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Company named 2009 Global ISV Line Business Partner of the Year
Epicor
Software Corporation has announced it has won 2009 Global ISV
Line of Business Partner of the Year in the Microsoft Worldwide
Partner Conference Awards program.
Epicor was selected out of an international field of top Microsoft
partners for delivering market-leading customer solutions built
on Microsoft technology. A leading provider of enterprise business
software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000
companies, Epicor is one of the largest independent software vendors
committed to Microsoft technology.
"We're
truly honored to accept this award from Microsoft," said
George Klaus, chairman, president and CEO of Epicor. "Celebrating
25 years of innovation this year-Epicor has grown from its roots
as an accounting software vendor in 1984, to be recognized as
a global leader of enterprise software solutions providing best-in-class
functionality with low total cost of ownership to more than 20,000
customers worldwide.
From manufacturing to distribution, merchandising to point of
sale, financial recognition to business analytics and reporting-leveraging
leading-edge Microsoft technologies such as .NET and the Windows®
Azure™ Services Platform-our next generation solutions are
continuing to transform the way people work, enabling our customers
to achieve greater business agility and improved productivity."
Awards
will be presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen
from a pool of nearly 2,000 entrants worldwide. The Global ISV
Line of Business (ERP, CRM, ECM, BI, Industry Applications) Partner
of the Year award is given to the global ISV partner that has
demonstrated line-of-business application leadership excellence.
This award is given to the most valuable global ISV partner in
delivering Microsoft solutions to our mutual customers over the
past year. The award recognizes the global partner that has demonstrated
leadership in driving Microsoft-based solutions and the most valuable
line-of-business partner to our worldwide field.
Evron is a proud partner of Epicor and we congratulate them on
their award! For more information, click
here.
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Notice of Fake Security Update
Last week,
SophosLabs detected a piece of malware that ended up in their
spam traps. This malware has been made to look as if it is a false
security alert from Microsoft.
The
fake security alert, titled KB910721, instructs users of Microsoft
Outlook and Outlook Express to update their respective email programs.
However, this is a ruse. The real intention of the program is,
upon running the executable file, to install a Trojan onto your
computer. A Trojan is malware set up to spy on your activities
on your computer, which is a direct threat to your security.
It
is important that you observe this warning. The fake security
alert looks entirely authentic at first glance; it's well-written,
free of mistakes and looks as if it came directly from Microsoft.
However, the file is a potential compromising of your network
security and must not be installed.
If in the event you do accidentally install the program, you can
obtain a fix from the Microsoft web site or if you need further
assistance or have a security concern, please call us here at
Evron. We at Evron pride ourselves on maintaining very high degrees
of network security in our business -- this is why we wish to
tell you all about this potential threat.
- Amit (Sunny) Sahni, CCNA, CCEA, MCSE, VSP.
- Vice-President of Technical Services at Evron Computer Systems
Corp.
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Getting the Right Tools at the Right Price
In these challenging times, last year’s solution may not
be the right fit for today’s business environment. One does
not have to look beyond a once cornerstone of our economy, the
automotive industry, to see that there are no more sacred cows
that are beyond economic reality.
One of the most difficult concepts for most businesses
to accept is that of sunk costs. It is quite simple. The money
that was spent in the past is gone. Sounds simple, but when managers
and business owners are confronted by the prospect of scrapping
assets that they recommended to be purchased, they can find this
a bitter pill to swallow.
Staying with a previous decision, which no longer makes sense,
is throwing good money after bad. This never makes sense, especially
these days.
A case in point
I recently received a call for software support for a high priced
accounting package. The client purchased it three years ago, and
due to a lack of available support at a reasonable price, was
now stuck with an expensive, difficult-to-use accounting package.
In addition, they were obligated to annual assurance fees in access
of six thousand dollars.
For the price of two years fees (assurance and maintenance), we
were able to replace the old solution with BusinessVision. It
was installed and the client’s staff were trained in weeks,
not months.
The client is now enjoying the efficiencies of a modern, Canadian
oriented, real time system. Best of all, the annual software assurance
went down two thousand dollars per year.
By having the business sense, and the courage, to accept his sunk
costs as gone, the client was able to acquire a reasonably priced
solution that he will benefit from for years to come.
Decisions that were the correct ones in the past, but no longer
make economic sense, should not be permitted to hinder your growth.
If the opportunity exists to save some money, why not take it?
- Irwin Pinsky, B.Comm., CGA, MCP
Irwin Pinsky is the manager of our small business division and focuses
on our BusinessVision practice. Irwin's experience includes that
of a public practitioner focused on emerging companies, as well
as financial controllership.
PFW: Tips
& Tricks
How to Reverse or Void a Cash Receipt
Application: Accounts Receivable
Notes: Cash receipts for balance forward customer cannot
be voided. The following resolutions apply to only open item customers.
Multi-currency cash receipts: when voiding a cash receipt entered
using the natural currency, enter a receipt post date that is
the same as the original receipt date. When a receipt is voided
with a post date different than the original receipt date (where
the two dates have different exchange rates), a reversing void
transaction is posted to the gain/loss account at a different
exchange rate than the original posting.
Resolution 1: (for Sage PFW Version 5.4 or later): Use
the Void Cash Receipt utility to reverse cash receipts. This program
is found in:
Open Accounts Receivable / Receipt Processing (or Utilities) /
Void Posted Receipt.
* Select a new or pre-saved parameter,
and enter the receipt information.
* Enter additional non-sufficient funds fees (NSF), if necessary.
* Select the same cash account number used in the original receipt.
* Click 'Process'.
* Click the 'Void' button to continue voiding the cash receipt,
or click the 'Cancel' button.
Note: The voided cash receipt information is recorded in
the Transaction Receipt History (ARPAYHST) file.
Resolution 2: (for Sage PFW Version 5.3 and before): Process
a Cash Receipt adjustment for the transaction.
Note: This resolution applies if the cash receipt has not been
moved to the Transaction History (ARTRANH) file. Transactions
are moved from the Transaction Current (ARTRAN) to the Transaction
History file when the AR Distribution to GL and AR Period End
Close utility has been run.
Open Accounts Receivable / Document Entry Forms / Cash Receipt
Adjustment.
* Open Cash Receipt Adjustment
and enter the information for the transaction to be reversed,
and click 'Process'.
* Open Accounts Receivable / Print and Posts / Post Cash Receipt.
* Select 'New' or pre-saved parameter from the View List.
* Enter appropriate parameters, and click 'Process'.
- Nonny Beckerman
- Senior Consultant, Evron Computer Systems Corp.
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