tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002573816058150704.post4209367120225483014..comments2008-05-19T11:37:36.619+01:00Guy Sayarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117735865517101079noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002573816058150704.post-35545571431797003772008-05-19T11:37:00.000+01:002008-05-19T11:37:00.000+01:00Guy,<BR/><BR/>Great project and fantastic implementation. <BR/><BR/>It takes the RTD server of Microsoft apart and especially integrated within the Events model of the Spaces makes the 'timer' approaches of Microsoft a thing of the past!<BR/><BR/>1. It adherents with the COM event model of excel, VB(A) & VB Scripting and indeed such an extension enables to bring data within COM clients in a stable asynchronous fashion (as far as COM is concerned).<BR/><BR/>2. Its potential within trading environments is enormous as it allows taking advantage of grid technologies without overloading the clients and indeed “inherent” from the threaded model of the grid. <BR/><BR/>3. It enhances Excel from a read-only to a “proper” GUI that allows updates.<BR/><BR/>4. Within quantitative environments, it provides RAD development ability and sharing the results back to the grid. This means that algorithms, logic, etc. can also be distributed and implemented at the client not only middleware server. Great idea for changing/multiplying the faces of the middleware. <BR/><BR/>5. I am sure that can also reduce deal turn-around cycles.<BR/><BR/>6. Last but not least the COM legacy stuff can be integrated within the grid which means lower development costs!<BR/><BR/>As Pratik said, I do too believe that it should become part of the core-product as indeed opens new niche markets to gaga-spaces across many industries.<BR/><BR/>Please keep up the good work and indeed keep us posted!<BR/><BR/>Panos Karamanis<BR/>Senior Quantitative Structurer<BR/>RWE Trading & Marketing<BR/>Structuring & ValuationPanosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002573816058150704.post-33104581720636058012008-05-19T11:00:00.000+01:002008-05-19T11:00:00.000+01:00Guy<BR/><BR/>Great project, especially the event notification stuff. This is really cool and just the 'clincher' we were looking for. This should give the pilot project we are doing(and that you have ben heavily involved with) a huge selling point and a competetive edge!.<BR/> <BR/>just as background: We are currently piloting a Grid/Space based approch for our Front Office energy trading framework/platform and while most people appreciate the benefits, the management has been nervous about the additional investments required in retraining and/or hiring additional suitably skilled people to make this a success with the people who will be using this system the most. We have a massive investment in Excel/VBA based applications and it would have been very difficult to 'sell' a grid/space based solution in our environment without such an API.<BR/> <BR/>This should enable our financial analysts/mathematicians who have Excel and VBA skills to leverage the power of the Space based solutions without having to undergo a steep learning curve to master the Java or C#/.Net APIs(assuming they have the time or inclination to do this in the first place!).<BR/><BR/>Great work that in my opinon should become a part of the core product!<BR/><BR/>Pratik Pandya, Technical Consultant<BR/>(RWE Systems, Front Office Trading).Pratikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04848643284265070840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002573816058150704.post-17650847078668233302008-05-17T10:43:00.000+01:002008-05-17T10:43:00.000+01:00Very impressive use of Gigaspaces OpenSpace technology .Net and Excel,this should make delivery much more simple and fast.Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11268825612800121513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002573816058150704.post-4999675140346948752008-05-15T23:10:00.000+01:002008-05-15T23:10:00.000+01:00This is cool stuff! I'm being asked a lot about VBA by our Excel prospects, who wants to preserve their existing investment and do not plan to move to managed code and Excel 2007 in the near future. This will definitely provide me with an interesting topic for discussion.dekelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154913148607425743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002573816058150704.post-82559949174410710592008-05-14T13:08:00.000+01:002008-05-14T13:08:00.000+01:00Guy,<BR/><BR/>This is a great project! Keep up the work on it:).<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to hearing some feedback from users, so as soon as you do, please tell us all about their experiences with it.<BR/><BR/>Good luck in our Internal OpenSpaces Developer Challenge!<BR/><BR/>AlitAlithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275863277986753734noreply@blogger.com