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Infoteria Announces Agreement to Acquire Extentech--A Leading Developer of Innovative Spreadsheet Development Tools
Forbes: Rethinking the Spreadsheet
ReadWriteWeb: MindTouch Has In-Line Spreadsheet Editing
TechJotter: Review of Sheetster
Extentech and MindTouch Partner to bring advanced spreadsheet capabilities to Strategic Content within the MindTouch Platform
Sheetser Connector Adds New Dimension to Bonitasoft BPM
Extentech Announces ExtenXLS 10: The High Performance Java Spreadsheet SDK now Includes WorkBook Parser for Event-Driven Reader
Extentech and Standing Cloud Announce Partnership:The First and Only Open Source Private Office in the Cloud
Announcing the Release of ExtenXLS 5: The Latest Version of the Leading Java Spreadsheet Automation Toolkit.
Open Source Innovation: Leading Java Spreadsheet SDK Released as Open Source
Run a Private Office in the Cloud with Sheetster and StandingCloud--Instantly Launch a Secure Online Spreadsheet Server
A3 Solutions chooses ExtenXLS to power their award winning CPM solution
Extentech and MindTouch Partner to Deliver Social Spreadsheets for the Enterprise
Extentech Announces ExtenXLS 9: The fastest and most reliable Java Spreadsheet SDK Now Supports 256-bit Encrypted Excel 97-2010 Files
Fix Windows 7 Excel Corruption Issue with ExtenXLS 8.2
Extentech champions the future of the web with Open Source web spreadsheet mashup platform
Extentech announces the release of Sheetster 1.1 the first and only open source Java Web spreadsheet and server
Leading Developer of Spreadsheet Tools Advances Middleware Market with Web 2.0 Enabled API
Extentech Announces Release of their Widely Popular Mature Java Spreadsheet SDK as Open Source
Extentech and Infoteria Announce Joint Venture
Sheetster 2.0-Giving a Competitive Advantage to the Developers Worldwide
Extentech and Alfresco Partner to Deliver a Powerful Open Source Web Spreadsheet
Extentech CEO John McMahon Interviewed in InternetWeek
AT&T has selected ExtenXLS 3.5 as the Java Reporting Tool for their T.R.A.C.E. application.
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Infoteria Announces Agreement to Acquire Extentech--A Leading Developer of Innovative Spreadsheet Development Tools
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Tokyo, Japan, and San Francisco CA, May 15, 2012,
Infoteria Corporation today announced an agreement to acquire Extentech Inc., a private software company specializing in innovative spreadsheet development tools. Closing is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
Infoteria is a leading Japanese enterprise software company listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange "Mothers". Its flagship product, "ASTERIA" has 46.9% share in EAI/ ESB market in Japan*1. Infoteria has been embedding Extentech technology in ASTERIA since 2002. In 2006, Extentech delivered their online spreadsheet Sheetster before the Google spreadsheet was unveiled.
"We are very excited to invite Extentech into our team" said Pina Hirano, founder and CEO of Infoteria Corporation. "Extentech's highly talented team will accelerate our cloud computing and global strategy."
Extentech will be renamed as Infoteria USA, and expand their product portfolio to a full line up of all Infoteria products.
Said John McMahon, founder and CEO of Extentech Inc., "For over 10-years, we have worked closely with our friends at Infoteria to bring the best-of-breed spreadsheet technology to Enterprise users. The value of Extentech's software and team has been strategic to Infoteria, and now with the formation of Infoteria USA we will combine the strengths of both companies to bring new markets and products online while providing maximum value to our customers and shareholders. We are very happy to join the Infoteria team to bring the next generation of Cloud and Mobile applications to market."
About Extentech
Extentech, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco CA.,is a leading developer of Java integration and spreadsheet tools that help corporate decision makers, developers, and business users maximize ROI by leveraging spreadsheets and Web 2.0 technologies. Founded in 1999, Extentech Inc. provides state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation, integration and business intelligence tools to IBM, JPMorgan, Accenture, Toyota, and hundreds of companies worldwide.
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About Infoteria
Infoteria Corporation was founded in 1998 as the first software company in Japan dedicated to XML. Infoteria develops and markets software and services which connect various corporate computers and devices. The company's flagship software product is "ASTERIA," which federates a variety of computer systems of different makes without any additional programming. It has been introduced to more than 3,000 corporations (as of the end of April 2012), primarily large and medium-sized firms. Moreover, the company's "Handbook," a cloud-based service which distributes digital documents stored on a PC to iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones and tablets, is used by many advanced corporate and public users as a standard tool for their employees to carry business documents such as sales materials, product brochures and meeting reports.
To learn more about Infoteria, please visit:
http://www.infoteria.com/
* Infoteria is the trademark of Infoteria Corporation.
* Handbook and ASTERIA are the registered trademarks of Infoteria.
*1 Comprehensive List of Software Marketing 2010-2011 issued by Techno Systems Research
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Forbes: Rethinking the Spreadsheet
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Forbes
the new version of Sheetster maintains its ability to provide for compatibility, including complex chart formulas. You can then run the files on your server, the web, behind the firewall or even from an embeddable object. It’s the kind of stuff that should get lots of traction with enterprise customers."
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ReadWriteWeb: MindTouch Has In-Line Spreadsheet Editing
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Sheetster is entirely open-source based where anyone can build a standalone Java app server that serves up dynamic spreadsheets.
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TechJotter: Review of Sheetster
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"Sheetster fills a need that none of the other online programs meet – a highly customizable product that offers greater control over your data and security."
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Extentech and MindTouch Partner to bring advanced spreadsheet capabilities to Strategic Content within the MindTouch Platform
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June XX, 2011
— Extentech, creator of Sheetster—the first open source web
spreadsheet—and MindTouch, maker of the world's most respected
social knowledge base, have partnered to bring advanced spreadsheet
capabilities to the MindTouch Platform. With a focus on the
structured data residing in strategic content, the Sheetster
MindTouch Add-On allows users to maintain tabular data, such as
product feature matrices, definitions, parameter lists, and any
number of table-based data, within a familiar spreadsheet interface
embedded in the MindTouch user interface.
Says John McMahon,
Extentech CEO, "Using social spreadsheets to manage data and business objects,
such as charts and formulas, saves time and money and increases
accuracy by keeping data in one place. The Sheetster Add-On
provides an inline management tool for the category of embedded
tabular content—content that has accuracy, timeliness, and
even compliance needs that must be treated and leveraged
separately from unstructured textual content. When combined with the ability to edit this data through
MindTouch in a familiar Excel-like UI, the Add-On provides a
compelling choice for managing structured data within strategic
content. Both MindTouch and Extentech are excited to announce this
product and look forward to working with our customers in
deploying workflows and identifying use cases that can take full
advantage of these innovative capabilities." Stored and maintained in a
centralized location, and using the full power of spreadsheets, users
with proper access rights can maintain and update this table-based
information without affecting written content. The tables can then be
converted to HTML and linked into knowledgebase articles or other
strategic content with a few mouse clicks.
"We're very excited to bring our
integration with Sheetster to the MindTouch customer community,"
said Aaron Fulkerson, CEO of MindTouch. "The Sheetster product
brings collaborative spreadsheets to the masses, with the enterprise
capabilities required by the MindTouch customer base."
