Excel4apps Receives SAP Certification for GL Wand Financial Reporting Tool

RALEIGH, N.C., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Excel4apps, a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting and budget loading software for Oracle and SAP, today announced its GL Wand 1.10 for SAP software has achieved SAP Certified Integration with SAP Applications.  GL Wand has been proven to integrate with SAP, allowing users to easily access and report real-time SAP financial information through a familiar Excel front end.

"Excel4apps is excited to announce SAP certification of our GL Wand product, which confirms our close work with SAP to ensure tight technical integration with its products," said Michele Buson, Director and Co-Founder of Excel4apps. "Our SAP customers have experienced immediate benefits upon installing GL Wand, including expedited finance reporting, shorter monthly closes and faster refreshes directly from SAP data."

Because GL Wand links directly with SAP, there is no need for a data warehouse or additional hardware, as with other reporting tools. Installed within minutes and easy to use, it requires little support from information technology staff for support and programming. Report creation is easily accomplished by accountants and other financial users with minimal training, allowing more time for data analysis and faster ad hoc reporting. GL Wand also enforces SAP authorizations, as opposed to those of a separate data warehouse, for enhanced data security.

"Our very first month-end on SAP was only made possible by migrating the trial version of GL Wand into production," said Simon Taylor, Finance Manager for Sphere Healthcare, a large-scale pharmaceutical contract manufacturer.  "We recognized the instant value of GL Wand and immediately issued a purchase order for the software."

In addition, Excel4apps has joined the SAP PartnerEdge program as an SAP software solution partner. With this partnership, Excel4apps works closely with SAP to develop and certify the technical integration of its products with SAP software.  Integrated partner applications extend, complement and add value to SAP solutions, thereby helping mutual customers more successfully meet business needs and drive strong results.

GL Wand 1.10 for SAP is available for free trial and down load at http://www.excel4apps.com/sap.

Join Excel4apps at Booth 309a for the SAPPHIRE® NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference events in Orlando, Fla., on May 17-20, 2010, where attendees can view live demonstrations of the GL Wand for SAP reporting and inquiry tool.  For more information about the conference, visit http://www.sapandasug.com/.

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a provider of best-in-class Excel based reporting and budget loading software for Oracle and SAP. Its award winning GL Wand and Budget Wand products help Oracle and SAP financial professionals save time by delivering accurate and secure information in the familiar Excel environment.  The company serves a broad range of industries, including financial services, education, utilities, insurance, hospitality, manufacturing and engineering.  All products are available for immediate download and free trial, installing in minutes with no data warehouse and no additional hardware, setup or security configuration needed.  Excel4apps maintains offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. More information is available at www.excel4apps.com.

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