spreadsheet.”
