‘Big data’ biz Tableau shares explode 60% in strong IPO debut

May 17, 2013 7:34 AM Sean Ludwig

Enterprise tech IPOs have seen some big movement over the past few years. Now we can add big data and data visualization company Tableau Software to the list.

A pretty, elegant iPad app for … wait, spreadsheets? Seriously?

February 27, 2013 12:46 PM Jolie O'Dell

Jolie O'Dell

Spreadsheets are the awkward, unpopular Mary Katherine Gallaghers of software. A new app, Permanent, turns them into superstars.

Segovia makes Excel into a tool for wrangling big data

October 3, 2012 2:55 PM Dylan Tweney

Dylan Tweney

BiBo Labs makes an Excel-based tool for generating reports from a variety of database sources.

Better productivity through spreadsheets: SmartSheet raises $1.5M

September 16, 2010 6:46 PM Anthony Ha

Smartsheet, a company offering spreadsheet-style applications for tasks like project management and billing, has raised $1.5 million in a third round of funding.

The Bellevue, Wash. company offers a long list of spreadsheets (it calls them “smartsheets”, naturally) to its …