The News

Sheetster and MindTouch partner to deliver an open source enterprise collaboration platform now with the power of web spreadsheet software for the enterprise.

Positioning

Sheetster, the first and only open source Java spreadsheet and MindTouch, the open source leader in enterprise collaborative networks have partnered to deliver an enterprise-ready collaborative spreadsheet solution for organizations that require flexible, standards based solutions with the customization advantages of open source software.  This integration brings together Sheetster's extensible spreadsheet (the industry's only open source Java web-based alternative to Microsoft's Excel) product with MindTouch's award-winning collaboration platform (identified by leading analysts firms as the best alternative to Microsoft's SharePoint), delivered as a seamless offering. 

Problem Solved

In the past, collaboration on data meant the inefficient emailing of spreadsheets, often resulting in many people working with outdated, superseded data.  With this integrated solution, Sheetster and MindTouch provide the industry's most cost-effective spreadsheet solution which can be embedded within project management team sites, information portals, knowledge bases, etc, with full version control and data access compliance included. Unlike other solutions, this open source approach to enterprise collaboration and content management, significantly lowers start up and maintenance costs, and  provides complete flexibility and control over data.

Benefits of the Joint Solution:

• Open source based and built upon open-standards for a completely customizable and extensible solution without vendor lock-in
• Edit Spreadsheets in the browser from within the MindTouch Deki -- 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 reports
• 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
• Easily access Spreadsheet cells and data as REST web services for rapid re-use of Spreadsheet logic
• All spreadsheet and collaboration data can be exported and shared further
• Full complement of data access and compliance tracking capabilities (Using MindTouch Deki tracking capability)
• Ensure data integrity with version tracking and roll back (Using MindTouch Deki tracking capability)
• Connectivity with all major database platforms (For which aspect of Solution?  Storing Data?  Data Mapping to Spreadsheets?)
• Multiple delivery options - on-premise, on-demand, cloud-based

A free trial version of Sheetster is included with all MindTouch trials.  Includes full feature set, evaluation license expires in 30 days.