Along with collecting and organizing data, users can
professionally display data within the MindTouch platform. Dynamic
charts and graphs can be created in the Sheetster spreadsheet UI,
then embedded and presented in the user help system or other
strategic content.
Beyond the initial use in
the social knowledgebase, these information graphics can be further
embedded and edited within project management team sites, information
portals, knowledge bases, and more—all while retaining MindTouch
version control and data access compliance.
Open source and
built on open-standards for a completely customizable solution, the software offers numerous benefits for developers. Using the powerful
MindTouch and Sheetster REST APIs, users can mashup functionality to
develop and share spreadsheet-based applications. Additional Sheetster MindTouch Add-On Features Include:
- Open source solution comes with a significantly lower cost than other
solutions,
without vendor lock-in risks.
- Robust spreadsheet file
format support reads Excel 97-2010 file formats, import from CSV and XML
data. - Output spreadsheets in a variety of formats
from Excel 97-2010, XML, CSV, JSON, and Adobe
PDF. - All spreadsheet and collaboration data can
be exported and shared further. - Constrain data entry with locked cells and data validations.
To learn more, download a 30-day free trial at:
http://www.extentech.com/estore/product_detail.jsp?showdetails=true&product_group_id=230&product_id=342
About MindTouch
An open source and collaboration leader since 2005, MindTouch
provides the world's most respected social knowledge base and develops
purpose-built help 2.0 communities for many of the world's most trusted
brands. Millions use MindTouch every day. MindTouch delivers exceptional
and engaging product help experiences by creating a community
experience atop online help content. Thousands of great companies like
Paypal, Autodesk, The Washington Post, Mozilla, HTC, HP-Palm, and Intuit
use MindTouch. Learn more at http://www.mindtouch.com.
About Extentech, Inc.
Since 1999, Extentech Inc. has
developed state-of-the-art spreadsheet development tools. Extentech is
the creator of the first Open Source Ajax Web Spreadsheet server, and
has provided BI and Integration solutions for G2k companies such as IBM,
JPMorgan, Nielsen Corporation,
Toyota, and hundreds of other companies worldwide. Extentech is
committed to creating the best
docs and spreadsheet editing and development tools, with the
flexibility and choice of open source. Sheetster and the DocsFree
project are sponsored by Extentech Inc. Headquartered in San Francisco
CA., Extentech, Inc. is a leader in collaborative web spreadsheet and
docs technology.
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Sheetser Connector Adds New Dimension to Bonitasoft BPM
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San Francisco, CA, ( --2011)--Extentech, creator of the first open source web spreadsheet, has partnered with Bonitasoft, a leader in BPM solutions, to create a connector for integrating Sheetster spreadsheets into the Bonita Open Solution BPM suite. Bonita users can now instantly retrieve spreadsheet data to automate tasks and procedures.
The pairing of the two companies aims to not only enhance the already innovative suite, but provide spreadsheet solutions for users with minimal programming knowledge; no hard coding is necessary. Business professionals can expect to capitalize on their existing spreadsheet knowledge without having to frequently coordinate with programmers. No longer is a team of technology specialists needed to design programs that make use of business formulas, statistics, and calculations. With the Sheetster connector, business professionals have the necessary tools at their disposal.
For advanced functionality, Sheetster spreadsheets can be used as decision tables to represent business logic in tabular form. By utilizing sets of associated rules, decision tables examine conditions and determine the actions to carry out. Along with generating outputs, decision tables can describe the inputs required to achieve particular outputs. Decision tables are an effective way to describe logically complex scenarios in a compact format.
To download Bonita Open Solution version 5.5, visit www.bonitasoft.com
About Extentech, Inc.
Extentech, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco CA., is a leading developer of Java integration and spreadsheet tools that help corporate decision makers, developers, and business users maximize ROI by leveraging spreadsheets and Web 2.0 technologies. Founded in 1999, Extentech Inc. provides state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation, integration and business intelligence tools for IBM, JPMorgan, Accenture, Toyota, and hundreds of companies worldwide.
About Bonita Soft
BonitaSoft, the leading provider of BPM solutions, is a software company created by the founders of the Bonita open source project. BonitaSoft aims to become the undisputed global leader in open source Business Process Management (BPM) by providing flexible, powerful Business Process Management Solutions for all types of organization.
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Extentech Announces ExtenXLS 10: The High Performance Java Spreadsheet SDK now Includes WorkBook Parser for Event-Driven Reader
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San Francisco, CA - April XX, 2011 - Extentech Inc., today announced the release of ExtenXLS 10, the latest version of the company's leading Java spreadsheet SDK.
ExtenXLS 10 is the latest version of the fastest and most reliable commercial toolkit for adding spreadsheet functionality to Java applications. ExtenXLS now features the WorkBook Parser, which provides an event-driven reader for high performance, read-only situations. The WorkBook Parser functions by parsing input streams containing valid spreadsheet workbooks and firing parse events as cell records are read from the stream and discarded. Discarding unnecessary spreadsheet records as they are read conserves RAM and helps companies increase efficiency on projects which need to extract data from large, complex workbooks. The ExtenXLS WorkBookParser can read both encrypted and unencrypted XLS and XLSX input.
Additional new features in ExtenXLS 10 include:
- MHTML read/write capability for reading and writing to basic HTML spreadsheets.
- XLSX/OOXML fidelity and performance improvements
- Dozens of bug fixes and performance optimizations
- Additional complex cell range expression parsing
- Overhaul of sheet protection handling
- Implemented advanced printer settings including setPrintArea to allow for multiple print titles
- Additional XML and XSLT enhancements for converting NamedRanges to XML/HTML
- Revised Docs and Sample code
- 25 Additional Formula functions implemented
Enterprises and developers depend upon correct and robust handling of vital spreadsheet data and applications. For over a decade, hundreds of companies worldwide have depended on ExtenXLS for their critical spreadsheet development needs.
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Extentech and Standing Cloud Announce Partnership:The First and Only Open Source Private Office in the Cloud
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and BOULDER, Colo., March 15, 2010 -- Extentech just announced it has partnered with Standing Cloud to combine their popular open source web spreadsheet, Sheetster, with Standing Cloud's easy-to-use, flexible and reliable cloud platform. Spreadsheet users and developers can now run a dedicated spreadsheet application server in the cloud at a lower cost, with total control over their data, and without the administrative burden of managing a physical server. IT departments and web developers can take full advantage of this cloud-based Office Suite licensed for unlimited users at an affordable fixed monthly per-server fee.
Sheetster for Standing Cloud offers real-time editing and collaboration accessed from anywhere at anytime without having to install any software. With a familiar Excel-like spreadsheet interface, users can upload and edit their spreadsheets, with support for advanced features like charts, data validations, and conditional formatting, as well as support for editing Excel 97 - 2010 files. As an open source application server, Sheetster Server can easily be extended and embedded into other web based and offline applications such as portals and reporting front-ends giving user's unlimited flexibility and control. In addition, Extentech will be launching an open source document editor in Spring 2011 to round out their offering.
Standing Cloud offers a unique service by providing a layer between applications and the underlying host provider -- such as Amazon Web Services or Rackspace -- which means Sheetster for Standing Cloud users can instantly move their private cloud office between hosts to save costs, gain redundancy, and mitagate risk of vendor lock in. Because Sheetster is open source, developers are free to customize the application files and develop spreadsheet applications, storing and access docs, creating dynamic online reports, and spreadsheet data using Sheetster's powerful APIs.
