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For Technical Support: Call (651) 686-2986, ext. 461 or Email
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Current Promotions Sage Software is offering promotional pricing on a variety of modules and upgrades. All of the below promotions expire March 31, 2008. Please call an account manager for more details. - 20% off any Accounts Payable Extended Solution
- 50% off any Paperless Office Extended Solution
- Sage Sales Tax, Powered by AvaTax – 20% savings through Feb. 29, or 15% savings through March 31
- Upgrade to Sage MAS 200 and get a $400 user credit
- 20% savings on Sage MAS 90 and 200 additional user licenses through Feb. 29, or 10% savings through March 31
Authorized Training Center View detailed information about our Authorized Training Center on our website. Find out about our authorization and certifications, class descriptions, fees, prerequisites, information on our policies, and your CPE credit eligibility.
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ABS Is Scheduled To Exhibit UpSwing Business Expo We’ll be at the next UpSwing Business Expo. Please feel free to stop by this networking event & mini-trade show. |
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Our Clients Are Talking About Us... We want to thank all of you that have sent us reference letters or been references for us over the years. It is the greatest compliment to us when you share your positive experiences with us and our other clients. We take great pride in our level of customer service, industry and technical knowledge and our ability to partner with you to solve real business issues. Our goal is to have every client so pleased with the service we provide that they write a reference letter! Read this month's featured reference letter. If you want an opportunity to be featured in our news, please put one of your positve experiences with us down in writing and mail it to us.
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Please note our new contact information. Our phone and fax numbers have remained the same, however our email addresses and extensions have changed. Bob Jacob, x 458
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Client Conference 2008 Join Us For This Important Business Event! We are excited to host this full-day conference, featuring three educational tracks for attendees to choose from. Sessions will integrate product, business and industry-related information for owners and executives, managers and those using business management solutions. In addition, we have added an Executive Track filled with courses specifically for running and managing your business. The conference provides a great opportunity to network with other clients, meet Sage Software executives and visit the sponsor area. Explore solutions to maximize your bottom line! Conference Brochure Conference Registration Online
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Email Marketing: ACT! by Sage & Swiftpage Team Up For One Great Offer! Do you want a way to streamline email marketing efforts? Now you can send out important information, promotions and news to the contacts in your database with the Swiftpage integration. Sage Software and Swiftpage have teamed up to offer a promotion, giving you three months free: Sign up for a Swifttpage subscription with license and/or box orders, a value of $135 on Swiftpage Pro and $234.00 with Swiftpage Team. Find out more by contacting Barb Adrian. What is Swiftpage? Swiftpage is the leading integrated email marketing solution for ACT! by Sage. This integrated tool sends emails to your contacts directly from your ACT! database. In addition, Swiftpage provides valuable reporting of who opened, clicked and is most interested in your email message. Swiftpage saves companies time while helping them make more informed business decisions. - Create emails using our simple online editor and choosing from 65+ pre-built templates or import your own HTML
- Send using Swiftpage's powerful servers, not your ISP. No send limit restrictions.
- Track reports of who your most interested contacts are by knowing that they opened and clicked on links within your marketing message.
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How Agile Is Your Business? Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) Promises Agile Operations, Better, Faster Decisions The evolution of computers and departmental applications from mainframes to client/server architecture to the Web causes ever-growing volumes of business data to spread across multiple data sources. Consequently, most businesses have vast amounts of detailed data stored in multiple disparate database applications, electronic documents and files. While this evolution has delivered many benefits, it has also created some daunting challenges. One of the more considerable challenges lies in being able to locate specific, relevant, actionable information and make it available to the people who need it, when they need it. Read full article...
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Please Welcome! Please welcome our new clients: Thank you for choosing to work with Automated Business Solutions for your business management solution needs. We look forward to working with you. If you know of anyone who could benefit from the products we sell and services we provide, please contact Bob Jacob or Judy Peterson.
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Important Updates For Sage MAS 90 and 200 We recommend that you install all Service Updates, especially with new and updated systems. Please contact your Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200 authorized reseller before installing any Service Updates to ensure all custom modifications have been properly applied. -
Sage MAS 90 and 200 ERP, version 4.1: The latest service pack is 4.10.1.12 -
Sage MAS 90 and 200 ERP, version 4.2: The latest service pack is 4.20.0.12 Our Help Desk is available to assist you with the download and installation of the Service Updates, or if you have any questions about your system. (651) 686-2986 x 461. Currently Sage Software supports version 3.71 and higher, however Sage's support for version 3.71 is scheduled to retire in the near future. No date has been given at this time, but they expect to have further details available within the next six months. If you are running on an older version of Sage MAS 90 or 200, now is the time to update your system to a supported version and take advantage of all the new system features and functions. Contact Kathy Preston to discuss your options and to schedule an update appointment.
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Explore Crystal Reports and learn to create custom reports that are pertinent to your unique business processes and strategies, allowing you to measure results, analyze information and make necessary changes to your operations. This valuable course includes training on how to link tables, sort, group and select records to ensure presentation-quality reports that really stand out. Learn how to use the basic formulas within your report to calculate, evaluate and manipulate data. You’ll be amazed at how quickly you can develop your own reports! ABS offers several courses designed to help new users and those wanting to gain advanced skills. Here’s a list of our next scheduled classes: Contact Kathy Preston, extension 445 to discuss class options and to answer any questions. For more information about our classes, please visit our website www.ABS-MN.com. There is limited space available in many of these classes. Please contact Kathy Preston with any questions. To register, please visit www.sagesoftwareuniversity.com.
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Sage Abra HRMS Users: Changing Trial Payroll Results How do I stop zero-dollar checks from being generated in trial payroll? There may be active 'Other Earnings' setup with a zero-dollar amount. To stop the zero-dollar checks from being generated, these codes need to be inactivated. A trial payroll schedule should be processed again to remove zero-dollar checks. Click here for detailed steps.
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Sage MAS 90 and 200 Users: Accounting For A Non-Sufficient Fund Check Occasionally a customer check is returned to you because of insufficient funds in the customer’s checking account. When you receive the notice from the bank, an entry needs to be made to remove the customer payment and to reinstate the customer invoice on the customer’s account. Learn what steps to take...
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