MAS 90 and MAS 200 4.4 Accounts Receivable Period End Hotfix Available
May 27, 2010
Users of MAS 90/ MAS 200 4.40 Accounts Receivable (which includes Extended Enterprise) who have a mix of open items and balance forward types of customers within a single company code should apply a new patch that Sage issued today.
Apparently there’s the chance in 4.40 that during A/R period end open item transactions can be missing or incorrectly combined in the AR_Transaction Payment History file.
This seems to only be an issue that might arise for those using v4.4 Accounts Receivable and (a) during period end and (b) only for those company codes which have a MIX of balance forward and open item customers.
You can read more on the Sage Community site:
Or read the full knowledgebase entry:
http://infosource.sagesoftwareonline.com/sw_attach/kdb.asp?isResolutionConceptID=524615
As a general rule of thumb what I’ve been doing is:
1. Install MAS 90 / MAS 200 4.40
2. Install Product Update (latest)
3. Do a quick search for individual patches and where appropriate install them
via: Sage
Sage Survey March 2010: The End To Economic Downturn Is Near(er)
May 26, 2010
Sage North America has just released a March 2010 survey of 1,481 customers taken during February and March 2010. The results indicate that 29% of the people they spoke with think that within 6 months the economy will take an uptick (could it have gotten worse?). This is an increase from their prior survey in May 2009 when only 24% were thinking that the economic future might be rosier.
One of the more interesting results of the survey show that only 62% of those responding say that the economy has negatively impacted their business in the past 6 months. While that may look ominous – the rate is down 10% from the 72% who told Sage in May 2009 that the economy was sucking the life out of their business.
Read the full Sage March 2010 Economic Survey
Sage Insights 2010 Highlight Video
May 24, 2010
The Abra Guy, otherwise known to his family as Shawn Parsons, has posted a nice 5 minute video that highlights some of the happenings at the recently held Sage Software Insights 2010 conference.
This four day event was held in Denver Colorado from May 17 to 20, 2010 and brought together 1,000 Sage business partners from across the country.
This video nicely captures the atmosphere of Sage Insights and provides a glimpse of what attending the conference is like.
Via: The Abra Guy and CMS – Cost Management Services
Sage Executive Q&A – Insights 2010 [Google Wave]
May 20, 2010
Sage North America’s closing ceremonies are happening now in Denver Colorado. Eight Sage Executives join the conference for an open question and answer with the attendees.
Sue Swenson Sage North America Keynote – Google Wave
May 18, 2010
Sue Swenson yesterday afternoon delivered her keynote to about 1,000 Sage partners in attendance at the Sage Insights 2010 conference being held May 17-20, 2010.
The main message of the keynote (and perhaps the conference) is that Sage has three goals:
Increase install base sales (now 71% of Sage NA revenue)
Connected services – such as Sage Payment Services for payment processing
Selective new investments in new products
The full Google Wave is below:
Sage Insights 2010 Business Opportunity Ahead Keynote Live In Google Wave
May 18, 2010
Even if you’re not actively using Wave at Sage Insights 2010 (and if you’re interested here’s how) we’ve embedded the live Google Wave of Jodi Uecker-Rust, Himanshu Palsule and Tom Miller.
They’ll talk today about the opportunities ahead for the Sage channel partners and the end user as well.
You can read the live notes taken by those in the audience — or if you have a Wave account and are attending (or just want to ask those in attendance a question) – log in an join us
Sage Insights 2010 Google Wave Collaboration – Live
May 14, 2010
Are you attending Sage Insights 2010?
Insights is Sage North America’s conference where a few thousand consultants gather to learn about the latest Sage products and the future releases. This year it is being held in Denver Colorado from May 17-20, 2010.
Attending? Watching from home? Would you like to share notes, feedback, ideas and questions with other people attending the conference?
An experimental Google Wave which is unofficial and not sponsored or affiliated with Sage has just gone live. This Wave will offer you a place to make notes or share observations with other people at the conference. These could be centered around the technical sessions and product keynotes offered during the four day conference – or perhaps are just questions that you want to ask or observations you would like to make.