Standing Cloud provides flexibility, control and frequent monitoring including hourly back-ups that alleviate downtime issues and slow running servers. With an easy to use, intuitive management console, users can run a spreadsheet instance within minutes.
Standing Cloud provides instant Sheetster deployment, basic application management and hosting including:
* 24x7 monitoring
* hourly backups
* auto-recovery (to another server or another cloud entirely in the case of downtime) own spreadsheet
* versioning
* scaling to streamline app management
* support in instances of high site traffic.
Says John McMahon, CEO, Extentech Inc., "From the first time I tried Standing Cloud I was blown away with the fact that someone with no skills beyond using a web browser can login and within 5 minutes have a sophisticated cloud-based web application online and at their fingertips. As soon as I tried Standing Cloud I began working towards providing Sheetster on this compelling new platform. Now spreadsheet users and docs app developers are mere minutes away from dramatically lowering their barriers to entry -- the exclusive club of the virtual private cloud is now open to all. Welcome to the future!"
"We are eager to work with great application developers like Extentech who help tap the power of the cloud with its intuitive, business-ready spreadsheet solution," said David J. Jilk, CEO of Standing Cloud.
To login and take a free test drive of Sheetster on Standing Cloud, please visit:
http://www.standingcloud.com/network/sheetster
About Standing Cloud
Standing Cloud is an application management software company that makes it easy to deploy and manage applications with reliability and control, using cloud technology. The service supports more than 80 open-source applications and world-class cloud providers, including Amazon, Rackspace, GoGrid, SliceHost, Softlayer and Tagadab, and offers one-click installations (including free test drives); round-the-clock monitoring and auto-restore, including restore to another cloud hosting service in the event of downtime; easy access to backup data; and root access. Target customers include SMB users who want to deploy applications on their own, and solution providers or IT professionals who want to save time, money and pain while maintaining a high level of control and reliability.
About Extentech, Inc.
Extentech is committed to creating the best docs editing and development platform on earth, while providing the flexibility and choice of open source. Sheetster and the DocsFree project are sponsored by Extentech Inc. Headquartered in San Francisco CA., Extentech, Inc. is a leading developer of spreadsheet development tools and web applications that help our customers maximize ROI through spreadsheets and docs technology. Founded in 1999, Extentech Inc. provides state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation, integration and business intelligence tools for IBM, JPMorgan, Nielsen Corporation, Toyota, and hundreds of companies worldwide.
Media contact:
Colette Turbeville
Sheetster Inc.
[email protected]
Laura Rich
Standing Cloud, Inc.
http://www.standingcloud.com
[email protected]
+1 917-545-7174
The name Standing Cloud and the Standing Cloud logo are trademarks of Standing Cloud, Inc. All other trademarks, including without limitation "Plone," "vTiger" and "OpenVBX," are the property of their respective owners.
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Announcing the Release of ExtenXLS 5: The Latest Version of the Leading Java Spreadsheet Automation Toolkit.
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San Francisco, CA - November 9, 2006 - Today, Extentech Inc., a leading developer of Java components and development tools, released ExtenXL™ 5, the latest version of the powerful and scalable solution for automating Excel-compatible spreadsheets with live data from any source. This latest version incorporates dozens of new features and improvements made in direct response to customer requests. New features include improved CellBinder? automations, WorkBook versioning which allows storing of diffs between workbook versions and rolling changes back and forward, and innovations such as R3S? (Really Simple Spreadsheet Syndication) technology which enables users to subscribe to realtime data in calculated Cells using a flavor of RSS.
"With more than 80 new formula functions, 30% faster formula execution, and additional spreadsheet automations such as conditional formatting, merged ranges, and improved Chart automation, ExtenXLS? 5.0 is a compelling upgrade based on improvements to existing functionality alone," states John McMahon, CEO of Extentech Inc. "But we did not stop there. ExtenXLS? 5 introduces completely new features which represent a paradigm shift in spreadsheet automation towards high-level functionality not found in any other product. With a Web-enabled API, developers can now implement powerful features including spreadsheet change tracking and distributed collaboration in minutes just by calling simple Java methods. With the ability to share spreadsheets from within your Java applications to the Sheetster.com web site, your ExtenXLS? programs can allow for distributed collaboration, versioning, and access control with no additional effort."
Former OfficeWriter for Java customers will find an easy competitive upgrade path to ExtenXLS with the new ExcelWriter Compatibility API which allows for the use of OfficeWriter templates in ExtenXLS with no additional modifications needed.
In coordination with this launch, Extentech is re-committing itself to its customer-focused philosophy. To this end, the company has invested in a comprehensive online developer network which provides access to current documentation, bug reports, daily builds, feature requests, and demo & sample code. The developer network can be found at: http://extentech.sheetster.com/index.jsp
Extentech Inc. (www.extentech.com) is a leading developer of Java Spreadsheet and Development tools including Sheetster.com, Exteria? ExtenXLS? Java Spreadsheet Automation Toolkit, ExtenBIS? Business Intelligence Server and the Luminet? Java Application server. The privately held company was founded in 1999 with headquarters in San Francisco, CA. Reference customers include major financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies worldwide such as Accenture, JP Morgan, and Toyota among many others. More information about ExtenXLS?5 can be found at www.extentech.com or by contacting Extentech, at (415) 759-5292.
Media Contact:
Colette Turbeville
[email protected]
415.759.5292 voice
Sales Contact:
[email protected]
415.759.5292 voice
800.787.6849 fax
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Open Source Innovation: Leading Java Spreadsheet SDK Released as Open Source
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San Francisco, CA -- August 16, 2007
Extentech Announces Release of OpenXLS, the Open Source Version of ExtenXLS
Today, Extentech Inc., an innovative developer of Java components and development tools, announced the release of OpenXLS -- an open source version of the company's best-of-breed Java Software Development Kit for Spreadsheets, ExtenXLS.
"I am personally delighted we have the opportunity to give back to the development community by contributing a tool as useful and powerful as OpenXLS. With the release of OpenXLS, Extentech has leveled the playing field for developers who need to embed spreadsheet functionality in their applications," states John McMahon, CEO of Extentech Inc. "OpenXLS is a robust and risk-free way to integrate spreadsheets into Java programs and web applications. We are excited about fostering a community of developers that we hope will find our APIs to be the best available at any price."
OpenXLS is being released under the GPL license. Based on the same codebase as ExtenXLS version 3, a proven product used in mission-critical applications at dozens of the largest companies in the world, OpenXLS provides the Excel compatibility and robustness previously available only in ExtenXLS.
Those desiring a fully supported product with the latest advanced features and highest performance are encouraged to purchase a license to ExtenXLS. Those interested in embedding Extentech technology in their products should visit the Extentech OEM partner page at: extentech.com/products/oem.jsp
OpenXLS is available for download now at: extentech.com
Extentech Inc. (extentech.com) is a leading developer of Java spreadsheet software, SOA, and development tools. Products include the Sheetster.com web spreadsheet, Exteria Business Automation SOA Platform, and the ExtenXLS Java Spreadsheet SDK. The privately held company was founded in 1999 with headquarters in San Francisco, CA. Reference customers include Global 2000 companies such as JPMorgan, General Electric, and Toyota among many others.
Media Contact:
Charles Keatts
Extentech, Inc.
