<s>
Power	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
is	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
financial	O
software	O
produced	O
by	O
Reuters	O
Group	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
an	O
add-in	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Excel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
real-time	O
data	O
engine	O
,	O
it	O
pushes	O
new	O
data	O
into	O
Excel	B-Application
when	O
it	O
receives	O
notification	O
of	O
updates	O
from	O
a	O
Reuters	O
TIBCO	O
bus	O
or	O
from	O
Thomson	O
Reuters	O
 '	O
RMDS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
addin	O
,	O
Excel	B-Application
can	O
also	O
contribute	O
information	O
to	O
the	O
TIBCO	O
bus	O
or	O
to	O
RMDS	O
;	O
such	O
information	O
then	O
becomes	O
available	O
to	O
other	O
permissioned	O
users	O
using	O
the	O
addin	O
on	O
another	O
computer	O
or	O
using	O
Reuters	B-Application
3000	I-Application
Xtra	I-Application
stand-alone	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
also	O
has	O
features	O
which	O
allow	O
retrieval	O
of	O
historical	O
market	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
typical	O
Excel	B-Application
formula	O
call	O
might	O
read	O
:	O
=	O
RtGet("IDN_SELECTFEED" ," AAPL" ," LAST")	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Competitors	O
include	O
;	O
Arcontech	O
's	O
Excelerator	O
,	O
MDX	O
Technology	O
's	O
,	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
addin	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
Bloomberg	B-Application
Terminal	I-Application
(	O
Bloomberg	O
L.P.	O
'	O
s	O
equivalent	O
of	O
Reuters	B-Application
3000	I-Application
Xtra	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arcontech	O
Excelerator	O
,	O
MDXT	O
Connect	O
and	O
Vistasource	O
RTW	O
,	O
provide	O
real-time	O
data	O
engines	O
and	O
Excel	B-Application
add-ins	O
and	O
will	O
generally	O
source	O
data	O
from	O
Bloomberg	O
,	O
Reuters	O
and/or	O
other	O
market	O
data	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
widespread	O
use	O
of	O
Reuters	O
Power	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
competitors	O
provide	O
conversion	O
utilities	O
to	O
convert	O
from	O
Power	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
functions	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
equivalents	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Arcontech	O
Excelerator	O
)	O
and/or	O
emulation	O
functionality	O
so	O
that	O
Power	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
functions	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
directly	O
without	O
modifications	O
to	O
spreadsheets	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Arcontech	O
Excelerator	O
,	O
MDXT	O
Connect	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
has	O
been	O
succeeded	O
by	O
Thomson	O
Reuters	O
 '	O
Eikon	O
Excel	B-Application
which	O
can	O
convert	O
Power	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
spreadsheets	O
to	O
use	O
new	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
