All About Accounting Software

Accounting Today named Intacct as one of its Top New Products of 2010. The list was made up of the top products in 16 different categories, and Intacct was chosen as the winner of the Top Accounting/ERP Solution category.

Intacct is an established solution and its latest edition was praised as being extremely user-friendly and effective.

Intacct is so highly regarded that ten of the top 100 largest CPA firms use the software with their clientèle. More that 3,300 companies use Intacct accounting software, in a wide rage of ways; from automating financial processes to improving transparency.

The company stated that they are continually improving and developing on their software, and hope to continue to provide superior accounting solutions in the future.

Exciting news for enterprises that use Macs as their IT platform-Sage 50 is now Mac compatible. Sage is a business management software solutions vendor with a suite of platforms in several sectors, including accounting.

Apple Mac users can now enjoy the benefits of Instant Accounts and Sage Micropay Professional payroll software. “Demand has never been greater for complete and easy-to-use business software solutions on the Mac,” said Liam Mullaney, managing director at Sage Ireland. It was only a matter of time until Sage brought their user-friendly product to Mac’s user-friendly interface.  “Sage Ireland is giving Mac users the functionality they are looking for while delivering the kind of user-friendly experience that drew them to the Mac in the first place,” said Mullaney.

Mac seems to be the IT platform of choice for several companies, however in the past accounting and payroll software had to be run on standalone windows-based PCs. Now that Sage’s accounting software is Mac compatible, businesses can integrate their business software on a single easy-to-use Mac platform.

Beryl Furlong, GM of Apple reseller Typetec explains that “Our Mac-based customers have for many years been looking for a sound, financial application that is supported on the Mac OS and I think this clearly offers a very attractive solution to them.”

Mac has already seen strong growth in business adoption in the past few years and now with new business solutions software that are Mac compatible, accelerated growth seems inevitable.

This month, Sage Software announced a partnership agreement with ITE Distribution, which is one of Dubai’s top IT distribution conglomerates. Specifically, ITE will be broadening exposure in the Middle East for Sage’s Peachtree accounting software, and their ACT! contact and CRM solutions.

According to the contract, ITE will oversee all distribution activities for Peachtree by Sage and ACT!, from product launch, to in-store merchandising, to development with resellers. Particularly, they look forward to promoting Peachtree by Sage, with its capabilities to project cash flow, perform multi-year reports, give real-time alerts, and track expenses.

Regarding the motives behind the partnership, Sage cites they high regional demand for business and contact management applications. But the partnership will also bolster ITE’s position in the software market, as they were previously known as dealing mainly in hardware. Still, ITE put another feather in its cap earlier this year: they signed a contract to distribute Microsoft off-the-shelf software a couple months back.

Intuit, the creator of the well known Quickbooks Accounting application, has announced that it is developing another version of its extremely popular accounting software. This version will be geared towards small business owners and it will be made even more useful to small business owners by making it readily accessible and usable via cell phones. This new function should make the already popular Quickbooks Software even more popular.

The initial versions of Quickbooks for the cell phone will be stripped down versions with limited features. However, this is still a step in the right direction as Intuit tries to make QuickBooks more user friendly and easily available to its users. Initially the target market for this new functionality will be in Asia. This continued innovation by Intuit will help Intuit maintain its position as the top producer of accounting software products.

ALCiE Integrated Solutions, a developer of business software solutions, is proud to mark its 20th anniversary for its ALCiE ERP/Accounting Software. Although ALCiE Software can be traced back for over 30 years, ALCiE’s current software traces back to its roots in 1988. ALCiE was one of Oracle’s first ERP/Accounting software offerings. Today, it maintains its popularity in offering an affordable and reliable business solution that has been kept up to date over the years with a number of modifications and adaptations to keep up with the everchanging business software market.

The 20 year milestone for AIS is a huge achievement and is a testament to the company’s values and products. To celebrate this monumental milestone, AIS is offering a promotion that allows referrers of new customers to generate income.

For more information about this new referral service, you can read the full article found here.

The type of software busineses like to invest in is often a very important decision to make. The way software is delivered affects the way it is utilized in the company and also affects the pricing and cost of the use of the software. Traditional and Online Software both have their benefits and their drawbacks and Intuit believes that companies would really not care about how they choose to have their software delivered.

Intuit has taken a different approach with its accounting software in specifically gearing its product towards a targeted group of small companies. In addition it is also expanding its software products to include many other business software technologies which will also geared toward these same companies. Intuit is aware of the two different modes of software delivery and the doubts companies may have towards each one. To approach this problem, Intuit has decided to use a hybrid strategy in order to try and satisfy the needs of a variety of vendors.

To read more about this topic, you can read the full article found here.

As more and more companies turn towards business technology software to help solve many of their business needs, software providers are continuing to expand and grow to meet the demand. Xero Software is an example of a company that continues to grow as it provides online accounting software for a number of companies.

Xero’s customer base has continued to grow rapidly, with its number of customers doubling in only a 6 month span. Xero’s growth is unusually strong for the time period as accounting software traditionally quiet during that time of year. Xero has also announced other positive news as it released its IPO last year allowing them to raise much needed money to allow further expansion of their company.

For more information on Xero Accounting Software and their continued growth, you can read the article found here.