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April 27, 2005 

DacEasy Point of Sale Version 13 offers more than 30 new and enhanced features that provide greater ease-of-use and more efficient business management.

April 27, 2005 

CAP Automation offers a nice general-use suite of retail business management software that has been around for over 25 years. The latest version (V8) brings a string of new features, including support for the Pervasive SQL database, that keeps it on the front line of high-volume touch-screen enabled retail point-of-sale applications. EASE OF USE –...…

April 27, 2005 

POSitively Business! is a Microsoft Access-based add-on package for use with the company’s Business! Professional or Business! Standard accounting packages. It features a ‘mouseless interface’ and support for standard point-of-sale hardware, such as scanners, light poles, receipt printers, credit card scanners, cash drawers and barcode printers. All Microsoft Access source code is included, so nearly...…

April 27, 2005 

Formerly known as InfoTouch 2000, InfoTouch Store Manager is designed from the ground up as a touch screen-based point-of-sale package with a wide variety of features. Throughout the last year, the company has released several maintenance releases, as well as version 9.0, a fairly major feature release. EASE OF USE – 5 Stars The heart...…

April 27, 2005 

Timeslips 2005 offers a time and billing system that includes templates for specific professions that generate time-based invoicing, including accountants, architects, construction, computer consultants and the legal profession. These templates automatically include profession-specific terminology on statements and client letters, and offer pre-designed tasks common to those fields, such as write-up, audit, payroll and tax preparation....…

April 27, 2005 

ImagineTime is a time and billing and practice management program designed for accountants and other financial professionals that includes time management, productivity analysis and multiple billing methods, as well as due-date monitoring, task/project management functions, and budgeting and forecasting capabilities. ImagineTime starts at $295 for a single-user version and $595 for multi-user packages. Additional modules...…

April 27, 2005 

CPAPractice Manager – Time & Billing Edition, a Best Software product, provides time and expense billing, invoicing, AR, client contact management, and due date tracking for professional services firms, public accounting professionals in particular. The system provides multiple billing methods and customization options for data entry, and is based on an MSDE or SQL database...…

April 27, 2005 

BalaBoss Client Navigator from BalaBoss Software provides timekeeping, billing, contact management, project due dates, staff scheduling and client exposure monitoring capabilities. FEATURES – 3.5 Stars Client Navigator offers three client responsible levels (partner, manager and accountant) and common data for clients. Custom fields are not supported. Links to client documents (tax returns, spreadsheets) are set...…

April 27, 2005 

CPAPractice Manager (formerly Visual Practice Management) from CPASoftware (a division of Best Software) offers robust capabilities, including timekeeping, billing, contact management, marketing and project management, reports, and AR. FEATURES – 5 Stars Setup of master information is straightforward. Client information includes fiscal year end, entity type, NAIC code, six persons in charge, engagement fee, monthly...…

April 27, 2005 

Designed for larger accounting firms and consulting companies, the PowerPM family from Commercial Logic, Inc. includes timekeeping, project management, due date tracking, budgeting, scheduling, AR and contact management capabilities. FEATURES – 4 Stars Client Update/Inquiry acts as a hub for everything related to clients. Details for clients, contacts and associated projects are available. Client and...…

April 27, 2005 

BigTime from Edison’s Attic tracks time, expense and budgets, and helps mid-sized to large firms manage projects, staff, resources and customers. It is browser-based, though it is sold to run on a local area network. A hosted version, BigTime Online, is also available. FEATURES – 4 Stars BigTime adjusts the software terminology during installation, but...…

April 27, 2005 

NonprofitBooks Office addresses some of the inherent limitations of Intuit’s QuickBooks in a nonprofit environment: accounting for restricted funds for nonprofit reporting, shared-expense allocation and program-related expense tracking, and preparation of the IRS Form 990 statement of functional income and expenses. The program integrates with existing QuickBooks data, and even the QuickBooks interface, but also...…