News Update 

                                                            

 

 

 

The Newsletter for ACCPAC & CYMA Clients and Business Owners!   

Summer 2005 - Issue 8
 

 

  

Sage Software (formerly Best Software) Announces Novell Linux Certification for ACCPAC Advantage Series 

On May 11th, Sage Software announced its certification for the award-winning ACCPAC Advantage Series accounting application, v5.3, for deployment on the IBM eServer xSeries with the new IBM DB2 Universal Database Express database running on the Novell Linux Small Business Suite.

 

Successfully tested for optimum installation and performance on both the desktop and server, ACCPAC Advantage Series is the industry’s only accounting application designed for small enterprises that runs on IBM DB2 for both Linux and Windows operating systems. As small enterprises continue to demand increased flexibility and responsiveness from their IT infrastructures, ACCPAC Advantage Series with IBM DB2 offers greater technology choice and advantage to this market segment.

 

“ACCPAC Advantage Series has been the standard-bearer for accounting applications that can effectively run on Linux,” said Craig Downing, Best Software vice president and general manager, ACCPAC Mid Market Operations. “With this latest certification, we continue to provide our clients with powerful, alternative platforms for managing their business operations, and the flexibility that comes with the unmatched freedom of choice ACCPAC Advantage Series offers.”

 
Novell Linux Small Business Suite

Novell Linux Small Business Suite 9 is the first end-to-end, server-to-desktop Linux solution that offers a clear alternative for small businesses. Novell Linux Small Business Suite is comprised of industry-leading Linux server and desktop software, along with powerful collaboration, security, and management products—all engineered specifically for Linux. As a result, small businesses receive a secure, reliable, and complete solution that provides them with big-business benefits on small-business budgets.

 

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CYMA State Payroll Forms

Tired of manually producing required state payroll reporting forms? Have you wished that your CYMA PR system could automatically fill out these time consuming forms? Now you can with the CYMA State Payroll Forms powered by Aatrix.

The new CYMA State Payroll Forms product (SPF) is an add-on to CYMAIV Payroll and/or Client Write-Up. It provides laser printed forms for over 250 state payroll forms including state new hire, state withholding, state unemployment, and many more. Click here for a full list of available state forms.

With this new software your CYMA system can automatically produce both the required data and the form, printing a laser fileable form on a blank piece of paper.

Features and Benefits

  • Prints completed state and federal unemployment, withholding and new hire forms on plain paper - You no longer have to fill out these tedious and time consuming reports by hand. Forms that used to take all morning or afternoon to prepare are done in a matter of seconds directly through CYMA.
     
  • Seamlessly integrates with CYMA Payroll - These reports are printed just as easily as any other report in CYMA Payroll. Simply select the report from the Reports menu and the completed report is viewable on-screen. Then simply print to plain paper and mail or e-File the forms.
     
  • Federal and State Payroll Forms allows you to e-File! - Instead of printing the reports on plain paper, you have the option to e-File. Simply click the e-File button on the form and it's transmitted directly to the Aatrix FormServer here Aatrix does the filing for you. e-File is perfect for companies needing to file via Magnetic Media. Instead of struggling with putting all payroll files in the proper state or federal mag media format on diskette, click the e-File button and your’re done! e-File is included with every CYMA State Payroll Form package. (e-File fee’s may apply)
     
  • Guaranteed accurate- Aatrix keeps the Payroll Forms up to date with all report changes via web site downloads. Aatrix staff is in direct contact with the forms departments of every state and in most cases are made aware of new forms changes even before the reporting services.
     
  • Payroll Forms for every state! CYMA State Payroll Forms powered by Aatrix is an incredible value with reports not for just one or two states, but all 50!

 

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ACCPAC CRM is Now Sage CRM!

 

In order to take advantage of the Sage global brand, Sage Software (formerly Best Software) has changed the names of two popular ACCPAC products. ACCPAC CRM 5.7 is now Sage Accpac CRM 5.7. ACCPACcrm.com has been re-branded sagecrm.com and moved to Sage Software’s state-of-the-art data center in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Now the same powerful CRM tools that help businesses improve relationships with their customers, increase revenues, and decrease administrative costs will have the power of a global brand behind them. What’s more, they've positioned Sage ACCPAC CRM at a price point that fits our go-to-market strategy as the SMB leader in providing fully integrated CRM solutions.

 

Call today for more information on the new Sage CRM pricing policy.

