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NHS Direct licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

Excel4apps announced today that NHS Direct, a Healthcare organization based in the United Kingdom, have selected GL Wand to compliment their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

NHS Direct is a national healthline, providing expert health advice, information and reassurance, using their world class telephone service and website, and aim to be the NHS provider of choice for telephone and digitally delivered health services

For more information on NHS Direct please visit http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

QBE Management Services(UK) Ltd licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

Excel4apps announced today that QBE Management Services(UK) Ltd, a organization based in the United Kingdom, have selected GL Wand to compliment their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

QBE Insurance Group Limited is one of the top 25 insurers and reinsurers worldwide with operations in all key global insurance markets.QBE offers professional insurance and reinsurance services differentiated by an entrepreneurial approach with unrivalled product expertise and an in depth market understanding.

For more information on QBE Management Services(UK) Ltd please visit www.qbe.com

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company licenses GL Wand from Excel4apps

Excel4apps announced today that Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, based in Anchorage, Alaska in the USA, have selected GL Wand to compliment their Oracle Financial reporting toolset.

The Alyeska Pipeline Service Company was established in 1970 and charged with designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, commonly called TAPS. Headquartered in Anchorage, the company also maintains operations in Fairbanks and Valdez and employs almost 800 people statewide, with 1000 more employed by independent contractors working for the company.

For more information on Alyeska Pipeline Service Company please visit www.alyeska-pipeline.com

Avista makes complex accounting easy with GL Wand power

For more than 100 years, Avista has been generating power and delivering natural gas and electricity to customers in Washington state. In 2007, before GL Wand, the reports created by Oracle FSG were not usable as created resulting in efficient processes.

Today a growing group of users are enjoying the benefits of GL Wand and Excel4apps' newest product: Budget Wand. The result, users say, is that all accounting and finance operations go faster and smoother.

"Our goal was to make our accounting easier and less complex. With GL Wand and Budget Wand, reports of all types are quicker to generate. We have basically eliminated our human error potential while speeding up processes. We also have given our analysts and accountants a tool to help them find problems and opportunities within our financials far easier than before. Our executives are right on board and can do their own comparisons. They love that."

-Jenny McCauley
Accounting Analyst
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