You can view the opening page of the Wave below which I’ve embedded to give you an idea of the topics being discussed. To participate you’ll have to follow these steps:
a. If you do not already have a Google Wave account – apply for one here.
b. Join the Google Group that will give you access to edit the Google Waves that are shared with the group. Once you’re in the group simply create a Wave an add in the contract “insightsconference@googlegroups.com” to your contact list and to your Wave’s which will make them shareable (viewable) by everyone at the conference.
c: For those experienced with Wave — all of the conference content will be tagged with insights10
To find conference waves after you’ve joined the group search for “group:insightsconference@googlegroups.com” (Tip: You must be a group member to see or participate in any Waves)
Sage MAS 90 and 200 Business Intelligence Comparison
May 12, 2010
Sage just released a pretty helpful chart which shows the main differences between some of the most popular Business Intelligence products that companies have been using with MAS 90 and MAS 200.
As you may know Sage is preparing to release a new universal Business Intelligence product which will be used on the Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 product line.
Their current release plans indicate that this will ship in Summer 2010 as outlined in a recent announcement:
Sage MAS Intelligence will soon be introduced as the ideal FRx replacement product for Sage MAS ERP. On target to be released this summer, Sage MAS Intelligence offers powerful and easy to use graphical financial reporting capabilities to access business-critical information, and makes complex reporting easy using a new report designer. Going beyond General Ledger reporting needs, Sage MAS Intelligence will provide Business Intelligence across the entire Sage MAS ERP system, including CRM and Abra.
The products compared are:
Sage MAS Intelligence (Sage’s NEW offering scheduled for Summmer 2010)
Sage MAS 90 and 200 Business Insights Dashboard
Sage MAS 90 and 200 Business Insights Reporter
FRX
BizNet
Crystal Reports
F9
The comparisons provide for ranking a wide range of features under the categories of Data Access, Report Security, Report Delivery and Distribution, Reporting Capabilities, Sorting, Aggregation and Drill Down, Database Support Provided, Operating Systems Support and MS Office Version Support.
SageMAS Intelligence Comparison- FRX, Biznet, Alchemex, Crystal, F9
Search your MAS 90, MAS 200, MAS 500, SalesLogix and Accpac Database With z.Find
May 12, 2010
Ever wish there was a way to quickly search your Sage ERP and CRM database without having to go through multiple lookup screens?
z.Find from Escape Velocity Systems uses a Google-type search to quickly locate data within your ERP or CRM database without the need to hunt from report to report or inquiry to inquiry.
You can search multiple databases as well as link in mulitiple non-ERP/CRM sources.
The product works with:
Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 (pricing TBD)
Sage MAS 500 ($6,000 plus $2,000 recurring maintenance)
Sage Accpac
Sage SalesLogix
Third Party Applications and Customizations
z.find search for MAS 90, MAS 200, MAS 500, Accpac, SalesLogix
More information – and a recorded demonstration – can be found on the Escape Velocity web site linked below.
Press Release:
EVS Launches z.Find for Sage MAS 500 ERP, Sage SalesLogix, Sage MAS 90 ERP and Sage AccPac ERP
Boulder, CO– Escape Velocity Systems, Inc. (EVS), a Boulder, Colorado based ERP innovation group announced today the launch of the z.Find now publicly available for Sage MAS 500 ERPand Sage SalesLogix. EVS also announced today the beginning of the z.Find beta program for Sage MAS 90 ERP. Development work is in progress on z.Find for Sage Accpac as well.
The z.Find is a search application that brings the first ever Google-type search capabilities to Sage ERP products. From a single interface, z.Find can return information that resides in multiple databases, third party add-ons or customized tables. “z.Find breaks away from the traditional, structured way of finding data in an ERP by tearing down the walls between modules and systems,” states Evan Garber, President of EVS.
EVS also announces that the z.Find application can be purchased, downloaded, deployed, and updated directly from the z.AppStore. “The experience of adding functionality to your existing ERP solution should be fast and easy; delivery through our z.AppStore makes that possible,” comments Garber.
EVS was formed in 2001 to combine specific industry knowledge and expertise with industry changing innovation and technology. The company’s focus is to create tools that enable mid-market enterprises to have a better, more effective experience with their ERP.
For more information, visit www.evs-sw.com or contact sales@evs-sw.com.
z.Find – Escape Velocity Systems
Sage Exchange Promises Integration Between Payment Data and Software – Eliminating PA-DSS Certification Fees
May 11, 2010
Sage today announced a new offshoot of their Sage Payment Service they’ve named Sage Exchange.
The promise of Sage Exchange is that it will integrate Sage’s accounting products (and other Certified Business Applications) with Sage Payment Service so that all forms of payment (credit, debit, checks) can be accepted and integrated into an accounting package.
