I learned, belatedly, that last October 17 was Spreadsheet Day, marking the 35th anniversary of VisiCalc, the Apple II program that started it all. This moved me to republish a long piece I wrote 30 ...

There was a time when spreadsheets ruled the world. It seemed as if there was nothing a sharp Excel spreadsheet and some targeted functions couldn’t accomplish. Those days are gone now. Excel may ...

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Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Imagine discovering that your financial planner still used a rotary phone to make buy and ...

If there’s one tool that nearly every business uses or has used in the past, it’s spreadsheets. Whether you’re an Excel diehard or you take advantage of cloud-based Google Sheets, it’s long been a ...

The pharmaceutical sector is a billion dollar industry with a huge responsibility towards its customers and investors. The main tools for fulfilment of this responsibility are ensurance of compliance ...

Sebastian Dewhurst at EASA outlines the challenges that many businesses face with spreadsheets and describes the ways that AI is helping them meet these challenges Spreadsheets are everywhere, but let ...

In the world of corporate finance, spreadsheets are core. Whether it’s managing a profit and loss statement or developing financial and headcount plans, spreadsheets are a daily part of a corporate ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Early last October my phone rang. On the line was a researcher calling from Today, the BBC’s agenda-setting ...