ACCPAC International, Inc, a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc, announced today that the company's Simply Accounting 2003 integrated accounting program for small business won a "Best of RetailVision Award" at this semi-annual event held recently in Chicago. Simply Accounting 2003 won the award in the "Best Product: Productivity Software" category.
"We congratulate ACCPAC on winning a 'Best of RetailVision Award' for 2003 as voted on by those who have a direct impact on driving sales for Simply Accounting-the retailers," said Pete Prentice, Event Director for RetailVision. "RetailVision brings the key technology retailers and vendors responsible for the success of this market together to plan and execute their multi-channel consumer strategies. The consumer market drives sales and brand recognition like no other."
Simply Accounting 2003 gives small businesses a complete accounting and e-commerce system. The Simply Accounting 2003 PRO version adds multi-user, multi-currency, and time billing capabilities. A major upgrade from previous versions, Simply Accounting 2003 includes the features most requested from a base of over 400 000 registered users worldwide.
Small business owners can spend more time growing their businesses with the dozens of new features and enhancements in Simply Accounting 2003, including:
* Simply Webstore for integrated e-commerce;
* Departmental accounting (PRO version);
* Security enhancements;
* Reporting enhancements;
* General journal enhancements; and
* Many new time-saving features throughout.
"Maximising exposure in the retail channel is one of the keys to effectively showcasing the value of Simply Accounting to end-users," said Scott Garell, Senior Vice-President, ACCPAC Small Business Group. "Winning a 'Best of RetailVision Award' shows we've developed a terrific, competitive product that retailers are truly excited about offering to their customers and one that definitely helps small businesses be more productive."
Simply Accounting 2003 Basic and PRO carry SRPs in SA of R895 and R1 995 respectively. The products are available in SA at leading retail software outlets or visit www.accpac.co.za.
RetailVision is produced by Vision Events, a Gartner, Inc (NYSE: IT and ITB) company. http://www.visionevents.com
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ACCPAC International, Inc, a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers' competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, Simply Accounting, FAXserve and ACCPAC Messenger.
Based in Pleasanton, California, with offices in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Mexico, the Middle East, the Netherlands, SA, Southeast Asia and the UK, ACCPAC has more than 500 000 customers and more than 6 500 channel partners in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information about ACCPAC and our products, call 1 800 945 8007 in North America, or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com and www.accpaconline.com.
Note: Gartner, Vision Events and ACCPAC have each provided information in this release. Gartner and Vision Events are responsible only for the information in this release about Gartner and Vision Events and their products and services, and for the statements of their officers. ACCPAC is responsible only for the information in this release about ACCPAC and its products and services, and for the statements of its officers.