[email protected]
415.759.5292 voice
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Run a Private Office in the Cloud with Sheetster and StandingCloud--Instantly Launch a Secure Online Spreadsheet Server
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San Francisco, Ca, ( --2011)--Today Extentech and Standing Cloud released Sheetster Standing Cloud, a private, secure and dependable open source spreadsheet cloud application. Spreadsheet users and web developers now can take full advantage of this lower-cost combined solution. spreadsheets and private cloud computing, a technology that has been available only to large Enterprises until now . Unlike other spreadsheet applications in the cloud, Sheetster Standing Cloud is open source and offers a variety of server options without the administrative burden of having to run your own server.
Running your own private cloud office suite and developing spreadsheet
applications is a click away. Extentech just
announced Sheetster, the
popular open source web spreadsheet is now running on Standing Cloud --
a leading cloud application provider, allowing for users to run a web
spreadsheet instance without the administrative burden of running a
server.
Combining the power and usability of the Sheetster online spreadsheet with the StandingCloud instant private cloud platform gives organizations and developers an "instant-on" cloud-based Office Suite licensed for unlimited users for an affordable fixed monthly per-server instance fee.
Trying the solution for yourself takes at most 5 minutes and is completely free, no credit card required:
http://standingcloud.com/
Cloud computing gives everyone more flexibility and control. After selecting a few simple options, a single button click launches a virtual server over which you are given complete control including access to the server console and your own private copy of the web spreadsheet server, data, and application files. Developers love that they are free to customize the application files and develop spreadsheet applications, storing and access docs and spreadsheet data using Sheetster's powerful APIs.
Standing Cloud provides instant Sheetster
deployment, basic application management and hosting including:
- 24x7 monitoring
- hourly backups
- auto-recovery (to another server or another cloud entirely in the case of downtime)
- versioning
- scaling to streamline app management
- upgrades
- and, of course, support in instances of high site traffic.
What is better, StandingCloud creates a layer between your applications
and the actual host provider -- such as Amazon Web Services or Rackspace
-- which means you can instantly move your virtual private cloud office between hosts to save costs, gain redundancy, and mitigate risk of hosting lock in.
This new collaborative offering includes all the features and functions of Sheetster Server Pro at a fraction of the up-front cost. With a familiar spreadsheet interface, users can upload and edit their spreadsheets including support for charts, data validations, conditional formatting, and support for Excel 97 - 2010 file formats. Sheetster lets spreadsheet users share and collaboratively edit spreadsheets in real time without having to install any software.
As an open source application server Sheetster Server Pro can easily be extended or embedded into other web based and offline applications, as well as customized and embedded in other web applications such as portals and reporting front-ends.
Standing Cloud offers frequent monitoring and hourly back-ups alleviating downtime issues and slow running servers. Standing cloud also offers a wealth of storage for large and complex files that today's spreadsheet user's demand.
Says John McMahon,
CEO, Extentech Inc., "From the first time I tried StandingCloud I was blown away with the fact that, for the first time in history, someone with essentially no technical skills beyond the ability to use a web browser, can go onto a web site and within literally 5 minutes have a virtual private cloud-based system launched and serving sophisticated web applications online. As soon as I tried StandingCloud I immediately reached out to their team and 2 months later we are now proud to announce the availability of Sheetster Server on StandingCloud. Now spreadsheet users and developers are mere minutes away from hosting their own private Sheetster instance -- dramatically lowering the barriers to entry and giving everyone the ability to run their own server with zero technical expertise. Welcome to the future!"
"." states Grant, StandingCloud.
Sheetster is part of the DocsFree.org
project, a brand new open source docs platform community being launched
in Spring 2011.
DocsFree.org is committed to creating the best docs
application platform on earth, while providing the flexibility and
choice of open source. Because it is open source, it can run behind the
firewall, and developers can extend and embed the code based on their
project requirements. To get your free subscription to Sheetster visit:
sheetster.com
About Standing Cloud
...
About Extentech, Inc.
Sheetster
and the DocsFree project are sponsored by Extentech Inc. Headquartered
in San Francisco CA., Extentech, Inc. is a leading developer of Java
integration and spreadsheet tools that help corporate decision makers,
developers, and business users maximize ROI by leveraging spreadsheets
and Web 2.0 technologies. Founded in 1999, Extentech Inc. provides
state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation, integration and business
intelligence tools for IBM, JPMorgan, Nielsen Corporation, Toyota, and
hundreds of companies worldwide.
For more information, visit www.extentech.com.
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A3 Solutions chooses ExtenXLS to power their award winning CPM solution
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San Francisco, CA - January 18, 2011
A3 Solutions, Inc., a leader in Enterprise budgeting and Corporate
Performance Management (CPM) solutions, and Extentech Inc., a today announced an OEM partnership that combines the best of breed ExtenXLS Java spreadsheet SDK with A3 Modeling, the easiest to use and most economical CPM in the market.
A3 products are being used by some of the world's largest companies to
address their most complex and mission critical Enterprise budgeting and Corporate Performance
Management processes. With a familiar spreadsheet interface, users will find A3 modeling intuitive with it's powerful data entry, analysis and reporting tools. A3 Modeling transforms spreadsheets into real time,
database-driven applications. By allowing users
to configure unified financial models containing all of their
company's historical actuals, budgets and forecasts, A3 Modeling
slashes the costs, labor and errors of traditional Enterprise budgeting and
corporate performance management solutions.
ExtenXLS is the fastest, most robust, and best supported spreadsheet SDK
available. For 10 years, hundreds of companies worldwide have depended upon the advanced functionality of
ExtenXLS for their mission-critical applications to read, write,
run and customize spreadsheet reports in a multi-platform environment.
"Our customers expect the full modeling capability of
Microsoft Excel in a server-based, database-driven environment.
ExtenXLS allows us to deliver to our customers' expectations
without compromise, and it has become an important component
of the A3 Spreadsheet Automation Server," states Rob Lautt, Founder, President, A3 Solutions.
John McMahon, CEO, Extentech Inc. adds: "We are delighted to have A3 Solutions join our prestige list of customers. In helping to bring this exciting product to market we are confident in the knowledge that ExtenXLS can provide unmatched compatibility with Excel and withstand the rigors of the industrial-grade data load and scalability required by the A3 Spreadsheet Automation Server."
To learn about A3 Enterprise Budgeting and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) solutions, visit: http://www.a3solutions.com/product/index.htm
To download a free 30-day ExtenXLS trial, visit:http://extentech.com/estore/product_detail.jsp?product_group_id=1
About Extentech, Inc.
Extentech, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco
CA., is celebrating its 12-year anniversary. Extentech Inc. is a
leading developer of Java integration and spreadsheet tools that help
corporate decision makers, developers, and business users maximize ROI
by leveraging spreadsheets and Web 2.0 technologies. Founded in 1999,
Extentech Inc. provides state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation,
integration and business intelligence tools to IBM, JPMorgan, Accenture,
Toyota, and hundreds of companies worldwide.
About A3 Solutions
A3 Solutions is the developer of A3 Modeling, the leading spreadsheet automation platform for web-based Enterprise Budgeting and Corporate Performance Management solutions. More flexible, with lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than competing products, A3 Modeling is available as SaaS and On-Premise offerings that tightly integrate with leading enterprise OLAP and relational database technology from Oracle/Hyperion (NASDAQ: ORCL, News) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT, News).