The initial release of Sage Exchange will connect to a new Sage Exchange Virtual Terminal with card swipe capability, new encrypted point-of-sale terminals, Sage software products, and several additional business applications. It will support payments integration in approved software solutions now, and expanded capability with point-of-sale devices in the next release.
Sage Exchange offers a tool kit for developers to enable the integration of payment data with software solutions as well as eliminating developers from PA-DSS certification fees and associated costs.
Out of the box the following Sage products are slated for integration:
- Peachtree by Sage
- Sage ERP X3
- Simply Accounting by Sage
- Sage Pro ERP
- Timeslips by Sage
- DacEasy by Sage
- Sage BusinessVision
- Sage Fundraising 50
- Sage Fundraising 100
- Sage Fundraising 100 – Rainbow Edition
- Sage Millenium
- Sage Intergy
Other Sage products that were not specifically named but are listed as coming soon:
- Sage MAS 90 ERP
- Sage MAS 200 ERP
- Sage MAS 500 ERP
- Sage Accpac ERP
- Sage Medical Manager
There were several Sage products not named – notably BusinessWork, MIP, Platinum For Windows. We’ll be following up with Sage to learn whether that is simply an oversight.
Update 5-11-2010:
Here’s what Rob Bertke, senior vice president for product management, Sage Payment Solutions had to say about our question of why BusinessWork, MIP and Platinum For Windows (PFW) were not mentioned in the release:
All Sage products are capable of integration with Sage Exchange. However, for the release announcement, we only listed those Sage products known to be available within approximately the next several months. Other Sage products are developing their plans to integrate, as well. For example, BusinessWorks will be integrating, but they are not a part of the first go-round. The other two products you mention do not have built-in card acceptance capability, so they did not need to integrate with Sage Exchange at this time. It is expected that these products will join the family when we get to later phases, which will include transactions that can be passed back from third-party systems or terminals. We will provide updates throughout the launch phases.
In response to the question of whether Sage Exchange is a rebranding of the Sage Vault product, Rob had this to say:
No, Sage Exchange is a completely new solution with far broader capabilities than Sage Vault. While Sage Vault offers substantial security, Sage Exchange provides that and much more in terms of integration flexibility and sophistication. Basically, Sage Vault was a product name that referred to a capability (tokenization). Sage Exchange offers tokenization, so the ‘Sage Vault’ is no longer needed.
Link for more information: Sage Exchange
The full press release;
May 11, 2010 10:45 ET
New Sage Exchange Payments Platform Will Allow SMBs to Seamlessly Integrate a Payments Service to Business Management Systems
New Integrated Payments Platform Is a PCI Certified SaaS Environment Designed by Sage North America
MCLEAN, VA–(Marketwire – May 11, 2010) – Sage North America today introduced Sage Exchange, a new secure, Payment Card Industry (PCI) certified payments platform delivered in a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Sage Exchange will allow small and midsized businesses (SMBs) and organizations to accept all forms and methods of payment, with seamless data integration to a wide range of Sage business management software products and third-party business solutions. Seamless integration between payment applications and back-office software can improve an organization’s cash flow and forecasting, while eliminating manual data entry and the risk of errors.
Elements of Sage Exchange will be released in phases over the next several months. The initial phases will allow businesses and organizations using many Sage software products to accept credit and debit cards in a secure and Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) validated environment, while automatically updating accounts receivable records. Subsequent phases will expand payments integration to distributed credit/debit card and electronic check terminals, or point-of-sale (POS) devices, and a range of integrated payment solutions to the accounts payable side.
“Every business buys and sells goods or services,” said Greg Hammermaster, president of Sage Payment Solutions, Sage’s payments division. “Sage Exchange will provide a robust platform to accept and make payments for those goods or services, while seamlessly accounting for and tracking those payments. Virtually any small and mid-sized company or organization can benefit from Sage Exchange.”
The first release of Sage Exchange will offer the following benefits:
seamless and secure payments integration into the following Sage software products:
Peachtree by Sage, Simply Accounting by Sage, Sage ERP X3, Sage BusinessVision, Sage Pro ERP, and DacEasy by Sage; Sage Fundraising 50, Sage Fundraising 100, Sage Millennium, and Sage Fundraising 100 – Rainbow Edition; Sage Intergy for medical practice management; and Timeslips by Sage for billing and time-tracking;
enhanced customer experience through the new Sage Exchange Virtual Terminal (or web interface) with key-entered and “card swipe” capabilities that does not time out; and
improved security and flexibility through new encrypted credit and debit card terminals with the latest browser-based technology.
