MYOB and ACT! team to give SMEs front and back office integration
Announcement posted by Interact Commerce Corporation 07 Jun 2004
Interact Commerce Corporation, makers of the best selling contact management solution ACT!, today launched ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting throughout Australia, enabling small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to integrate their front office sales function and back office accounting systems.
ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting allows customer data to be synchronised between the ACT! contact manager (version 6.0) and MYOB accounting software, currently used by more than 450,000 SMEs in Australia.
With ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting, information that is critical to the running of every business, such as sales contacts and invoice status, can be automatically shared between the front and back office giving sales and finance managers a holistic view of operations.
ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting also eliminates the time-consuming and unproductive task of duplicate data entry, by automatically updating changes made to an organisation?s contacts management or accounting systems.
Craig Young, Managing Director of Interact Commerce Corporation (Asia Pacific) said: ?ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting will help SMEs grow their businesses by allowing sales and finance teams to communicate with ease and by eliminating unproductive data double entry.?
CEO of MYOB, Craig Winkler, added that the streamlining of business processes will make life easier and more profitable for small and medium business owners.
?We?re confident ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting will deliver real business benefits to SMEs. It will also help them comply with the privacy legislation, which requires all databases be kept up to date,? Craig explained. ?The marriage of these two software solutions will allow sales managers to focus on selling, finance managers to focus on the books and business owners to concentrate on growing their business.?
ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting works in conjunction with MYOB Premier v7, MYOB Accounting v13 and MYOB Accounting Plus v13. It is one in a series of accounting integration tools from Interact Commerce Corporation providing total business solutions for SMEs.
ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting has a recommended retail price of $149.00 inc GST per user (for the Link) and is available now from the ACT! estore or from any of the ACT! Certified Consultants. The ACT! version 6.0 and ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting bundle is priced at $349.00 inc GST and will be available at the end of November 2003 through Harris Technology, selected resellers and ACT! Certified Consultants.
For the details of your nearest ACT! Certified Consultant visit www.act.com/acc.
For more information on ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting visit www.act.com/actlinkmyob2003.
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High-resolution images of Craig Young and Craig Winkler are available on request as are box shots of ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting. Please contact:
Caroline Siler
Keep Left Public Relations
On behalf of Interact Commerce Corporation
Phone: 03 9600 1918
Mobile: 0402 046 826
Email: caroline@keepleftpr.com.au
About ACT! Software
Judged ?best contact manager 2002? - PC World (NZ)
Recommended Award - PC World (Australia)
For over 15 years, ACT! has been the best-selling contact management solution for individuals, small businesses and corporate workgroups within larger organisations.
With over 4 million individual users and 12,000 corporate accounts, ACT! has a heritage of delivering high-quality, reliable, and easy-to-use products that assist sales people and business professionals better manage and build relationships.
ACT! provides fully integrated calendar, contact, and communications functionality, as well as sales tools and reporting capabilities to enable users to quickly and efficiently grow their business relationships and sell more. ACT! integrates with Microsoft Outlook, Palm OS handhelds and paper-based systems.
ACT! is a registered trademark, exclusively controlled by Sage Technologies Limited. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About the MYOB Group
Founded in 1991, the MYOB Group is a leading provider of business management software and services for small and medium sized enterprises around the world. The MYOB Group has operations in Australia, New Zealand, the US, UK, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The Group develops and publishes award-winning software solutions that have revolutionised the way growing businesses view accounting and business management software. The Group also provides systems and services targeted to the needs of accountants in public practice. Through its subsidiary Recall Design Pty Ltd, the MYOB Group also undertakes specialist online application development.
The MYOB Group is owned by MYOB Limited, an Australian public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX symbol ?MYO?).
www.myob.com.au
ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting allows customer data to be synchronised between the ACT! contact manager (version 6.0) and MYOB accounting software, currently used by more than 450,000 SMEs in Australia.
With ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting, information that is critical to the running of every business, such as sales contacts and invoice status, can be automatically shared between the front and back office giving sales and finance managers a holistic view of operations.
ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting also eliminates the time-consuming and unproductive task of duplicate data entry, by automatically updating changes made to an organisation?s contacts management or accounting systems.
Craig Young, Managing Director of Interact Commerce Corporation (Asia Pacific) said: ?ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting will help SMEs grow their businesses by allowing sales and finance teams to communicate with ease and by eliminating unproductive data double entry.?
CEO of MYOB, Craig Winkler, added that the streamlining of business processes will make life easier and more profitable for small and medium business owners.
?We?re confident ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting will deliver real business benefits to SMEs. It will also help them comply with the privacy legislation, which requires all databases be kept up to date,? Craig explained. ?The marriage of these two software solutions will allow sales managers to focus on selling, finance managers to focus on the books and business owners to concentrate on growing their business.?
ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting works in conjunction with MYOB Premier v7, MYOB Accounting v13 and MYOB Accounting Plus v13. It is one in a series of accounting integration tools from Interact Commerce Corporation providing total business solutions for SMEs.
ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting has a recommended retail price of $149.00 inc GST per user (for the Link) and is available now from the ACT! estore or from any of the ACT! Certified Consultants. The ACT! version 6.0 and ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting bundle is priced at $349.00 inc GST and will be available at the end of November 2003 through Harris Technology, selected resellers and ACT! Certified Consultants.
For the details of your nearest ACT! Certified Consultant visit www.act.com/acc.
For more information on ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting visit www.act.com/actlinkmyob2003.
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High-resolution images of Craig Young and Craig Winkler are available on request as are box shots of ACT! Link for MYOB Accounting. Please contact:
Caroline Siler
Keep Left Public Relations
On behalf of Interact Commerce Corporation
Phone: 03 9600 1918
Mobile: 0402 046 826
Email: caroline@keepleftpr.com.au
About ACT! Software
Judged ?best contact manager 2002? - PC World (NZ)
Recommended Award - PC World (Australia)
For over 15 years, ACT! has been the best-selling contact management solution for individuals, small businesses and corporate workgroups within larger organisations.
With over 4 million individual users and 12,000 corporate accounts, ACT! has a heritage of delivering high-quality, reliable, and easy-to-use products that assist sales people and business professionals better manage and build relationships.
ACT! provides fully integrated calendar, contact, and communications functionality, as well as sales tools and reporting capabilities to enable users to quickly and efficiently grow their business relationships and sell more. ACT! integrates with Microsoft Outlook, Palm OS handhelds and paper-based systems.
ACT! is a registered trademark, exclusively controlled by Sage Technologies Limited. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About the MYOB Group
Founded in 1991, the MYOB Group is a leading provider of business management software and services for small and medium sized enterprises around the world. The MYOB Group has operations in Australia, New Zealand, the US, UK, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The Group develops and publishes award-winning software solutions that have revolutionised the way growing businesses view accounting and business management software. The Group also provides systems and services targeted to the needs of accountants in public practice. Through its subsidiary Recall Design Pty Ltd, the MYOB Group also undertakes specialist online application development.
The MYOB Group is owned by MYOB Limited, an Australian public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX symbol ?MYO?).
www.myob.com.au