# Prof. Prasanna Tambe on Smartsheet, a cloud-based alternative to Microsoft Excel

1 Faculty News April 3, 2015 ![OZY logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/ozy192x144.jpg?itok=GNkYVaPM)>

Excerpt from [OZY](http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars-and-provocateurs/the-football-bros-behind-the-final-four/40756) -- "'Putting the right information in front of the right people sounds really easy — but it’s really hard to do,' says [Prasanna Tambe](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/prasanna-tambe), professor of information, operations and management sciences at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Which explains why Frei and Mader’s firm, the Seattle-based Smartsheet, founded a decade ago, is suddenly having its moment, slap-bang in the middle of the business world’s productivity zeitgeist."

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