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About Incisive

Incisive is the first to deliver its spreadsheet analysis and management solutions offerings as both Software as a Service (SaaS) and also as installable products that offer best-in-class spreadsheet error detection, management and risk mitigation. Incisive products and services support 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7; as well as Microsoft Office Excel 2010, 2007, 2003.

History

In 1995, three Oregon State University computer science professors, Margaret Burnett PhD, Martin Erwig PhD and Greg Rothermel PhD, recognized an extensive and largely untapped market for spreadsheet error detection tools.

Intrigued by the idea that spreadsheets are a programming language – meaning that users are essentially untrained programmers – they sought to bring software quality control concepts into the spreadsheet domain. By studying actual human behavior, they developed technology to allow average users to build and use spreadsheets with exceedingly more confidence and accuracy.

Microsoft Excel makes it very easy for people to create spreadsheets, however, this same accessibility and ease of use makes it difficult for companies to impose quality controls on spreadsheets.

After more than ten years of spreadsheet and user behavior research, Professors Burnett, Erwig and Rothermel co-founded RedRover Software Inc. to create and market productivity solutions for all levels of spreadsheet users. The RedRover technology was recently acquired by Valley Inception and will be marketed as Incisive.