StrikeIron SOA Express for Excel
Introduction
Xignite partnered with
StrikeIron to make their powerful Microsoft Excel Add-In available to our clients.
StrikeIron SOA Express for Excel is the first simple, easy-to-use solution that delivers "live" workbooks to the
desktop that are fed by real-time data. Now, any subscriber or trial-user of any Xignite web services can build rich-client spreadsheets
that incorporate live data feeds from multiple sources.
Simply drag-and-drop Web Services directly into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets--no
programming required.
With the StrikeIron SOA Express for Excel, you can:
- Create "live" spreadsheets that access real-time data via Web services
- Use Excel's powerful features (charts, calculations...) on your data
- Eliminate the cost of programmer involvement and support
- Eliminate the need to export to another analytical application
Free Sample Workbooks
Xignite has created a free sample Workbook for each of our web services. These "live-data" workbooks are not only solutions as is, but
they also demonstrate the kinds of rich-client, services-driven applications you can create using this add-in.
Click here to see the full list of sample workbooks or you can get to the specific workbook through the "Spreadsheet" tab within each web service product page.
Features
- Automatic web service discovery
Simply drag and drop the web service WSDL directly into your Excel workbook you want to use - Easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface
Pulling data from an external source has never been easier - "Formula-less" integration with Excel
No need to learn and create complex formulas to pull data in. - "Free-form" input and ouput layout
Format and edit your spreadsheets without worrying about breaking them - Automatic Label & Comments Inclusion
Automatic inclusion of operation labels and cell comments for easier field identification.
Save time creating your spreadsheets and tables, know exactly what data you are looking at, can be easily customized if needed. - Leverage Excel Capabilities
Perform any Excel calculation or function on web services output. Flexible refresh calculations.
- Off-line development capabilities
Manage and update your spreadsheets without internet access - Tight security options
Erase data automatically upon closing the workbook to prevent unauthorized viewing
Benefits
- Improve business decisions through real-time integration of critical data.
- Reduce programming cost by giving users autonomy and control.
- Improve competitiveness by bringing critical information to users' fingertips.
- Eliminate the need for costly and hard-to-maintain infrastructure.
- Turn Microsoft Excel into a services-driven composite application builder.
- Leverage your SOA investments by using Microsoft Excel as a rich client.
Pricing
You might trial the StrikeIron SOA Express for Excel free for 21 days.
The table below list the per license fee based on the number of licenses purchased:
|
Number of Licenses |
Per License |
|
1 through 4 |
$495.00 |
|
5 through 24 |
$399.00 |
|
25 through 99 |
$300.00 |
|
100+ |
$250.00 |
|
Enterprise |
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System Requirements
- Windows XP Professional (SP2) – Processor speed 500Mhz or better; OR Windows Vista (32 bit) – Processor speed 1GHz or better
- .NET with SP1
- 6MB of available hard disk space for SOA Express for Excel
- 280MB of available hard disk space for Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 (if not already installed).
- For Windows XP, 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended). For Windows Vista, we recommend 1GB RAM or more.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later
- Microsoft Excel 2003 or Excel 2007
- Connection to the Internet (Broadband connection recommended)
- Microsoft .NET with SP1
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