An included software toolkit can customize data acquisition and integrate digital values of sensor data into standard software applications, such as spreadsheets, presentation software or custom programs.
Autodesk (nasdaq: ADSK - news - people ) founder John Walker's "The Hacker's Diet" couples willpower with tools suchasspreadsheets to engineer the weight away.
Both the Switzerland-based Basel Committee on Banking Supervision1 (BCBS) and the Financial Services Authority2 (FSA) in the UK have recently made it clear that when relying on manual processes, desktop applications or key internal data flow systems suchasspreadsheets, banks and insurers should have effective controls in place that are consistently applied to manage risks around incorrect, false or even fraudulent data.