Articles & Newsletter
Client Newsletter
April 2010 Issue
Notes from Jeff Mack
Clean Windshield Leads to Significant Horsepower Boost
Your business windshield enables you to see where you are headed, judge when you might get there, and make any course corrections that might be necessary. What condition is yours in and how can you improve it? Learn more.
More Ingredients for that Alphabet Soup
By Diane Essington, Office Manager
Business acronyms are thrown at us at a dizzying pace (OMG); this installment, interpreting for Microsoft and Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Learn more.
Sage MAS 90 & MAS 200 ERP
Annual Sage Licensing Fees – What Value Am I Getting?
You pay those annual Sage maintenance renewal fees every year. What are you getting for your investment? Learn more.
Alert – New Credit Card Security Standard May Affect Your Business
If credit cards are used to transact business payments in your organization, you need to be aware of new regulations being imposed this summer that will have a significant impact on your ability to conduct those transactions. Learn more.
Product Updates Bring Powerful Enhancements
Powerful new functionality is coming to Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 version 4.40. If you have a current Sage Maintenance Plan you will receive these new releases with their functionality for free. Learn more.
What Version of MAS 90 or MAS 200 Do I Have?
How and where do you get the necessary information? Learn more.
Sage Product Retirement Schedule
If you are currently running one of the products listed in this note, you need to be aware that Sage will no longer be supporting your product as of the date shown. Learn more.
New Sage Customer Feedback Opportunity
Sage has created a new website that allows you to submit product improvement suggestions directly to the Product Managers at Sage. Learn more.
Don't Miss These Upcoming Sage MAS 90 Certified Training Classes at ICS Support
Introduction to Crystal Reports: April 20 – 21, June 15 – 16
FRx Financial Reporting: April 27 – 28, June 22 – 23
Distribution Training for Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 version 4.40:
- Inventory – May 11
- Sales Order – May 12
- Purchase Order – May 13
Sage Timberline Office
Integration with Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2010
Building Information Modeling (BIM) gives designers the ability to identify and resolve issues in the model, rather than in the field where it is more expensive and time consuming. Now BIM software can be connected to Sage Timberline Office through Autodesk® Quantity Takeoff. Learn more.
Sage Timberline Office Version 9.7a
Sage Timberline Office 9.7a, coming your way this spring, includes new reporting and workflow tools designed to create efficiencies that will help you manage your business more profitably. Learn more.
Network Services
Should You or Shouldn't You Install Microsoft Updates?
Microsoft recently released an out-of-band security update by sending a web link that directed the reader to www.microsoftemail.com. Microsoftemail.com does indeed belong to the Microsoft Corporation, but the unfamiliar address does raise the question about the potential for a phishing scam. The entire incident gives us the opportunity to review proper practices for handling updates. Learn more.
Integrated Computer Systems Support welcomes these new clients who joined us in the last month.
ICS Support training courses in April include:
- Business Insights Training
- Introduction to Jet Reports
- Introduction to Crystal Reports
- FRx Financial Report Writer
Free webinars and workshops are scheduled for:
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 in Action
- Job Manager
- Sage Extended Enterprise Suite
- JobOps
- Business Insights Explorer for Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200
- SageCRM – the Quickest Way to Accelerate your Quote to Cash Cycle
- Sage Timberline Office Estimating Made Easy
- Introduction to Jet Reports (all users of Excel and accounting system data)
See Seminars and Classes schedule for more information and registration details for all classes, webinars, and workshops.