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 2012 Review of CAM Commerce Retail STAR Lite

July 27, 2012 

2012 Review of CAM Commerce Retail STAR Lite

CAM Commerce — Retail STAR Lite800-726-3282www.camcommerce.com Best Fit: Retail Star is best suited for larger retailers that have very specific needs. Retail Star contains excellent customization capability and retail-industry specific applications. For single location retailers, they may wish to try Retail Ice, a comparable version of the software available for use in one location. Strengths...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

 2012 Review of Celerant Command Retail – Version 6.4

July 27, 2012 

2012 Review of Celerant Command Retail – Version 6.4

Celerant Technology Corp. — Celerant Command Retail – Version 6.4718-605-7733www.celerant.com   Best Fit: Small, large, or somewhere in between, retailers will surely appreciate Command Center’s long list of product features, all designed to make running a retail establishment a lot easier. That long list of features makes Command Retail particularly well-suited for larger retailers, or...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

 2012 Review of ECR Software Corp. Catapult 5.1.1

July 27, 2012 

2012 Review of ECR Software Corp. Catapult 5.1.1

ECR Software Corp. — Catapult 5.1.1800-211-1172www.ecrs.com Best Fit: Catapult is truly designed for a specific part of the retail industry, and with touch screen technology standard on all of its systems, it truly works with high-volume specialty retailers of any size. Strengths Touch screen monitor is standard Product contains unlimited customization capability Little training necessary...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

 2012 Review of CPASiteSolutions CompleteWebSuite

July 27, 2012 

2012 Review of CPASiteSolutions CompleteWebSuite

CPASiteSolutions — CompleteWebSuitewww.CPASiteSolutions.com Best Fit Firms that want a site from one the best template-based web builders along with comprehensive web marketing services, and firms that want to build a website quickly. CPASiteSolutions boasts that it only needs 15 minutes of a CPA’s time and that the dedicated webmaster often completes the site within 2...…

Dustin Wheeler

 Integrating Ecommerce and Shopping Carts with QuickBooks… How Hard Could it Be?

July 27, 2012 

Integrating Ecommerce and Shopping Carts with QuickBooks… How Hard Could it Be?

Is it too much for me to ask for a well-integrated shopping cart for our QuickBooks clients? I’m on a mission to find a well-integrated shopping cart solution for our QuickBooks clients. In The Sleeter Group’s blog (www.sleeter.com/blog/2012/01), Jim Savage, our ecommerce expert, recently posted about “Ecommerce, Shopping Carts and QuickBooks.” In that post, he discusses several...…

Doug Sleeter

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July 2, 2012 

Simplifying Online Document Management for Clients

Document management has come a long way over the past decade, at least for accounting firms. Although professionals often proudly wear their self-proclaimed skepticism of some technology, most firms are actually quite advanced, at least when comparing technology adoption to their small business clients. Unfortunately, in the new practice model and new economy, clients who...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Adagio Offers an Alternative to Off-the-Shelf Systems (2012)

June 28, 2012 

Adagio Offers an Alternative to Off-the-Shelf Systems (2012)

Adagio by Softrak Systems Inc.604-736-3741www.softrak.com Related article, from the July 2012 Review of On-Premise SMB Accounting Systems Adagio Accounting was launched in 1999 by Softrak, provider of Windows-based accounting solutions for small and medium businesses. The suite of accounting modules is designed for professional services and distribution companies and offers an extensive range of products...…

Ilene Eisen