To find out how American Airlines, Avon, Cox Communications, McDonald's, Safeway, Toyota, Williams Sonoma, Verizon, and other Fortune 1000 enterprises use A3 Modeling to align their organizations, accelerate decision making, and turn strategy into action, visit www.a3solutions.com or call: 415-356-2300.
Take the A3 Challenge!
The best way to experience A3 Modeling is with a hands-on model derived from your own spreadsheet models and data. To arrange a no-cost, no-obligation, hands-on experience, customized with your models and your data, visit www.a3solutions.com or call415-356-2300.
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Extentech and MindTouch Partner to Deliver Social Spreadsheets for the Enterprise
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DocsFree Sheetster, the first open source web spreadsheet server and MindTouch, the open source leader in enterprise collaborative networks have partnered to deliver an enterprise-ready social spreadsheet document collaboration and automation solution--The DocsFree Sheetster MindTouch Add-On. This social spreadsheet solution is built for organizations that want to enhance their MindTouch experience with a customizable, collaborative web spreadsheet editor built on the foundation of a powerful spreadsheet REST API. DocsFree Sheetster provides both collaborative document editing and reuse of spreadsheet logic through secure spreadsheet web services. IT departments gain the customization advantages of open source software, with total control over data and no vendor lock-in.
John McMahon, CEO of Extentech, states: "With this integrated solution, the DocsFree Sheetster MindTouch Add-On provides the most cost-effective solution for enterprise social spreadsheets. Unlike other solutions, this open source approach to collaborative content management significantly lowers start up and maintenance costs, while giving users complete flexibility and control over data. The Sheetster spreadsheet editor looks and acts much like Excel, but with web tools that make spreadsheets reusable, social, and collaborative. Built upon powerful REST APIs, there is no limit to the productivity gains available to MindTouch developers. Managers comparing MindTouch with SharePoint and Excel Services will see lower costs, platform neutrality, and access to the source code as compelling advantages of the MindTouch DocsFree Sheetster combination."
Aaron Quote:
Uploading an Excel file to MindTouch and editing it right
in the browser provides a seamless experience that requires no plug-ins or
downloads. DocsFree Sheetster supports practically all Excel versions providing maximum compatibility with existing documents.
Benefits of the Joint Solution:
- Open source based and built upon open-standards for a completely customizable and extensible solution without vendor lock-in.
- Easily edit spreadsheets in the browser from within MindTouch -- no client software required.
- Significantly lower cost than other solutions, especially the Microsoft-based Excel and SharePoint combination, without vendor lock-in risks and expenses
- Instantly create web 2.0 applications with forms, data-driven dynamic charts, and web scripting
- Robust spreadsheet file format support reads Excel 97-2010 file formats, import from CSV and XML data
- Output spreadsheets in a variety of formats from Excel 97-2010, XML, CSV, JSON, and Adobe PDF
- Ability to access spreadsheet cells and data as REST web services for rapid re-use of spreadsheet logic
- Multiple delivery options, on-premise, on-demand, and cloud-based.
Special Offer!
Extentech and MindTouch have teamed up for a special offer - The first X licenses sold are XX% off. This special one-time introductory is expected to go fast, to receive your discount or for more information, please visit http://www.mindtouch.com/sheetster
A free trial version of DocsFree Sheetster is included with all MindTouch
trials. Includes full feature set, evaluation license expires in 30
days.
About Extentech, Inc.
Extentech, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco CA., is celebrating its 12-year anniversary. Extentech Inc. is a leading developer of Java integration and spreadsheet tools that help corporate decision makers, developers, and business users maximize ROI by leveraging spreadsheets and Web 2.0 technologies. Founded in 1999, Extentech Inc. provides state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation, integration and business intelligence tools to IBM, JPMorgan, Accenture, Toyota, and hundreds of companies worldwide.
About MindTouch
MindTouch set out to solve the problem of collaboration by making it possible for non-programmers to connect enterprise systems, databases and web-services in the context of an easy to use collaborative environment. The purpose of MindTouch is to provide wiki-like ease of collaboration between humans and machines; thereby enabling less-technology savvy people to automate reports and systems and create dashboards.
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Extentech Announces ExtenXLS 9: The fastest and most reliable Java Spreadsheet SDK Now Supports 256-bit Encrypted Excel 97-2010 Files
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San Francisco, CA - September 23, 2010 - Extentech Inc., today announced
the release of ExtenXLS 9, the latest version of the company's leading
Java spreadsheet SDK.
ExtenXLS 9 is the latest version of the fastest and most reliable commercial toolkit for adding spreadsheet functionality to Java applications. ExtenXLS now supports secure spreadsheets encrypted with up to 256-bit security. Workbooks can be encrypted and decrypted with a password. Using this feature, developers can provide a high level of security over data and business logic contained in spreadsheets. ExtenXLS can import data directly from CSV and XML, and can export spreadsheets to a variety of formats including XML, CSV, and PDF.
"Our latest version of ExtenXLS brings developers super-secure encryption levels, popluar features such as cell comments, auto filters, and thumbnail generation, as well as a full slate of optimizations, bug fixes and enhancements that push the envelope of what can be done with spreadsheets. Our customers have asked for encryption, better all-around performance, and revamped Swing UI components -- and with ExtenXLS 9 we have focused on value and delivered all of this and much more," says John McMahon, Extentech's CEO.
New features in ExtenXLS 9 include:
- Support for encrypting and decrypting XLS and XLSX workbooks with up to 256 bit encryption
- Create, edit, and delete cell comments (CommentHandle)
- Create, edit, delete and execute Auto Filters (AutoFilterHandle)
- Major formula execution CPU and memory performance improvements
- Complete overhaul of Swing UI performance and functionality
- Printer Settings Handle fixes and additional Excel printing support
- Ability to reset the password used for sheet protection
- Generate spreadsheet thumbnail Images with WorkBookHandle.getImage() method
- Over a dozen new Formula functions supported
- Seamless integration with Sheetster, the open source Java web spreadsheet server
Enterprises and developers depend upon correct and robust handling
of vital spreadsheet data and applications. For nearly 10-years,
hundreds of companies worldwide have depended on ExtenXLS for their
critical spreadsheet development needs. Because responsive vendor support is a crucial component of project success, each ExtenXLS license includes a full year of unlimited support and all upgrades.
To download a free 30-day trial: http://extentech.com/estore/download_center.jsp
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Fix Windows 7 Excel Corruption Issue with ExtenXLS 8.2
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Fix Windows 7 Excel Corruption Issue with ExtenXLS 8.2
Some XLS files created using Java Spreadsheet SDKs would be corrupted when opened on a Windows 7 computer, while these same files would open without issue on Vista and earlier versions of Windows.
These output files would report "Data May Be Lost" warnings when opened in Excel on Windows 7.
According to Microsoft, this issue was due to changes in the error handling between versions of OLE32.dll:
"...the issue isn't that Windows 7 is corrupting the spreadsheets.
OLE32.dll reports a problem with the spreadsheets that Windows Vista and XP do
not detect. The FAT in the docfile lists incorrect sector sizes, and Windows 7
adds a check for that."
With ExtenXLS 8.x Java developers can create Excel output using their Java Spreadsheet APIs without issues on Windows 7.
ExtenXLS 8.2 is Windows 7 Compatible.
