<person id="CR" name="Cameron Riley" email="crileyNO@SPAMekmail.com"/>
</authors>
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-
+
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<section title="Introduction">
<p>
A number of people are using POI for a variety of purposes. As with
any new API or technology, the first question people generally ask
- is not "how can I" but rather "Who else is doing what I'm about to
- do?" This is understandable with the abismal success rate in the
+ is not "how can I" but rather "Who else is doing what I'm about to
+ do?" This is understandable with the abismal success rate in the
software business. These case statements are meant to help create
confidence and understanding.
</p>
</section>
<section title="Submitting a Case Study">
<p>
- We are actively seeking case studies for this page (after all it
- just started). Andy Oliver (acoliver at apache dot org) has
+ We are actively seeking case studies for this page (after all it
+ just started). Andy Oliver (acoliver at apache dot org) has
agreed to have a few T-Shirts printed with the POI logo (once its
chosen) for the first
- few best submissions. To submit a case study, either
+ few best submissions. To submit a case study, either
<link href="http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/getinvolved/index.html">
- submit a patch for this page</link> (preferred) or email it to the
+ submit a patch for this page</link> (preferred) or email it to the
<link href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail.html">mailing list
- </link>.
+ </link>.
</p>
</section>
<section title="Case Studies">
<section title="Bank of Lithuania">
<p>
The <link href="http://www.lbank.lt">Bank of Lithuania</link>
- reports financial statistical data to Excel format using the
+ reports financial statistical data to Excel format using the
<link href="http://jakarta.apache.org/poi">Jakarta POI</link>
project's <link href="http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/hssf">
HSSF</link> API. The system is based on Oracle JServer and
</section>
<section title="Edwards And Kelcey Technology">
<p>
- Edwards and Kelcey Technology (http://www.ekcorp.com/) developed a
+ Edwards and Kelcey Technology (http://www.ekcorp.com/) developed a
Facility
- Managament and Maintenance System for the Telecommunications industry
+ Managament and Maintenance System for the Telecommunications industry
based
- on Turbine and Velocity. Originally the invoicing was done with a simple
+ on Turbine and Velocity. Originally the invoicing was done with a simple
CVS
sheet which was then marked up by accounts and customized for each client.
As growth has been consistent with the application, the requirement for
Cameron Riley (crileyNO@ SPAMekmail.com)
</p>
</section>
+ <section title="ClickFind">
+ <p>
+ <link href="http://www.clickfind.com">ClickFind Inc.</link> used the POI
+ projects HSSF API to provide their medical
+ research clients with an Excel export from their electronic data
+ collection web service Data Collector 3.0. The POI team's assistance
+ allowed ClickFind to give their clients a data format that requires less
+ technical expertise than the XML format used by the Data Collector
+ application. This was important to ClickFind as many of their current
+ and potential clients are already using Excel in their day-to-day
+ operations and in established procedures for handling their generated
+ clinical data. - Jared Walker (jared.walker at clickfind.com)
+ </p>
+ </section>
</section>
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