BadBlue Enterprise Edition is the only out-of-the-box way to
share Excel workbooks over the web. Sure, a lot of other products claim to be able
to turn a workbook into a web application, but when you dig deeper you find out some
disturbing issues with their solutions. Here are the questions
you should ask of any vendor who says their product will
share Excel files over the web:
Can multiple users edit the same workbook at the same time, using only browsers?
Does it require a conversion step, from Excel to some other format?
Does it have built-in security down to the cell level?
Does it write all changes from the web back to the original Excel files in real-time?
How long does it take to set up? Is it easy to use?
Is it affordable?
The answers from the other vendors might surprise you. Let's investigate each one of these questions and
see how BadBlue Enterprise Edition stacks up.
Best of all, you can try all of the Excel web sharing features
by downloading free BadBlue Personal Edition.
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Can users edit the same workbook at the same time, using only their browsers?
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Yes! BadBlue lets users view and edit workbook files with no client software required.
Support for:
charts
re-calculation of all formulas
conflict resolution
cell-by-cell security
and many other features are all integrated into BadBlue.
Best of all,
the workbooks you decide to share on the server remain up-to-date at all times.
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Does it require a conversion step, from Excel to some other format?
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Most other products require you to convert your Excel file to another
format. Not only does a conversion step means complicated setup and the
fact that some valuable information in your spreadsheet may be lost... it also
means that you can't get the reporting and analysis functionality you need from
Excel without converting their data back to Excel format!
Conversely,
BadBlue uses
the native Excel workbook files with no conversions necessary.
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Does it have built-in security down to the cell level?
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BadBlue provides
extremely powerful, yet easy, security controls
down to the individual cell level. You can control who can view and edit which
cells.
And that kind of control is completely optional. If you don't require it, you
don't need to do anything.
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Does it write all changes from the web back to the original Excel files in real-time?
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Unlike other products, BadBlue writes all changes from the
web back to the original workbook files in real-time.
It also reads the latest
data from the original files for display. That means all of your users are looking at
the same data... at the same time, whether they are on your local network
or out on the Internet.
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How long does it take to set up? Is it easy to use?
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BadBlue is a complete, turnkey solution to sharing Excel
files over the web. Don't have a web server or know how to configure one? Don't
worry, BadBlue includes a highly secure server that is plain and simple to configure.
BadBlue also includes free
illustrated tutorials to step you through the process... through
every mouse-click and key-press. We have users
who tell us they were able to set it up in minutes flat.
Nothing is easier, and that's guaranteed.
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Is it affordable?
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Yes! BadBlue with Excel-web sharing starts at $59 and
discounts
are available for students, non-profits and religious organizations.
See the license agreement for the complete
details.
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Next Steps
Simply put, BadBlue Enterprise Edition is the only out-of-the-box way to
share Excel workbooks over the web. If you don't have access
to your own Internet-ready machine, we'll even
host it for you on our
servers!
You can learn more about
Excel-web sharing or get more details by
clicking one of the buttons below.
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Learn more about
Enterprise Edition
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