Performance and Reliability for Excel Spreadsheets Through High Performance Computing

Overview

This paper describes how to increase the computational power and reliability of Excel 2007 spreadsheets through the use of the Microsoft High Performance Computing platform composed of Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, and Excel Services, part of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Specifically, the paper shows how an integrated solution built on this Microsoft platform enables performance and reliability scenarios in the Financial Services, Oil and Gas, and Life Sciences industries where spreadsheets are often used in to make business critical decisions.