Beyond Excel®: Quantitative Data Analysis with Insightful

Presented: August 31st, 2005

Speakers: Will Alexander, Wachovia Securities & David Smith, Insightful Corporation

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• Web cast presentation [PDF]
• Whitepaper: Delivering the Power of Predictive Analysis Across the Enterprise
• Features: Features of S-PLUS 7
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• Demo: S-PLUS 7 demo

Abstract: Microsoft® Excel® is commonly used to store and send financial data, but many people run into limitations when using it for large-scale quantitative analysis of financial data. Complex workbooks with multiple tabs and intertwined cell references can easily become difficult to maintain and validate. And of course, once the data grows beyond 65,000 records, Excel can no longer handle it.

In this presentation, you'll learn how Insightful software can help you deal with these limitations in Excel®, by allowing you to analyze large data sets and quickly create reliable, maintainable analytic applications. Senior Product Manager David Smith will introduce Insightful's data analysis products and describe how to integrate scalable quantitative data analysis in an Excel®-based environment. Will Alexander, Director of Quantitative Research at Wachovia Securities, will provide insight into his experiences of migrating an analytic application from Excel to Insightful solutions.

Will Alexander, Wachovia Securities

Will Alexander is Director of Quantitative Research, Structured Products Group, Wachovia Securities. His main responsibilities are building and deploying analytic solutions addressing core business needs. Prior to Wachovia, he held roles in quantitative analysis, risk management and finance at Bank of America, Capital One and General Electric. He holds a Ph.D. in statistics from Texas A&M University.