Introducing XL Connect - Business Intelligence & Analytics for Microsoft Excel by Neville & Rowe.
Neville & Rowe have today launched their new project XL Connect in close collaboration with one of the largest Asset Management companies in London as measured by Assets Under Management (AUM).
XL Connect will integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Excel and offer corporate environments the right mix of control over data access, combined with user flexibility and self service.
With the specified functionality, Asset Management companies will in future be able to offer business end users access to Investment Management systems such as SimCorp Dimension and Charles River from within Microsoft Excel while maintaining full control over the data access through user targeted queries designed by IT professionals.
Business end users will have full control over the data in Microsoft Excel through XL Connect and will further be able to manipulate datasets by filtering, mapping and pivoting large amounts of information on the fly in memory.
With locked down calculations Asset Management companies can now fulfil their strategic goal of reaching a Single Version of the Truth across the organisation through the use of Microsoft Excel. Compared to other solutions on the market XL Connect will cut costs dramatically while also leveraging existing IT infrastructure and existing software applications.
Building on Neville & Rowe technology, XL Connect will offer extensibility and ensure that future requirements for connectivity with online sources as well as new functionality can be met as part of the plug-in framework. The first version of XL Connect will contain a full report designer with reports run from within Microsoft Excel offering users extensive self service.