Click here download the latest jar, ExtenXLS 8.2--the most robust Java spreadsheet API.
ExtenXLS 8.2 New Features & Fixes:
- Improved JavaDoc comments.
- Add isBlank() method to CellHandle
- DateHandle Rounding Issues
- Added support for unscoped Named Ranges.
- Bug fixes
8.1 Features & Fixes:
- Fix for Windows 7 Excel File Corruption issues (the same files open in same version of Excel on Vista and XP)
- Swing GUI overhaul, including support for vertical text in cells and major performance boosts.
- Fixes to our locking and password handling, both in XLS and XLSX.
*Product EOL Notice: ExtenXLS 6 is no longer officially supported.
Click here
to download ExtenXLS Java spreadsheet SDK. Built to integrate seamlessly with Sheetster Java Web Spreadsheet and Server--high performance and up to a
hundred times faster than alternative technologies.
Contact us today to discuss your spreadsheet solution needs.
At Extentech, your satisfaction is our highest priority. We respect your time and value your feedback. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with your evaluation or with your project needs.
Thank you,
The Extentech Team
415-759-5292 ext 315
[email protected]
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Extentech champions the future of the web with Open Source web spreadsheet mashup platform
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San Francisco, Ca, (June 3, 2008)--Veteran San Francisco Java spreadsheet software company
Extentech Inc, champions the future of the Web with a free and open source alternative to Google
Apps -- ExtenXLS360.
Eight-year spreadsheet veteran Extentech is giving power back to the people with the release of Sheetster (E360), an open sour cross-platform, n-tier, open-source, AJAX spreadsheet mashup platform.
Sheetster is a new downloadable spreadsheet server that provides a browser based spreadsheet and collaborative document management system combining the advantages of Web2.0 applications and Software-as-a-Service offerings with a flexible client-server or peer-to-peer options.
Extentech CEO, John McMahon states, "Organizations are embracing the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service)
model as an outsourced approach to integral business components such as spreadsheets and office
documents -- but many may not have internalized the risks of permanently consolidating critical
data, IT infrastructure, and intellectual property assets onto the servers of large internet
advertising companies outside of the firewall. Responding to the needs of hundreds of enterprise
customers, we are proud to introduce the world's first and only open source AJAX spreadsheet that
combines a powerful REST API and Java app server with an unmatched spreadsheet engine that can be
run on any computer any time and can be completely customized and extended at the source code
level."
Sheetster is accessible offline or online, can be run on a corporate server or on a laptop, or both. And
with the open source, standards-based JSP/Servlet web app administrators retain full control of
their data by storing document information in the database of their choice. In the ad-free
Professional and Enterprise Editions, the GPL web application makes it is easy to ensure that no
keyword tracking or other unwanted third party code is being executed in the browser.
Extentech is releasing 3 versions of the product during 2008 starting with Sheetster Collaboration
Edition -- available as a freely redistributable ad supported product. Sheetster Professional Edition
will target web developers and small businesses. And rounding out the lineup, Sheetster Enterprise
Edition will boast complete access to spreadsheets from Java using the ExtenXLS SDK, and server-
side data mapped spreadsheets with an embeddable AJAX charting engine. All non-free products will
include a full year of unlimited phone and email support as well as all upgrades.
The Sheetster Collaboration Edition BETA is available as a technology preview downloadable at
www.extentech.com.
About Extentech, Inc.
Extentech, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco CA., is a leading developer of Java integration and
spreadsheet tools that help corporate decision makers, developers, and business users realize ROI
by leveraging spreadsheets and Web 2.0 technologies. Founded in 1999 by internet software pioneers
John McMahon and Nicholas Rab, Extentech provides state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation,
integration and intelligence tools for IBM, JPMorgan, Accenture, Toyota, and hundreds of global
enterprises. For more information, visit www.extentech.com.
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Extentech announces the release of Sheetster 1.1 the first and only open source Java Web spreadsheet and server
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San Francisco, CA December 1, 2009 -- Today, Extentech announces the release of Sheetster 1.1 the latest version of the first and only Open Source Java web spreadsheet and server
Sheetster 1.1 offers much of the functionality found in Excel along with Web 2.0 features, such as document management, collaboration, sharing and chat. Sheetster can be run online or offline and is Open Source, so developers can easily extend or embed it within their web applications.
Unlike other Web spreadsheets, Sheetster includes a content management system, making it possible to create and manage categorized content with attachments such as PDFs, videos and images. Sheetster also has fine-grained security and sharing, so users can create groups, share, chat and access documents with their fellow coworkers, clients or friends.
Some of the new features in this release include: conditional formatting (beta), cell validations (allowing for control of cell data entry), export spreadsheets to PDF (beta), improved charts and chart legends, support for upload/import of CSV files, and much more.
Sheetster was created with developers in mind. The Web spreadsheet is integrated with Sheetster Live Data Mapping, and the ExtenXLS 7.4 Java spreadsheet SDK. This combination provides a comprehensive Web 2.0 spreadsheet toolkit for developers wishing to integrate spreadsheet functionality, publish spreadsheet logic as web services, and present editable live data grids in their Web applications without reinventing the wheel.
John McMahon, CEO states, "We offer Sheetster as a competitive advantage for developers that want to embed spreadsheet technology within their applications. Whether you are an OEM software developer, a value-added reseller building a vertical application, or you want to use it as a hosted product, Sheetster provides many of the features of Excel but is Open Source and written in Java - allowing our customers to integrate, customize, use and sell Sheetster.
Sheetster Collaboration Edition is free and can be downloaded at: http://extentech.com/estore/product_detail.jsp?product_group_id=230&product_id=321
About Extentech, Inc.
Extentech, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco CA., is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. Extentech Inc. is a leading developer of Java integration and spreadsheet tools that help corporate decision makers, developers, and business users maximize ROI by leveraging spreadsheets and Web 2.0 technologies. Founded in 1999, Extentech Inc. provides state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation, integration and business intelligence tools to IBM, JPMorgan, Accenture, Toyota, and hundreds of companies worldwide.
For more information, visit http://www.extentech.com.
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Leading Developer of Spreadsheet Tools Advances Middleware Market with Web 2.0 Enabled API
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San Francisco, Calif. (December 3, 2007) -- Extentech Inc., a leading developer of Java spreadsheet tools, launches ExtenXLS 6.0 - the next version of the popular Java Spreadsheet SDK that rivals competitors with its ability to automate functions in a spreadsheet application with an advanced Web2.0 API.
In addition to the most robust spreadsheet handling available in Java, developers can now take their spreadsheet applications beyond the basics with advanced Web 2.0 spreadsheet functionality not found in any other product. With just a few lines of Java code, developers can now utilize spreadsheet functionality from their AJAX Web applications, and execute powerful features such as spreadsheet versioning, spreadsheet web services, and distributed collaborative editing.
ExtenXLS boasts automated handling of data mapped spreadsheets with the ability to map data from any source into spreadsheet templates. As data rows are inserted, dynamic spreadsheet objects such as formula references, chart series, named ranges, and formatting are all duplicated and automated so that the output contains not only live data, but keeps formatting and spreadsheet functionality in charts and formulas intact.
