xFP&A Blog

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Excel vs. Cloud FP&A: Why You Don't Have to Choose

The real difference is not whether a spreadsheet is involved. It is where the data and the controls live. Excel-based FP&A keeps the Excel interface...

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Solver xFiles: The Case of the 50-Tab Excel Nightmare

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What Is Excel-Based FP&A? A Complete Guide

Excel-based FP&A is an approach to financial planning and analysis where Excel remains the primary interface for building budgets, forecasts, and...

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Customers Celebrated at Solver ASCEND 2026

Congratulations to Solver's 2026 customer award winners! The awards were handed out by Stacy Pitts, Manager of Customer Success, and Corey Barak,...

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Most FP&A Teams Will Use AI to Do the Wrong Thing Faster

Here is a prediction I'll stand behind: most mid-market FP&A teams will spend their AI budgets over the next two years making a broken planning...

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Solver xFiles: The Case of the Vanishing Financial Data

Welcome to xFiles, Solver's investigative video series that uncovers the most perplexing mysteries plaguing finance teams everywhere. Each episode...

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We'll Be There, Will You? Catch Solver at acuCONNECT 2026

We're thrilled to share that Solver is a Silver Sponsor of acuCONNECT 2026, the virtual conference built for Acumatica customers and partners. Mark...

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Nashville Amplified Intelligent Decisions: ASCEND 2026 Recap

ASCEND 2026 is officially in the books, and what a four days it was. From August 17 to 20, Solver customers, partners, and team members filled...

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Why Most AI-FP&A Demos Look Impressive, and Fall Apart in Production

I've sat through a lot of AI-FP&A demos in the last twelve months. The good ones are genuinely impressive. An agent reads a variance, generates a...