Sage Software Enhances Accountants' Program

Sage Software (formerly Best Software) announced a new name for its Best Software Accountants Network program. The new program will be called the Sage Software Accountants Network, and will expand its libraries for accountants to include Timberline and Accpac. The Accountants Network offers resources for accountants. Accounting professionals have access to software libraries for Sage products that include accounting and business management software, support services, and automatic upgrades and updates, including tax tables, when applicable. Two additional companies will join the Accountants Network as Value Partners in July. First Research will allow accountants access to industry profiles from more than 170 target markets, as well as industry trends and call prep sheets, which are one-page executive summaries of the industry profiles. ILumen offers private-company trending, monitoring and benchmarking services that firms can use to monitor and benchmark their private-company business clients. Also new are the Sage Payroll Services offerings for mid-market companies. The new outsourced payroll services join the company's existing Peachtree Payroll Service for small businesses. The Web-native Sage Payroll Services include Sage Payroll Services - Abra Edition, which integrates with the Sage Abra Human Resources Management System solution; Sage Payroll Services - MAS Edition, which integrates with the company's Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 accounting products; and a stand-alone Sage Payroll Services offering, which can be used in conjunction with any in-house accounting system. Furthermore, in conjunction with its corporate rebranding, Sage will be changing the names of its MIP Fund Accounting and Fundraising software. The new product names are Sage MIP Fund Accounting, formerly MIP Fund Accounting; Sage Fundraising 50, formerly MIP Fundraising Paradigm; Sage Fundraising 100, formerly MIP Fundraising GT Pro; Millennium, formerly MIP Fundraising Millennium; and Sage Endowment Management, formerly MIP Endowment Management.