ExtenXLS 6.0 takes spreadsheet-based application development and reporting to new levels of business intelligence, portability and collaboration. By using a single line of code, developers can output spreadsheet objects to JSON syntax for ready consumption by AJAX applications using the Prototype.js framework. And with collaborative features such as instant messaging, developers can ensure that multiple end-users can view, update and format the same spreadsheet at the same time -- the essence of modern collaboration.
After almost 7-years of handling the most demanding spreadsheets from enterprise customers worldwide, ExtenXLS is considered by many to be the most robust Java spreadsheet toolkit available. ExtenXLS will not corrupt spreadsheets, and can handle any input spreadsheet file no matter the complexity.
John McMahon CEO of Extentech states, "With ExtenXLS 6, we go way beyond the basics of traditional spreadsheet functionality by creating the first and only Java spreadsheet SDK with native support for Web 2.0 technologies like JSON, XML/XSLT, spreadsheet collaboration, and version control. But we haven't left the basics behind... ExtenXLS 6 sports total control over charts, total control over images, and the dozens of enhancements, optimizations, and fixes that make ALL of our customers happier -- not just the Web2.0 pioneers."
ExtenXLS 6.0 is available for download now at: www.extentech.com
About Extentech, Inc.
Extentech, Inc., with offices in San Francisco CA., is a leading developer of Java integration and spreadsheet tools that help corporate decision makers, IT developers, and business users automate business process and profit by leveraging Web 2.0 technologies. Launched in 1999 by pioneering high-tech developers John McMahon and Nicholas Rab, Extentech provides state of the art spreadsheet automation, code-free EAI, business automation and intelligence tools for JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, Hewlett Packard, Accenture, H&R Block, BP, IBM, Toyota, and Pfizer, among other global enterprises. For more information, visit www.extentech.com.
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Extentech Announces Release of their Widely Popular Mature Java Spreadsheet SDK as Open Source
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San Francisco, JULY 29, 2009—Today Extentech released their advanced Open Source Java spreadsheet SDK, OpenXLS, with highly developed formula calculations, chart handling and dozens of new features.
Extentech announces release of their widely popular mature Java spreadsheet SDK 6.0 as Open Source. This new version gives developers advanced spreadsheet functions that were once only found in the commercial version of the ExtenXLS product.
Open source communities will be happy to hear the widely adopted Java Spreadsheet SDk 6.0 has gone fully open source. The popular commercial version of this product has been used by developers across the globe for the last ten-years, and is now available for download at: http://extentech.com/estore/product_detail.jsp?product_group_id=228.
OpenXLS 6 offers powerful new features such as complete chart handling, read and write of excel files, improved calculation, and web 2.0 enabled APIS—enabling developers to embed spreadsheet in their web applications. Click here for a full list of features.
Once called the Steve Jobs of spreadsheets, John McMahon believes Extentech's spreadsheet solutions will change the way we use of spreadsheets. "The release of ExtenXLS 6.0 as Open Source is just the tip of the iceberg for us. In the world of social media, and web enabled applications, our spreadsheets solutions are aimed at becoming the most useful and powerful tool for business users and consumers alike. As an application, spreadsheets offer the most diverse and powerful functions available in any one application. Realizing this early on, we began taking apart the spreadsheet and exposing its components in new inventive ways, such as being able to subscribe to a spreadsheet cell as an RSS feed. We want to dramatically improve how and why we use spreadsheets so that people's information is always at hand. So for example, users can see daily what a sales total for a department is, keep track of performance and so on.
Open Source OPenXLS is available immediately for download at: http://extentech.com/estore/product_detail.jsp?product_group_id=228 and offers advanced spreadsheet features such as, complete chart Support, conversion of XLS to XML and HTML formats, Output spreadsheet objects to JSON, improved calculation functions and many others.
About Extentech
Extentech, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco CA., is a leading developer of Java integration and spreadsheet tools that help corporate decision makers, developers, and business users maximize ROI by leveraging spreadsheets and Web 2.0 technologies. Founded in 1999, Extentech Inc. provides state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation, integration and business intelligence tools for IBM, JPMorgan, Accenture, Toyota, and hundreds of companies worldwide.For more information, visit www.extentech.com.
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Extentech and Infoteria Announce Joint Venture
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Extentech and Infoteria Announce Joint Venture
San Francisco, CA / Tokyo, JAPAN – October 11, 2006 - Today, Extentech Inc., a leading developer of Java components and development tools, and Infoteria Corporation, the largest EAI vender in Japan, announced a joint venture software development project for enterprise SOA computing.
“We are extremely pleased to announce the expansion of our long-term relationship with our technology partner, Infoteria Corporation with the launch of our new joint venture product Exteria™,” states John McMahon, CEO of Extentech Inc. “Infoteria uses ExtenXLS technology as the engine for spreadsheet operations in their market leading ASTERIA EAI server. After nearly 5 years of working closely with Infoteria on supporting the most advanced spreadsheet use cases presented by their customers, we are now taking the next step in combining our efforts by creating a new breed of a code-free application integration platform. Using an intuitive SOA design tool, our customers can now leverage spreadsheets in an SOA environment with a few mouse clicks, providing unmatched productivity and ROI. We have already received much positive anticipation from our many Enterprise customers who have long searched for a way to unlock the power of spreadsheets in their organizations.”
“We are excited to start the new joint venture with Extentech,” said Yoichiro “Pina” Hirano, President and CEO of Infoteria Corporation. “We have been working with Extentech for more than 4 years and value Extentech’s deep technical skills and wide experience in the enterprise spreadsheet market. Today, ASTERIA is the No.1 market share EAI software in Japan, exceeding Microsoft’s BizTalk server. With this joint venture, ASTERIA’s code-free data integration and Extentech’s superior spreadsheet knowledge have become tightly integrated thus unleashing the power of the spreadsheet in the enterprise. We are excited to make this innovative technology available worldwide for our customers.”
Extentech Inc. (www.extentech.com) is a leading developer of Java Spreadsheet and Development tools including Sheetster.com, Exteria™, ExtenXLS™ Java|XLS Toolkit, ExtenBIS™ Business Intelligence Server and the Luminet™ Java Application server. The privately held company was founded in 1999 with headquarters in San Francisco, CA. Reference customers include major financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies worldwide such as Ford Motor Co., H&R Block and BP among many others. More information about Extentech can be found at www.extentech.com or by contacting Extentech at: (415) 759-5292.
Established in 1998, Infoteria Corporation is a leading provider of EAI software in Japan. The flagship product ASTERIA has the No.1 market share in Japanese EAI market exceeding Microsoft BizTalk server. ASTERIA provides multi-format, multi-protocol application integration with code-free environment, that avoids the dependency of system engineers and integral cost of future modification of the application interface. Over 300 enterprises in Japan, including KYOCERA corporation, TOSHIBA corporation and Tokyo Metropolitan Government, using ASTERIA to maximize their business value. More information can found at: www.asteria.com or by contacting: [email protected].
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Sheetster 2.0-Giving a Competitive Advantage to the Developers Worldwide
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San Francisco, CA, September 15, 2009, today Extenetch Inc. announces the release of their Open Source web spreadsheet, Sheetster 2.0, giving a competitive advantage to system integrators, developers and ECM companies that need advanced web spreadsheet capabilities within their applications.
Many online enterprise applications offer robust content management capabilities, but most do not have an online web spreadsheet component. Extentech is finding that many organizations are in need of the technical advantage of having their own embeddable web spreadsheet--so their users can store, share and securely access spreadsheets online.
