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Interesting Excel Products

These products are a subset of the many available products for sale that add function to Excel.
This selection list reflects my particular interests, and does not constitute a recommendation in any way.

Auditing Tools:

• The SpreadSheet Detective from Southern Cross Software
• Operis Analysis Kit from Operis.
• The Excel Auditor from BYG Software.
• Spreadsheet Professional from Spreadsheet Innovations

Forecasting & Statistics

• ezForecaster: easy to use time series analysis and forecasting with VBA-driveable Active-X DLL from ParkerSoft
• Analyse-it! accurate low-cost statistical analysis add-ins for Microsoft Excel, see http://www.analyse-it.com/

Mapping Tools:

• XatelliteSheet from Shale Software

OLAP: best described as Pivot Tables on Steroids

• Applix iTM1 in memory OLAP calculations with Excel add-in.
• Hyperion Essbase Enterprise OLAP Server and Excel client.
  (Thanks to Jeff McAhren for updating me on Essbase)
• Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

Optimisation:

• Premium Solver from FrontLine Systems.
• Evolver from Palisade.

Risk Analysis:

• @RISK from Palisade.
• Crystal Ball 2000 from Decisioneering.

Utilities:

• Addins and Books from Macro Systems.
• PUP 2000 from the master John Walkenbach .