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Business Finance Magazine, July 2008

Numbers in the Sun >> Read the Full Article

Chris Houle, Quantrix CEO, was interviewed by Business Finance Magazine regarding the growing number of financial executives who are taking a more holistic approach to budgeting and placing greater emphasis on budgeting for the cash flow statement and balance sheet, as well as the income statement.

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Business Finance Magazine, July 2008

The New Brood of Best-of-Breed >> Click for article

Today's Best-of-Breed software market offers more to dazzle CFOs than ever before. The pace of innovation is fierce, slackening only when vendors pause to digest their gains after the waves of consolidation that periodically sweep over each sector.

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Electric Light & Power, May 2008

Integrating Business Processes: Modeling financial settlements in deregulated electricity markets >> Click for article

Quantrix Partner, Henry Shin, discusses the modeling of financial settlements in the deregulated electricity markets.

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B-Eye Network, May 2008

Quantrix Modeler Delivers BI Tools that Solve Real World Problems >> Listen to the Podcast

Leading Business Intelligence Network Interviews Quantrix CEO Chris Houle

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The Maine Switch Magazine, February 2008

Success Stories  >> Read the full story

Weekly magazine in Maine interviews Peter Murray, Quantrix CTO.

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Financial Executive Magazine, December 2007

A Little Refinement Goes a Long Way

The article examines how refinements to forecasting and budget techniques can boost business performance.  The article discusses how all too many CFOs rely on rote procedures without stopping to ask the most fundamental question: what business question will this model answer? This article outlines new approaches to help financial executives refocus their energies on developing budgets and forecasts that provide true business insight.

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MaineBiz, December 2007

Risk and Reward   >> Access the Full Article (Registration Required)

Peter Murray, the founder and chief technology officer of Portland software developer Quantrix, says many venture capital firms asked his company to leave the state. But he resisted. "I'm in Maine because I want to be in Maine," he says. "The thing that Maine has going for it is the quality of place. Entrepreneurs want to be here, but not because there's lots of venture capital."

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SMB Finance Magazine, July/August 2007

If You Build It...    >> Read the Full Article

Whether you’re a road-weary budgeter with years of successful experience under your belt, starting out with a new company, or implementing a financial plan, there are myriad options to consider when it comes to creating and working with a successful budget.

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Mortgage Technology Magazine, June 2007

Mitigating Risks with Analytics    >> Read the Full Article

Offering a real-time tool to deal with a volatile market, analytics software vendor Quantrix here will provide a modeling interface for risk-analytics firm Andrew Davidson and Co. The partnership between Quantrix and ADCo will deploy the Quantrix Modeler as the interface for ADCo's new LoanDynamics Mortgage Credit Model to serve fixed-income investors in the mortgage-based securities industry.

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SDA Asia Magazine, May 2006

Quantrix Modeler Financial Modeling Software v2.1 Unveiled    >> Read the Full Article

Quantrix has taken the lid off version 2.1 of its desktop quantitative modeling software application, Quantrix Modeler. This new version includes a Quantrix Application Programming Interface (QAPI) that enables OEM developers to embed Quantrix into their own applications. The new version also offers operational features that focus on improving users’ productivity and ease of use.

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CFO Magazine, January 2006

Simplicity is Golden    >> Read the Full Article

Cell Hell - Of course, the most popular modeling software in the business galaxy hardly qualifies as user-friendly. While Microsoft Excel does provide a formidable amount of analytical muscle, the advantage tends to fade as models grow more complex. That's particularly frustrating for power users.

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Metamac Magazine, September 2005

Excel Reloaded    >> Read Full Article

Microsoft ist mit Excel unbestrittener Marktführer bei den Tabellenkalkulationen, obwohl das Programm intern auf sehr alte Technik setzt. Der Quantrix Modeler,der seinen Ursprung in der NeXT-Welt hat, schickt sich nun an, die Userschaft vom Wechsel zu überzeugen. metamac unterhielt sich mit Gründer Chris Houle.

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PC Magazine, June 2005

Beyond Excel    >> Read the Full Article

Imagine a spreadsheet program that breaks the dominant row/column, A1-style paradigm that VisiCalc established way back in 1979. One that lets you specify calculations with just a few centralized formulas, using standard business terminology like Profits = Sales Costs, rather than duplicating sometimes cryptic formulas in individual cells. One that nimbly handles multiple dimensions—quarters and years, sales regions, product lines—and lets you manipulate them, Excel PivotTable-style. If it were 1991, you might think we were trying to evoke Lotus Improv, may it rest in peace. Today, there's a newer product that provides a similar set of analytical tools: Quantrix Modeler.

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CIO Magazine, May 2005

Making It On Their Own    >> Read the Full Article

End user developers are everywhere. The key is getting them to work for you.

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TechTarget, May 2005

Quantrix Takes on Excel    >> Read the Full Article

The Quantrix Modeler is part of a larger trend of new products designed to help companies improve their business and planning models -- and replace traditional spreadsheets. Companies like Hyperion Solutions Corp., Cognos Inc. and FRx have released similar products.

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PC Magazine, May 2005

What's the Big Deal?    >> Read the Full Article

As far as office productivity applications go, spreadsheets are the most mature category. But while they're great for many tasks, people use them for things that they weren't really designed for. And there are areas of financial modeling where spreadsheets aren't the best approach. So I'm happy to see a number of applications that take the spreadsheet concept in new directions.

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Interface Tech News, March 2005

The Quantrix Dimension of Spreadsheets    >> Read the Full Article

If you have reason to be worried about your heart and want the best possible advice and care, you probably shouldn’t rely solely on your family physician or general internist—you should be looking for a cardiologist, too. By the same token, if you have complex models and computations to do for your business, maybe you shouldn’t try to get what you need from a traditional spreadsheet application like Microsoft Excel.

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