Blogs

Analytic Solver V2026 Q4: New Hexaly Multi-Purpose Solver

 We've just released Analytic Solver V2026 Q4, with new versions of Analytic Solver Desktop and Cloud (for Excel users), Solver SDK (for developers), and our cloud platform RASON. A highlight of this release -- in Analytic Solver -- is a new multi-purpose...

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Analytic Solver V2026 Q2: Enhanced Solvers, @RISK and RASON Support

We've just released Analytic Solver V2026 Q2, with new versions of Analytic Solver Desktop and Cloud (for Excel users), Solver SDK (for developers), and our cloud platform RASON. This release features our usual speed and usability improvements, including new...

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Introducing RASON Desktop: Your Analytic Models with Power BI Desktop

We're introducing our first completely new product for a new / expanded audience in many years: RASON® Desktop works on your PC or laptop, reads data from both Power BI Desktop and Excel Desktop, solves our full range of optimization / resource allocation,...

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XLMiner – From MBA Education to Industrial-Strength Data Mining and Predictive Analytics

We're pleased to introduce Version 2014-R2 of Frontline Solvers for Excel, including our new XLMiner Platform, a completely rewritten and far more powerful data mining tool. If you Google "XLMiner" you'll find that it was the first-ever serious data mining...

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Introducing Monthly License Subscriptions for Analytic Solver

In June 2026, we're making a move we've considered (and discussed with customers) for many months: We're offering a monthly license subscription alternative, in addition to our customary annual license subscriptions, for each version of Analytic Solver for...

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Further Enhancements for Analytic Solver V2025 Q4

Just a month after releasing Analytic Solver V2025 Q4 with its enhanced AI Agent and other new features, we've made available a "point release" with further enhancements.

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Analytic Solver V2025 Q4: AI Expert Assistance at Your Fingertips

We've just released Analytic Solver V2025 Q4, with new versions of Analytic Solver Desktop and Cloud (for Excel users), Solver SDK (for developers), and our cloud platform RASON.  In this release, we’ve focused on ease of use and better support for model...

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Analytic Solver V2025 Q2: Faster, Smarter, New Metalog2 Support

We've just released Analytic Solver V2025 Q2, with new versions of Analytic Solver Desktop and Cloud (for Excel users), Solver SDK (for developers), and our cloud platform RASON. This release features both speed and usability improvements, a smarter AI Agent...

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Risk Solver App for 2025: Free, Easier, Faster

In March 2025, we published a new, greatly improved version of our free Solver add-in for optimization in Microsoft Excel: the Solver App on Microsoft AppSource. This has been very well received -- and it's motivated us to publish a new, greatly improved...

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Solver App for 2025: Easier, Faster, Still Free

We have some great news about Solver -- the free version available for use with Microsoft Excel. Most Solver.com visitors know that our company, Frontline Systems, developed the Solver in Microsoft Excel for Windows and Macintosh, on an "OEM basis" many years...

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