Scientific Software Introduces First and Only ECM Compliance Solution for Spreadsheets
Scientific Software, Inc., a world leader in the development, sale and support of enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, announced the first and only ECM solution to help organizations achieve regulatory and corporate compliance for Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Scientific Software Remediation Services for Microsoft Excel helps organizations audit, track and control changes to corporate spreadsheet templates by providing a unique cell-by-cell audit trail, a special cell locking mechanism controlled by the ECM repository, a powerful differencing tool, and the ability to lock out certain Microsoft Excel functions and menus to prevent tampering with macros and formulas.
Many organizations spend valuable resources and countless man hours verifying standard calculations and analyses performed using spreadsheet templates, translating into excess costs, human errors, and increased business risk due to non-compliance. With Remediation Services for Microsoft Excel, organizations can ensure that standard spreadsheet templates are reliable, authentic and maintained with high integrity. Designed specifically for enabling compliance with corporate and regulatory mandates (21 CFR Part 11, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC) for managing electronic records, this tool helps organizations across a wide variety of industries get control of their corporate spreadsheet templates, including finance departments seeking improved compliance with respect to Sarbanes-Oxley controls, accountants performing routine audits and balance sheet calculations, or investment firms conducting portfolio analyses for clients.
Remediation Services for Microsoft Excel incorporates several unique and powerful compliance features, including:
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Tight integration with Scientific Software Enterprise Content Manager (ECM) for access control, versioning, audit trails, electronic signatures, indexing and searching of spreadsheets
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Complete cell-by-cell audit trail to track changes to data and formulas at the cell level
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A powerful differencing tool to visually compare differences between two spreadsheets or two versions of the same spreadsheet
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A special cell-locking mechanism that uses the ECM security model and permissions, eliminating the need to remember passwords when someone leaves the company, or when a spreadsheet is opened several years later
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Limited user interaction (e.g. data entry only) provided by the ability to disable the Microsoft Excel hot keys and menu items to prevent unwanted tampering with macros and formulas
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Powerful full-text, metadata and advanced searching of spreadsheets provided via a desktop integration with Enterprise Content Manager
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Support for “active archival” to permanent media and records retention policies
“Scientific Software Remediation Services for Microsoft Excel addresses a key business challenge for our customers and is a differentiator that sets Scientific Software apart from other ECM vendors,” said Dr. Soheil Saadat, President and CEO of Scientific Software, Inc. “Our ECM solutions were born in the lab and uniquely designed to meet the most stringent technical requirements for regulatory compliance. This product offering is one more proof point in our customer-driven approach to addressing the ECM market.”
Availability: Remediation Services for Microsoft Excel is shipping and available immediately.
About Scientific Software, Inc.
Scientific Software, Inc. is a world leader in the development, sale and support of enterprise content management (ECM) solutions to help organizations better manage the complete lifecycle of business information. With installations at leading pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, petrochemical, food and beverage, environmental and government organizations, Scientific Software Enterprise Content Manager provides a secure, central repository and rich content services to help organizations capture, manage, collaborate, archive and re-use business critical information. With over 58,000 worldwide installations, Scientific Software EZChrom Elite™ Chromatography Data System is the de-facto standard for data acquisition, multi-vendor instrument control, and analysis for the life sciences market. Scientific Software, Inc., is based in Pleasanton, California. Further information about Scientific Software, Inc. and its products is available at www.scisw.com or at 1-800-588-8878.
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