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QuickBooks Pro 2008 and QuickBooks Premier 2008
Apr 28th
All the features of QuickBooks Pro 2008 & QuickBook Premier 2008 with advanced tools and customization options to help boost efficiency and improve organization:
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Don’t know which QuickBooks version you need? Have a look at our comparison page
Contact Tami on sales@halocom.co.za or 0861 105 936 for a free quotation and more information. We deliver nationwide!
Pastel Payroll & Pastel Evolution Payroll Specials
Apr 8th
Pastel Evolution Payroll Version 6.00.47 – New Maintenance Release
Pastel Evolution Payroll Version 6.00.47 will be released during the course of this week and will be available for download shortly. Important enhancements to Version 6.00.47 include the new SARS reporting codes for “Tax Deductible Donations” and “Retirement Lump Sum Payments” paid out after 1 March 2009.
Pastel Payroll 2010 Update 1a
Pastel Payroll 2010 Update 1a has been released and is available for download . This new update includes the new tax certificate reporting codes introduced by SARS for the 2009/2010 tax year for “Allowable Donations” and “Retirement Fund Lumps Sums” paid out after 1 March 2009. In addition, the new annual earnings limit for OID contributions of R239,172 has been updated for the 2009/2010 tax year.
Software Module Sales Specials!
Salary Structuring Module (Pastel Partner Payroll). Normally R1,899.00 incl. VAT; Now only R1,709.10 incl. VAT
SPECIAL OFFER: Purchase your Salary Structuring Module before 30 April and receive a 10% DISCOUNT* off the retail price of this module.
People Manager Module (Pastel Evolution Payroll). Normally R3,990.00 incl. VAT; Now only R3,591.00 incl. VAT
SPECIAL OFFER: Purchase your People Manager Module before 30 April and receive a 10% DISCOUNT* off the retail price of this module.
If you wish to have a Pastel Payroll or Pastel Partner quotation sent to you please email etienne@halocom.co.za.
Pastel Partner Training and Pastel Payroll Training
Mar 13th
Halo Communications offer on-site and classroom training for Pastel Partner 2009 (including older versions) and Pastel Payroll. Our trainers focus on what you need to understand as essential skills to complete accounting & payroll tasks.
We have the following Pastel Partner courses as ‘packaged’ items:
- Basic Admin
- Getting the best out of Pastel Partner (More detailed bookkeeping)
- Advanced Training (taylored to your requirements covering: financial year end, reporting etc)
We have the following Pastel Payroll courses to get you going:
- Basic Payroll Admin
- Advanced Training (taylored to your requirements covering: financial year end, reporting etc)
Halo Communications also provides on site installation of all Pastel Partner, Pastel Xpress, Pastel Evolution Payroll, Pastel Evolution Fixed Assets and Pastel Partner Payroll. Contact us for a free detailed quotation to meet you businesses requirements.
Softline Pastel Partner Payroll & Pastel Evolution Payroll
Dec 2nd
Softline Pastel Partner Payroll
Halo Communications now supports & installs Pastel Partner Payroll and Pastel Evolution Payroll to clients needing easy, accurate and secure payroll software processing with all the features you need.
This payroll product is available as a stand-alone, single-user version for the smaller company or is scalable up to 10-users for a larger company and can accommodate an unlimited number of employees in varying employee brackets and can grow with your company.
It caters for the full spectrum of requirements, from pre-defined, standard sets of transactions for less complicated payrolls, to more powerful and customisable features and functions for payrolls with more sophisticated requirements.
Softline Pastel Evolution Payroll
Pastel Evolution Payroll is suited for large businesses with multiple users and an advanced operating environment!
These additional features significantly enhance the management and level of information derived from the application, whilst delivering increased usability of the software.
Pastel Evolution Payroll’s enhanced functionality and powerful MS-SQL database will ensure that processing your payroll takes on a new dimension. Pastel Evolution Payroll offers full integration into the Pastel Evolution Accounting suite ensuring that data can be allocated to a job directly from the payroll module.
Pastel Accounting v7 upgrade offer
Oct 29th
End of Life for Pastel Accounting 7:
Due to the ever-changing nature of the software and hardware environment, it is typical for providers not to support historical software versions. Resources do not allow for outdated packages to be supported, and Softline will therefore discontinue support for Pastel Accounting Version 7 with effect from 31 December 2008.
If you’re still using Pastel Accounting Version 7, now is the time to upgrade. Pastel Accounting 2009 is about to be released, and there’s never been a better time to be on the latest version of Pastel.
Why it is critical for you to upgrade your software?
Older versions of software are no longer tested on current operating systems, which can lead to complications with your software, and at worst, the loss of critical business information.
What’s new in Pastel Accounting 2009…
Pastel Accounting 2009 offers you greater security, flexibility, efficiency and control. Click here to read more about the new features and functionality of Pastel Accounting 2009.
Upgrade now for 30% off!
We’re giving you an additional incentive to upgrade. If you purchase Pastel Accounting 2009 before 15th December 2008, you will pay a preferential upgrade fee of 30% less than the normal price.
Pastel 2009 is released!
Aug 27th
Exclusive Discount: Pastel Cover clients will recieve a 20% discount when purchasing Pastel Payroll within 2 months of registering their Pastel Accounting Software! Contact Etienne on 0861 105 936 or here:
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We take great pleasure in introducing you to Pastel Accounting 2009 which offers greater security, flexibility, efficiency and control.
What is particularly gratifying to us as developers is that this is very much your new software version because, while we monitor trends, one of our most important sources of ideas for new product development is customer and channel feedback.
