Sometimes it doesn't seem worth it. Greek, I mean--messing with a language that's not only different, but uses a different alphabet.

ADP Tax & Financial Services announced the availability of a new automated accounts payable management solution. The offering, delivered through an alliance with Harbor Payments, marks the company's entry into the accounts payable market.

In a move that Microsoft Corp. said is about drawing more attention to the product, and not about weak sales, the company announced a huge price cut on its Small Business Accounting software.

Walk into an audio store and try shopping when there's no sign of a sales person. The chances are that you won't make a purchase.

Sage Software and CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, announced that they have entered into a new agreement to expand their strategic alliance.

NetSuite, an on-demand provider of business management software applications, has rolled out their first partner program with 30 business partners in 14 different industries.

It was just over 20 years ago when Wendy's used the tag line "Where's the beef?" to promote its hamburgers.

MYOB ANNOUNCES BUYOUT OF U.S. ARM: MYOB Ltd., a developer of small business accounting and management software and services, has sold its U.S. operations to Acclivity LLC, an entity owned by members of the MYOB U.S. Inc. management team. Effective last month, Acclivity now is the exclusive U.S. republisher for MYOB products and services. As part of a review of MYOB's options in relation to its U.S. business, the Australian headquarters decided that the U.S. operation had diverged strategically from the rest of the company and would be better acting on its own.The U.S. operation's expected revenue contribution to the parent company would have been around $5.6 million for the 2005 calendar year, a pre-tax loss. Following the release of new product upgrades in November, revenue for December was forecast to be just under $1 million.

In the last six years as director of accounting, Jeff Thompson has seen huge changes in the warehouse management technology at Woodland Scenics, a Linn Creek, Mo.-based model railroad scenery manufacturer and supplier.Thompson worked with a DOS-based system when he started at Woodland, and tried to mix and match spreadsheets with the database reports to manage the company's receivables and inventory.

Enterprise software provider Epicor has acquired privately held CRS Retail Systems of Newburgh, N.Y., in an all-cash transaction valued at roughly $121 million.The acquisition of CRS, a provider of merchandising and point-of-sale software to the retail industry, adds the retail sector to Epicor's market penetration of enterprise solutions.

Entry-level accounting packages are terrific. They provide excellent features, and are frequently a good value. However, regardless of how good or cost-effective they are, they don't serve your clients' needs if the client has 25 or 30 users who need simultaneous access to the financial information, and the accounting system is limited to five or 10 simultaneous users.

Sage Software, a provider of financial management and accounting software, has made available ACT! by Sage Premium for Web 2006, a contact and customer service relationship manager solution for small -and -midsized businesses.

PayCycle, an on-demand payroll service provider, unveiled a number of enhancements to its 2006 payroll service, which emphasizes branding, paperless tax filing and paystub viewing access.

For those waiting for the Year of the Internet, don't look now, but it's passed you by.

Sage Software, a provider of accounting and financial management software, has released the latest update for Sage FAS, its fixed assets solution.

Why is accounting software like a chocolate bar?

Mid-market financial and accounting software provider Open Systems Inc., has released Version 7.0 of OSAS, allowing customers to open multiple function screens at one time and run functions for several companies simultaneously.

To be clear, Microsoft Business Solutions isn't leaving Fargo, N.D., the base of the former Great Plains. But much of the brainpower is.

Microsoft Corp. has unveiled Microsoft Dynamics SL Version 6.5, formerly called Microsoft Business Solutions Solomon, after the product spent five months in beta development.

QUICKBOOKS UNVEILS 2006 PRODUCT LINE: Business software provider Intuit has unveiled major changes to its QuickBooks product line for 2006 - a response, in part, to the launch of Microsoft's Small Business Accounting.The 2006 QuickBooks line - Accountant Edition, Simple Start, Pro, Premier and Enterprise (Basic, a small start-up business accounting product, has been cut from the roster) - focuses on ease of use, improved inventory support and scalability, explained Dan Levin, senior vice president and general manager of QuickBooks.