Extentech has built Sheetster from the ground up with the developer in mind. With its intuitive REST API, developers can now easily embed spreadsheets in their applications. With powerful new features, such as an improved Sheetster AJAX web spreadsheet , collaborative multi-user/multi-document environment and live charts, the product gives users ultimate flexibility and fine grained control.
"I have a client that wanted a spreadsheet interface for their application that could be served over the Internet. After exhaustive research, the Extentech solution proved the best, in terms of capabilities, support and pricing. And with the Open Source distribution, I can now implement a few unique features that my client requires," states Larry Tusoni, of A+ Software Consulting.
With Sheetser, companies do not have to worry any third party controlling their data. Sheetster is cross platform, and can be run on the server of choice, Amazon S3 or locally—eliminating costly dependencies of purchases across entire product stacks, and vendor lock in.
Sheetster is an advanced web application based on the mature ExtenXLS Java Spreadsheet 8.0, currently used by the Fortune 1000 worldwide. Sheetster is free and Open Source, available in a hosted and the downloadable version, Sheetster Server.
Download Sheetster Free today: http://extentech.com/estore/product_detail.jsp?showdetails=true&product_group_id=230&product_id=323
About Extentech, Inc.
Extentech, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco CA., is a leading developer of Java integration and spreadsheet tools that help corporate decision makers, developers, and business users maximize ROI by leveraging spreadsheets and Web 2.0 technologies. Founded in 1999, Extentech Inc. provides state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation, integration and business intelligence tools for IBM, JPMorgan, Accenture, Toyota, and hundreds of companies worldwide.
For more information, visit www.extentech.com.
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Extentech and Alfresco Partner to Deliver a Powerful Open Source Web Spreadsheet
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San Francisco, CA and LONDON, UK - October 13, 2009
Extentech, Inc, a Java Spreadsheet solutions company, and Alfresco Software, Inc., the leader in open source enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, today announced Sheetster + Alfresco -- an integrated open source web spreadsheet solution.
Online editing of spreadsheet documents loaded directly from the Alfresco WCM enables collaboration across the organization, publishing and reuse of charts, formula logic, and other spreadsheet assets, and lowers errors due to file version problems caused by emailing spreadsheets.
This Open Source approach to dynamic and rich content management significantly lowers start up and maintenance costs, and unlike other solutions, provides complete flexibility and control over data.
With over millions of Excel users expected to make the shift from the desktop to online spreadsheet applications, an Open Source solution can offer the most cost effective, flexible and secure choice for businesses worldwide.
As a primary business tool, an Open Source web spreadsheet offers a host of benefits to the business user, developer and IT manager.
With Sheetster, business users can edit, share and manage their spreadsheets all within Alfresco ECM, allowing for collaboration and delivery of real time data and charts. As an Open Source solution, developers can easily extend and embed the web spreadsheet within their applications. It can be run on any server, as a hosted product or download and run locally. Unlike other web spreadsheet applications, Sheetster provides access to the source code, ensuring no third-party unwanted data is being run in the application at any time.
"Integrating the Sheetster Web Spreadsheet into the Alfresco ECM drastically lowers development costs. Currently a comparable solution can cost many tens of thousands of dollars. And once that expenditure is made, businesses find they are locked into their vendor, and often have little or no access to the source code. To remain efficient and competitive, most businesses today need access to source code in order customize and extend their applications." says, John McMahon CEO of Extentech Inc.
The Sheetster web spreadsheet supports most of the common features of Excel, as well as robust handling of all Excel file versions, including Excel 2007.
Sheetster PRO includes the ExtenXLS CellBinder automation API. Integration is achieved via an intuitive REST API which allows for publishing of data-mapped spreadsheet cells as web services, thus leveraging spreadsheets as secure formula engines within Web2.0 and traditional client-server web applications.
Details of the combined solution are available in an online free webinar:
https://alfresco.webex.com/alfresco/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=43981262&rKey=3357865833086000&act=pb
Availability
The integrated Sheetster/Alfresco web spreadsheet ECM solution is available immediately. Customers can download the free Sheetster Spreadsheet Server from the Extentech website and integrate it with the Open Source Alfresco Community Edition or free 30-day Alfresco Enterprise trial software.
To download Sheetster Server PRO click here:
http://www.extentech.com/products/download/Sheetster2/install.htm
For the complete Sheetster + Alfresco integration guide, visit the Extentech knowledgebase at:
http://extentech.com/nimbledocs/4520/2009/September/15/sheetster_and_alfresco_wcm_integration
About Extentech, Inc.
Extentech, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco CA., is a leading
developer of Java integration and spreadsheet tools that help corporate decision makers, developers, and business users maximize ROI by leveraging spreadsheets and Web 2.0 technologies.
Founded in 1999, Extentech Inc. provides state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation, integration and business intelligence tools for IBM, JPMorgan, Accenture, Toyota, and hundreds of companies worldwide.
For more information, visit www.extentech.com.
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Extentech CEO John McMahon Interviewed in InternetWeek
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InternetWeek interviews Extentech CEO John McMahon for article on Linux adoption.
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AT&T has selected ExtenXLS 3.5 as the Java Reporting Tool for their T.R.A.C.E. application.
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Extentech, Inc. the creators of ExtenXLS, the all-Java Spreadsheet Reporting Toolkit, announced today that ExtenXLS 3.5 is being used by AT&T in a key expense reporting application. Extentech has secured a License Agreement with AT&T to use ExtenXLS 3.5 for their Tracking Reduction Access Customer Expense (T.R.A.C.E.) application, providing cost savings and excellent ROI by leveraging existing spreadsheets into dynamic, actionable documents used both by carriers and internally by AT&T.
"T.R.A.C.E.is a key component in AT&Ts overall strategy to retain key customers by providing reports to CLECs ,other wholesale users and internal teams, showing the most direct and therefore least expensive access to services possible", said Prakash Thiruvenkatam, Project Leader for T.R.A.C.E. "ExtenXLS makes it possible to re-use spreadsheets representing a tremendous investment in time and business logic and to connect those spreadsheets to various SQL data sources to provide access to usable data in way never before possible." ExtenXLS bridges the benefits of Java with the ubiquity of Excel by allowing developers to merge external data with Excel thus creating actionable documents from data sources. The toolkit can be used in financial analysis reports, web reporting, statistical charting, and other applications to create feature-rich Excel reports with charts, formatting, text, formulas, and numerical data. With ExtenXLS, businesses can efficiently deliver critical information throughout an organization in the Worlds most popular and useful reporting format, the spreadsheet. Extentech, Inc. is a closely held corporation, located in San Francisco, CA. We are a leading developer of Java components and development tools including the ExtenXLS Java|XLS toolkit, the Sheetster Spreadsheet Server, and the Luminet Java Application server. Extentech and the Extentech logo are trademarks of Extentech Inc. Excel is a Registered Trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Java is a Registered Trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc.
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About Extentech Inc.
Extentech's customers include Nielsen, BofA, AT&T, Toyota, and many more.
These technology innovators and packaged software vendors choose
Extentech products because of Extentech's commitment to quality
and affordability, providing the most robust path to new product
offerings at the lowest cost.
Additionally, Extentech's commitment to Java/XML standards as
well as constant integration and improvements to core technologies
assures that its products will be relevant to the needs of the
future, as well as the present.
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