Microsoft Great Plains on Ctree or Pervasive SQL ? what to do ? tips for IT manager
As you probably know, when Microsoft purchased Great Plains Software ? the whole strategy for Great Plains Dynamics/eEnterprise line was changed.
Initial GPS strategy was to maintain DB platform independence ? via it's C-written engine Dexterity, based on the believe that C programming language is platform independent.
So ? Great Plains was running on MS SQL Server, Ctree (Faircom ? if you remember 1995-96 Macintosh era), Pervasive SQL (Btrieve).
Microsoft obviously had no plan to keep this multiplatform capability and Great Plains was optimized to MS SQL Server and with the introduction of MSDE ? the need to keep entry level Dynamics on Ctree/Btrieve disappeared.Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions, later renamed to Microsoft Business Solutions was sending multiple signals to Dynamics customers to migrate to SQL Server, later on to upgrade to Great Plains Standard on MSDE.
Recently it promoted all the clients who own Great Plains on Ctree/Pervasive ? so now they technically own so called Great Plains Standard.
All they need to do is pay for Migration (around k$3 + consulting fee to whoever your MBS VAR is).Unfortunately MBS did several rough turns in the process of this migration from ctree/Pervasive to SQL/MSDE.Until early 2004 you could see support expiration date for Great Plains 7.5 on Ctree/Pervasive was July, 31, 2005.
In about April, 2004 ? Microsoft roughly changed it to December 31, 2004.
This actually exposed all the clients with regulation-related modules (such as US Payroll ? where you rather do not risk with printing W2s without support) to serious problemsClients who migrated to Great Plains standard are now in the feeling that they paid for something that is free now.
See above ? all the low price GP clientele now technically owns GP StandardCtree/Pervasive clients with high volume of employees count in GP Payroll/HR now have to cut it to 500 employees due to the cap for GP Standard.
You can imagine frustration, especially due to the fact that a lot of mid-size and big companies were running very cheap Dynamics on Ctree for just Payroll/W2 filing.
This was a very nice alternative to products like Abra HR ? not any more.What to do.
Well, if you plan to stay with GP ? the only alternative is to migrate to MSDE.
Contact your MBS VAR (or call us directly: 1-866-528-0577).
You will be given Migration Tool quote ? then install MSDE and Great Plains with exactly the same accounts structure that you have on Pervasive/Ctree.
Tune Migration Tool, select all the tables in all the modules, click the button and wait a few hour ? and you are in the SQL World!If you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! http://help@albaspectrum.com.
You can contact Andrew: andrewk@albaspectrum.comakarasev@albaspectrum.com
Mypayrollquote.com Announces New Service Offering
Minnetonka, MN (ContentDesk via HRMarketer) May 2, 2006 -- Mypayrollquote.com announced today it is expanding its service offerings.The company which provides payroll leads in real time to payroll providers,has now added custom appointment setting for payroll service bureaus across the country."This is a natural extension of our lead generation services for payroll providers" states David Dashow founder and president."Our clients now have the ability to receive custom appointments set for them with payroll prospects, in geographical markets they choose to target."
About mypayrollquote.com: mypayrollquote.com is a internet based lead generation company. They provide payroll leads in real time, and custom appointment setting programs for payroll providers across the USA. The company is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota.Contact: David Dashow#1-800-449-2468mypayrollquote.com This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human...
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Arizona Professional Employer Organization Surpasses Client Expectations with Personalized One-on-one Service and Support its Competitors can't Approach
Phoenix, Arizona - November 24th, 2005 - Sunwest Employer Services, a Phoenix PEO, recently outperformed its national competition by offering the most personalized and attentive client support in the PEO industry.
A rarely seen benefit in the PEO industry, personalized client support has given Sunwest Employer Services a competitive edge over its corporate competitors.Sunwest Employer Services has taken advantage of its flexibility and well-trained support staff by outperforming larger, less-attentive competitors.
Because most large PEO's are slow, bulky organizations which focus on mass production rather than client care Sunwest Employer Services is able to outperform its competition by offering extensive personalization of services and one-on-one client care.A dedicated and well-trained client support staff compliments Sunwest Employer Services philosophy of giving every client attentive and personalized service.
By focusing their attention on the needs of...
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PerfectSoftware and NetBase Establish Stragetic Relationship
Perfect Software, a leading provider of Human Resource Management Systems, today announced it has formed a strategic relationship with NetBase Corporation., a leader in Time & Attendance software and services.
Under the new association, each company will offer its software products to the other's customer base as additional applications to complement their existing solutions.The intuitive and flexible design of NetBase products will enable Perfect Software's clients to easily and seamlessly integrate a Time and Attendance solution that will enable them to boost productivity across their entire enterprise."easyTIMESHEET is the most intuitive and user friendly web based timesheet we've seen, said Michael Schindel, vice- president of marketing at Perfect Software. The partnership between Perfect Software and NetBase offers our clients a very comprehensive and cost effective solution that will simplify the process of collecting time and attendance information.""PerfectPayroll is...
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PrioSoft Announces Interface Between its Priority One Plus ? Contractor?s Office and Xactimate Estimator from Xactware
As the software of choice in the insurance repair, remodeling and renovation industry, Xactimate has been used for years by contractors doing both insurance repair and remodeling work. Now, remodeling contractors have a customized version of this popular estimation program built just for them. Xactimate for Remodelers is a computerized estimation program built specifically for today's professional remodelers. PrioSoft's package, Priority One Plus, includes an estimating module that takes the individual items in the takeoff and creates Requests for Proposal, Purchase Orders, Labor Tickets, Change Orders, Service Requests, Quotations, Invoices and Draws.
Items on this list are also available to easily place on the Job Schedule.
This gives all the small to medium sized contractors the a growth path for an estimating system while still getting the complete Business, Contact Management and Project Management with Work Order processing, Job Budgets, Accounting, Job Costing...
PrioSoft Announces Interface Between its Priority One Plus ? Contractor?s Office and Xactimate Estimator from Xactware
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Coming to a Business Like Yours: Webware
Whether you sell a product, a service, or a combination of both, those who are successful have one thing in common... an efficient back-office. But the "cost" of an efficient office has meant using complex accounting and order-entry programs that are hard to learn and can require a computer expert to network many machines together. The software companies have not been standing still during the past two years. They have heard their customers complain and many of them are now coming out with what is often termed "webware" or web-services.
Web services were first made popular by the on-line stock brokers like Ameritrade. The concept spread to banking, then to payroll services like PayCycle and now to the full back-office such that all of the major order-entry, billing, reporting, and financial functions of the office can be done on-line with services like JAYA123 (http://www.jaya123.com) and the Oracle Small Business service. Instead...
Coming to a Business Like Yours: Webware
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Business Tax Loophole: Leasing Assets To Your Corporation
While there are many equally valid reasons to incorporate, saving money on taxes is a consideration that can yield relatively immediate results.
Leasing assets to your corporation is a tax strategy you should absolutely consider if you already have a corporation or are thinking about forming one.
Here's how it works.Just because you incorporate doesn't mean that the corporation must own all of the assets it uses.
In fact there are many legal, tax and financial considerations for NOT having your corporation own its own assets. Leasing assets to your corporation is a perfectly legal and advantageous way to reduce your overall tax liability.
When you lease assets to your corporation, the business pays a lease or rental payment and you in turn claim the lease or rental income. By doing this, you as the lessor get to deduct items such as acquisition interest, depreciation, repairs and maintenance, insurance and administrative costs.
When interest...
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