Top 5 reasons to use Web-based spreadsheets

Are you still emailing Excel files like in the old days? Then it's time to use Web-based Spreadsheets instead.

You cannot manage, what you don't measure. And you cannot plan, what you don't structure. Hence the appeal of spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel.

But in the age of the Internet, several drawbacks to Excel files became apparent:

• you cannot access them anywhere, at any time
• you never know who has the latest version and where to find it
• you don't know who edited it last, when and why
• you are receiving new file versions that you cannot open

If you need to solve business problems collaboratively, in real time, here are the top 5 reasons to use Web-based preadsheets:

1. Web-based: easy to share
2. Centralized: easy to find
3. Permissions-based: secure
4. Simplified: easy to use
5. Inexpensive