A subsequent release of Sage Exchange will connect to the following Sage software products:
Sage Accpac ERP; Sage MAS 90 ERP, Sage MAS 200 ERP, and Sage MAS 500 ERP; and Sage Medical Manager for electronic health records (EHR).
Sage Exchange will also later support expanded payment functionality in the areas of payroll, procurement, and payables, as well as seamlessly integrate with additional complementary business applications, although some applications may initially be stand alone.
“As a leading global supplier of business management software, Sage is a trusted partner that understands the value of integrated payment systems,” said Hammermaster. “Sage Exchange increases the efficiency of accepting and making payments to help companies achieve two important goals: reduced costs and maximized value of their business software environment.”
In summary, the Sage Exchange platform currently:
Integrates payments with business management software systems;
Improves cash flow management and forecasting;
Eliminates manual data entry and reduces the risk of errors;
and Uses the latest in security & technology, including tokenization, to ensure a safe, secure payment processing environment (PCI certified).
The full Sage Exchange platform will also:
Integrate all methods of payment acceptance: web, phone, terminal, mobile, scanner;
Automate payables settlement, maximizing the customer’s preferred payment method; and
Provide a consolidated view of payment activity.
For additional information, please visit www.sagepayments.com/sage-services/sage-exchange.aspx or call 800-261-0240.
About Sage Payment Solutions
For more than 20 years, Sage Payment Solutions has been providing electronic payment systems for businesses and organizations. Sage’s payment processing and business services are currently being provided to more than 140,000 businesses and organizations, who are delivering improved customer experiences by accepting multiple forms of payment, including credit and debit cards, electronic checks, Check21, gift and loyalty cards, and automatic recurring payment. With Sage Payment Solutions, businesses can also expand the way they accept payments, from card present and mail order/telephone order (MO/TO), to Internet and payments integrated with Sage software applications and third-party solutions. Sage Payment Solutions is Level 1 PCI certified, and is an active PCI Security Standards Council Participating Organization. For more information about Sage Payment Solutions, please call 800-261-0240, or visit www.sagepayments.com.
About Sage North America
Sage North America is part of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and services. Sage North America employs 4,000 people and supports 3.1 million small and midsized business customers. The Sage Group plc, formed in 1981, was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now employs 13,100 people and supports 6.2 million customers worldwide. For more information, please visit the website at www.sagenorthamerica.com.
© 2010 Sage Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Sage, Sage Software, Sage logos and the Sage product and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sage Software, Inc. or its affiliated entities. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Locked out of LinkedIn?
May 10, 2010
Do you have a LinkedIn account which you access infrequently and might have trouble remembering the password?
Here’s a tip from Dawn Westerberg whose LinkedIN account was linked to her old work email address.
When she left her job she had forgotten her LinkedIN password.
Without access to her old work email address she was unable to perform a standard password reset which would have sent a link to her (old) email enabling her to login to LinkedIn.
It turns out that if you forget your password and cannot access your registered email address (in Dawn’s case this was her old work address) then LinkedIn will not – (a) reset your password, (b) update your account or (c) transfer/merge account information to another account.
Their solution? Create a new account and re-invite your connections.
Seriously. That’s the best solution that LinkedIn has to offer?
Think about the time when you are changing jobs. That’s typically when you need to use LinkedIn the most.
And if for some reason you’re unable to remember the password or gain access to your old work email address – you’ll be potentially shut out of important LinkedIn connections!
To be safe, use a primary email address that YOU own to sign up for LinkedIn – and not an employer email that you would lose access to when changing jobs.
LinkedIn allows you to enter in additional email addresses (such as work) so that people can still send invitations by knowing your work email.
Change your primary email address in: Settings – Personal Information – Email Addresses.
Thankfully the Sage Insights 2010 Conference Is NOT At This Gaylord Property
May 5, 2010
Thankfully the Sage Insights 2010 conference is not at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convcention Center which as you can see from the photo below is presently undergoing some flooding issues.
Sage’s annual reseller conference is at the Colorado Convention Center May 17-20, 2010 before combining with the customer conference to become Summit 2011 in Washington DC the following year.
via: Twitpic
Sage LInkedIn Group – Google Wave Test
May 1, 2010
Below is a sample of a public Google Wave embedded into a web site.
This could be useful for any number of things including public shared notes, issues lists, etc.
As of now it appears that you’ll have to view the Wave using either Firefox or Chrome as your browser. The use of Internet Explorer does not appear to work.
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