Microsoft gives Excel wings with Python addition
Microsoft released a new preview version of Microsoft Excel today. Main new feature in this preview is the support for the Python programming language. Many data analysts are used to writing Python for analysis, which will soon be possible in Excel as well. This will give Excel wings.
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Google Workspace gets smarter spreadsheets, new look on Android
Workspace has recently received two new features. The Smart Canvas feature has gained more functionality on Sheets, while several Workspace applications are getting a new look on Android. With Google Cloud Next on the horizon, more innovations within the Workspace suite are expected to be unveiled.... Read more
Alation Connected Sheets improves the reliability of spreadsheets
Alation announced Connected Sheets. The feature allows Alation Data Catalog users to import reliable, up-to-date data into spreadsheets.
Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel are popular tools for key reports and insights. However, according to Alation, the data used are rarely accurate. Informatio... Read more
Coda, competes with Office 365 and Google Workplace, secures $100 million funding
Coda closed its late-stage funding round at a $1.4 billion valuation. The funds will be used to grow the number of companies deploying its cloud-based document editor. The editor integrates features of a word processor and a spreadsheet editor, in the same interface.
The company competes with su... Read more
Most companies prefer spreadsheets to analytics platforms
The market for analytics platforms is growing, and the end of the spreadsheet is briefly announced. However, new research by Deloitte among 1,048 executives shows that they still prefer the spreadsheet.
62 percent of respondents in the survey still rely on spreadsheets for their insights, writes ZDN... Read more