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Rights Protected & Encrypted Spreadsheets Now Supported Within ComplyXL

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:49:14 EST

Enterprise Spreadsheet Management with ComplyXL now FIPS Compliant

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:41:56 EDT

Lyquidity (London and New York), an international provider of enterprise spreadsheet management solutions announce the availability of ComplyXL Enterprise FIPS compliant. At the request of a US Federal Agency, ComplyXL is now enhanced to comply with guidelines set by the US government and other regulated industries, such as financial and healthcare institutions that collect, store, transfer, share and disseminate sensitive but unclassified information.

Find spreadsheets and monitor use on a continuous basis

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:38:02 EST

Many organizations have more spreadsheets than they are aware of - often hundreds of thousands. Reporting which are active and how frequently they are changing can be difficult when they are spread across user workstations and multiple file servers - and with no central control because they are used by different groups and departments.

Find Combinations Add-in For Spreadsheet Users

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:45:00 EDT

ComplyXL provides the key framework used by organizations for version and audit controls as well as continuous monitoring of critical spreadsheets with instant notification of changes. The Find Combinations utility gives the added ability to analyze the information within the spreadsheets and is available for free general download from the Lyquidity website, simply log in and download. ComplyXL provides the key framework used by organizations for version and audit controls as well as continuous monitoring of critical spreadsheets with instant notification of changes. The Find Combinations utility gives the added ability to analyze the information within the spreadsheets and is available for free general download from the Lyquidity website, simply log in and download. Said Steve Bruckner, lead software designer: "Imagine you are an auditor or cash accountant and need to reconcile, say, bank statement cash balances back to payment or receipt batches. In a huge spreadsheet finding a discrepancy between two numbers can be an overwhelming task but using Lyquidity's Find Combinations enables you to analyze ranges of numbers to find the total to a selected value, saving valuable time. Not surprisingly, it's been popular with the audit firms." A video which shows how the software is used can be viewed at http://www.lyquidity.com/findcombinations Key benefits of Find Combinations include the ability to: • Enter or select a target value. Combinations of cell values will be computed and tested against this number for a match • Specify or select a maximum group size of combinations to try • See the addresses of the cells which total to the target value • Select a range of values, with the ability to select multiple areas • Find the combination of values in a specified cell range that total to a given value The group size value allows you to control the maximum size of groups that will be tested. For example, although you are looking for combinations of numbers in a list of 100 values, you may know that the number of values to be added together never exceeds, say, 5. You can then specify 5 as the maximum group size and then no groups of 6 or higher will be tested. This is important, especially in large lists, because the number of potential combinations can be vast. There are 627 combinations of 2, 3, 4 and 5 numbers in a list 10. There are 2,369,885 combinations of the same groups in a list of 50 numbers and 7,937,339 combinations in a list of 100. On a 1.8Mz laptop working through these 7+ million numbers takes about 5 minutes - or about 20,000 tests per second. Lyquidity has full presentations showing all aspects of ComplyXL and well as Find Combinations. These give users a deeper understanding of the software and how it can be used and deployed. Full presentations are available at: www.lyquidity.com/demonstrations About Lyquidity Solutions Lyquidity Solutions is a privately held, leading worldwide spreadsheet management software company providing corporations with compliance tools to ensure corporate governance. With technology for full spreadsheet control and management Lyquidity provides solutions to organizations across market sectors from banks and insurance through to airlines, consultants and healthcare, mining spanning all continents. For more information, please visit our main website at www.lyquidity.com US inquiries please call 1-800 401 0289, and for European enquiries please call: +44 (0)207 043 2777 or email info@lyquidity.comMedia contacts should be addressed to sarah.seddon@lyquidity.com. Excel is a trademarks of Microsoft Inc.

Segro Selects ComplyXL to Speed Up the Spreadsheet Reporting Process Across Europe

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Segro was about to launch a new MRI finance group application so it was vital all data feeding in was controlled with changes approved and with a full audit trail of changes. This information was both financial and property, and included such information as area, how much was let, how much was vacant etc. With the information being checked manually the time taken was significant and had the potential for errors.

American International Re-insurance Company part of American International Group - AIG

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

"ComplyXL is a very useful tool in the Sarbanes Oxley toolbox. It has significantly reduced the amount of time spent testing and reviewing changes to the business units key spreadsheets. Using the weekly email report of changes from the system and the ability to design a report to compare spreadsheets between specific periods it has also given auditors both internal and external the comfort that any significant change will be detected and recorded". Nicola Bird, AVP Compliance & Controls

Rights protected and encrypted spreadsheets now supported within ComplyXL for enterprise spreadsheet management

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Microsoft has granted a license to Lyquidity which allows for the control of encrypted and rights protected (IRM) spreadsheets so organizations that have tightened their security management are now able to continuously control and monitor all spreadsheets using ComplyXL. These security aware organizations will be able to ensure full control and management, as well as analysis, of all spreadsheets and their usage patterns as well as defined segregation of roles, version and change control. Increased use of IRM for additional security Organizations using IRM can specify access permissions to workbooks not just simple password protection. Using IRM organizations can prevent sensitive information from being printed, forwarded, or copied by unauthorized people. Once permission has been restricted using IRM the access and usage restrictions are enforced no matter where the information is, as permission to a file is stored in the document file itself which helps organizations enforce corporate guidelines governing the control and dissemination of information. Although IRM protected documents are encrypted, no passwords are required because they are encrypted using a certificate based key issued by Active Directory, which provided login control to Windows domains. As a result, only authorized users are able to access the files. About Lyquidity Solutions Lyquidity Solutions is a leading worldwide spreadsheet management software company providing corporations with compliance tools to ensure corporate governance. With ComplyXL, Lyquidity provides solutions to international organizations across market sectors from banks and insurance organizations through to airlines, consultants, healthcare and mining for full spreadsheet control and management. See www.lyquidity.com/quotes for customer stories. For more information, please visit our main website at www.lyquidity.com US inquiries please call 1-800 401 0289, and for European enquiries please call: +44 (0)207 043 2777 or email info@lyquidity.com Media contacts should be addressed to sarah.seddon@lyquidity.com