Pastel Bank Manager – NEW (Add-on module for Xpress and Partner)
One of the most exciting new modules in the 2009 software version, Pastel Bank Manager lets you download your bank statement into Pastel, and the system will then automatically update your books. It works with all major SA banks and maps the correct ledger accounts in your customers’ books, automating a necessary task.
User Groups and User Access – NEW (Feature in Xpress and Partner)
Your customers can now improve security and prevent fraud in their businesses by restricting access to sensitive information, by user. Users can be categorised into groups, with certain access capabilities, but with the option to further personalise a particular user’s rights.
System Audit Trail – NEW (Feature in Xpress and Partner)
The System Audit Trail tightens the security of the overall system by tracking the date, time and user who makes any system set-up changes, such as allowing inventory quantities to fall below zero and renumbering customer or inventory codes. This feature promotes accountability, minimises mistakes and deters users from fraudulent behaviour.
Transaction Audit Trail – NEW (Feature in Xpress and Partner)
The Transaction Audit Trail provides a chronological sequence of transactions to help with data interrogation. This includes those “behind the scenes” postings and transactions and will simplify investigations into anomalies or queries.
Pastel Cash Manager – NEW (Add-on module for Partner)
Pastel Cash Manager is a debtor’s management system that is suitable for any business, in any industry, which seeks to optimise the debtor’s collection process. It generates automatic chase lists for follow up and eliminates the need for scribbled notes on the age analysis. It also provides instant reconciliations of invoices outstanding per ageing category per debtor; calculates actual days outstanding per invoice; monitors payment history and tracks all calls made to debtors and promises made.
Gross Profit Reports: Average Cost or Last Cost – ENHANCED (Feature in Xpress and Partner)
All reports displaying Gross Profit, such as Sales by Item or Sales by Customer, now have the option to use either average cost or last cost. This is very useful if your customers’ costs vary considerably.
Point of Sale – ENHANCED (Add-on module for Xpress and Partner)
Security in this module has been improved. For example, rights can be assigned to specific fields, determining which fields a user can change and, as a double protection, allow a particular user the right to change a field, but only if a supervisor password is entered.
Receipting – ENHANCED (Add-on module for Partner)
Receipt money against multiple customers, suppliers, or GL accounts, saving considerable time. For example, a school can now include school fees, books and school trips, all on a single receipt.
Online back-up integration – NEW (Feature in Xpress and Partner)
Tighter integration into Pastel IronTree’s online back-up solution means your customers can register for and launch online back-ups from within the new version of Pastel Accounting 2009.
Looks do count – NEW
Pastel Accounting 2009 has had a mini face-lift. We’ve added some fresh new graphics and icons, which will enhance the user experience and make navigation even simpler than before.
So, with all of these new features and enhanced functionality, there’s never been a better time to upgrade to the latest version of Pastel Accounting software. Once again, we’re taking you and your customers beyond accounting.
Avoid data loss & expensive data recovery
Jan 14th
More and more clients are calling on us to assist them with data recovery due to hard drive failure, server crashes, USB memory sticks that get drowned etc. The recovery of their data is expensive due to the lost time both in waiting for the data and having the data recovered let alone the fact that at times full data recovery is not possible – very scary scenario.
Things we know:
- eletronic hardware will fail – it’s just the when we are not sure of.
- Notebooks/PCs/Servers can be stolen / lost or have accidental damage.
- The data or information on these devices are more valuable than equipment it’s stored on
Things we can do:
- have a data recovery plan in place even if it’s a 1 page document stating the obvious – (eg Backup, backup, backup!)
- Backup, backup, backup!
- Have an off-site copy of your data – stored at home, away from the office or using services such as our online back service.
- Use optical media for archiving purposes – once you’ve done your year end and need to store the data else where, back up to your hard drive, make a couple copies to DVD/CD and keep the data in fire proof safe.
- If data recovery is required do a little research into the company that will recovery the data; ask questions about turn arround times, how will they get the data back to you, what is that companies recovery rate in % etc. We use Intratec Data Recovery due to their high rate of recoveries and good service.
Internet bankers beware!
Oct 8th
Crime syndicates target SA (Independant Newspapers: http://www.tios.co.za/?fArticleId=4066399) October 06, 2007 Edition 1Babington MaravanyikA
SOUTH African e-mail users are coming under unprecedented attack by organised crime syndicates masquerading as banks, in an attempt to trick them into divulging their confidential banking details.
And the bad news is that there isn’t much the police can do to arrest the fraudsters since they open their websites, using fake identities, often through overseas-based internet service providers.
The con artists have developed new technology that has enabled their “phishing” e-mails to evade sophisticated anti-spam software, said an executive of a leading anti-virus software company.
The crime syndicates, which are mostly based overseas, are sending millions of phishing e-mails to South Africa, according to Justin Stanford, the chief executive officer of Eset Southern Africa, which markets the NOD32 antivirus system. The number of phishing e-mails aimed at South Africans and evading all sophisticated filters had increased dramatically over the past few weeks.
The mails, purporting to be from most of South Africa’s major banks, generally had very good copies of the banks’ actual websites and included genuine phone, fax and e-mail details.
While some of the phishing syndicates were based in South Africa, most operated from countries like the Philippines, Russia, Indonesia and the US, and are posing a major challenge to anti-virus and anti-spam software developers.
“…they (the syndicates) always try hard to come up with new technology to beat existing anti-virus software,” Stanford said.
He said phishing messages did not contain malicious software (viruses) in themselves, as their sole purpose was to defraud by illicitly obtaining PIN numbers and passwords.
Read the full article here: http://www.tios.co.za/?fArticleId=4066399
