Spreadsheets are the lifeblood software for most organizations. But for a small (and rapidly growing) population of analysts, there is an unmet need for something more. The pains of managing their data are growing on a daily basis with no real solution in sight. The widening gap between Excel users versus SQL or R programmers is becoming a real problem. The most basic set of tasks of managing rows and columns takes unreasonable amounts of time and involves costly resources. For organizations ignoring these problems, this means either squandering away potential growth opportunities or losing their competitive edge, and in most cases both.