 

Click here for more information on Sage ACCPAC CRM

 

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CYMA Online Training

CYMA presents training classes via the Internet through our CYMA Virtual Classroom.  Now you can attend classes at convenient times for you, on a wide variety of CYMA subjects without incurring expensive travel costs.  Class instructors are CYMA certified professionals and will include real life examples and exercises.  Class sizes are purposely kept small to allow for instructor and student interaction.  You can also rent out the CYMA Virtual Classroom for a private class for your company.  All that is required is an Internet connection and a phone line.

Click here for the user Training schedule.

Kerr Consulting also offers online training classes through the Internet using Microsoft Live Meeting.  Now you can attend classes at convenient times for you, on a wide variety of CYMA subjects!

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ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.3 named Top 100 Midmarket products by CMP Media's VARBusiness Magazine.

 

Best Software recently announced ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.3 accounting system for small enterprises, was named “Top 100 Midmarket Products of the Year” for 2005 by CMP Media’s VARBusiness magazine.  ACCPAC Advantage Series receives this recognition along with two other Best Software products, FAS Gov Fixed Asset Management and SalesLogic 6.2 CRM.

All three Best Software products are featured and profiled in the special May 2 VARBusiness “State of the Midmarket” issue.

Click here to review the full press release.

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Sizzling Summer ACCPAC Promotions!

Save Big on the NEW HR Employee Self-Service module

Purchase the NEW HR Employee Self-Service module, Enterprise or Corporate Edition, and take 50% off. Offer valid July 5 through September 23, 2005. Contact us for promotion details.

 

Have you let your Software Assurance Plan expire?

Clients with a Software Assurance plan expiration date after October 1, 2004, can renew their Software Assurance for a two-year term and all reinstatement fees will be waived. Subscription will be back-dated to original expiration date. Contact us for promotion details.

 
Buy three ePos registers and receive one FREE! For every three ACCPAC ePOS Standard or Serialized Registers that are purchased receive one additional ACCPAC ePOS Standard or Serialized Register FREE. Contact us for promotion details.
 
Last Chance NMS Migration Offer - Still using the NMS Job Cost Solution?  From July 5th through September 23rd you can save up to 30% when you upgrade to the ACCPAC Project and Job Cost Solution.  Contact us for promotion details.
 
Free Timecard Users – Get 10 FREE Timecard users with your new purchase of Project and Job Costing.  Offer valid through July 5 through September 23, 2005. Contact us for promotion details.

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Schedule of events

 

These Live Webinars are conducted by ACCPAC experts using intranet "WebEx" technology and a voice-line for conferencing. ACCPAC understands addressing all customer questions is critical, therefore demonstrations are generally followed by an open question and answer session. 

 

ACCPAC Advantage Series

July 27, 2005 - 4:00 PM ET

ACCPAC Project & Job Costing

July 21, 2005 - 2:00 PM ET

ACCPAC CRM - Customer Relationship Management

July 18, 2005 - 3:00 PM ET

July 20, 2005 - 1:00 PM ET

July 26, 2005 - 2:00 PM ET

ACCPAC HR Series - Human Resource Solution for ACCPAC

July 20, 2005 - 2:00 PM ET

August 2, 2005 - 12:00 PM ET

ACCPAC Exchange

July 20, 2005 - 4:00 PM ET

ACCPAC Warehouse Management

July 11, 2005 - 1:00 PM ET

July 27, 2005 - 3:00 PM ET

Start times are listed in Eastern time zone.

Contact us at the number below or visit our website to register

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Technical Corner

Hot Fixes

ACCPAC® has new hot fixes for ACCPAC ePOS™, ACCPAC WMS™, ACCPAC Options™, and ACCPAC Advantage Series™. Please remember the electronic Hot Fix EULA must be completed prior to downloading the Hot Fix.

If you are experiencing any of these issues please contact us to acquire the fix.

ACCPAC Advantage Series

  • Accounts Payable 5.3A – Batch listing is slow to print or freezes during preview

  • Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable 5.2A – Running revaluation for several currencies at a time can result in the process failing to complete successfully

  • Inventory Control 5.2A – "Unit of measure cannot be blank" when running Inventory Control 5.2A Day End Processing

  • Canadian and U.S. Payroll 5.3A – Decreased speed of the data integrity check for Payroll on a Microsoft SQL database

ACCPAC Options

  • Sales Analysis for Windows 5.1A – Error appending record to SH52ACIH when importing or error appending record SH52ACCH in Header File

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Contact Us

Please select the location closest to you or contact our corporate office below.

Kerr Consulting & Support Offices: 

Corporate Office:

25510 McDonald Rd., The Woodlands, TX 77380

Phone: 281-364-8783, Fax: 281-296-0805

info@kerr-consulting.com

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