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Spring Promotions for Sage MAS 90 and 200

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Sage MAS 90 and 200 Existing Customer Promotions

New! Reinstatement relief on the lapsed fees with an off-plan reinstatement in Q3

Qualifying reinstatements are for users who have been off plan for at least six-months. All eligibility is subject to approval.

New! ACT! Customers: Save 25% on migration to the Sage MAS 90 and 200 Extended Enterprise Suite

Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers who are using the ACT! solution can trade it in and save 25% on migration to Extended Enterprise Suite.

*Proof of purchase is required. This offer does not apply to Sage maintenance or support fees and cannot be combined with any other product offer. To take advantage of this offer, customers must have a current Sage Maintenance Plan. The customer must have owned their Sage ERP system and ACT! for at least six months. All eligibility is subject to approval.

New! Distribution Customers: Save 20% with the purchase of two or more distribution solutions

Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers can complete their distribution solution and save 20% when they purchase two or more eligible solutions.

*Eligible solutions include the following: Bar Code, Credit Card Processing, Inventory Management, Purchase Order, Return Merchandise Authorization, Sales Order, Sage SalesTax, and StarShip . This offer does not apply to Sage maintenance or support fees and cannot be combined with any other product offer. To take advantage of this offer, customers must have a current Sage Maintenance Plan. All eligibility is subject to approval.

New! Extended Solutions Customers: Save 50% off the product with the purchase of a version 4.3 extended solution scheduled to be included into version 4.4

Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers who may need a retained extended solution for version 4.3 can save 50% on those scheduled to be included in the 4.4 product updates.

*Refer to the Extended Solutions Partner FAQ for a comprehensive list of the 27-extended solutions that are scheduled to be included into version 4 .4 . Standard maintenance charges will apply for any retained extended solution scheduled to be incorporated from September 2010 forward. Call your customer account manager for more information. To take advantage of this offer, customers must have a current Sage Maintenance Plan. All eligibility is subject to approval.

Extended! All Customers: Get a free Credit Card Processing module ($1,100 value) with enrollment in Sage Payment Solutions

In today’s economy, it is crucial for businesses to take measures to improve and promote healthy cash flow. Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers who enroll in Sage Payment Solutions will be eligible to have the cost of the Credit Card Processing module waived – a savings of $1,100!

* Valid proof of enrollment in Sage Payment Solutions is required. Regular maintenance applies. This offer does not apply to Sage maintenance or support fees and cannot be combined with any other product offer. To take advantage of this offer, customers must have a current Sage Maintenance Plan. All eligibility is subject to approval.

Extended! All Customers: Take advantage of 0% financing on migrations to Sage MAS 90 or 200 Extended Enterprise Suite

Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers can migrate to Sage MAS 90 or 200 Extended Enterprise Suite and receive 0% financing on the migration fees. Promotion applies to the product portion of the sale only and not to maintenance. Promotion cannot be combined with other promotions and applies only to non-discounted transactions of $7,500 or greater. To take advantage of this offer, customers must have a current Sage Maintenance Plan or their Plan can be renewed at the time of purchase.

Extended! EES Customers: Add additional CRM users to the Extended Enterprise Suite for $795 each. This provides a maximum savings of $1,455 each

Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers who migrate to Sage MAS 90 or 200 Extended Enterprise Suite can save on their purchase of new EES CRM users at just $795 each.

*Purchase of EES CRM users also requires the purchase of first year maintenance and support at $151 per user for BasicPlus or $199 for Gold. EES CRM user promo offer requires a minimum of five full-use Extended Enterprise Suite users, and cannot be combined with any other offers unless expressly stated. Call your customer account manager for user requirements on Sage MAS 90 and 200.

What are PCI-DSS requirements?

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on April 19, 2010
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Within 90 days, requirements established by the five major credit card networks will affect many businesses’ ability to accept credit cards. Referred to as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) they impose new requirements for merchants to follow, and may apply to your customers.

Sage has created a PCI-DSS Resource Center to help.

There is good news: Sage MAS 90 and 200 v4.30.0.18 and 4.40.0.1 are in the process of being certified as compliant with PA-DSS and Sage Payments Solutions is a Level 1 service credit card processing service provider that is in compliance with PCI-DSS.

Visit the PCI-DSS Resource Center now.

Sage is also hosting two webinars concerning credit card security:

Critical Compliance: Ensure Your Ability to Accept Credit Card Payments after July 1, 2010

The Power and Security of Sage MAS 90 and 200 ERP Credit Card Processing

Sales Tax Challenges and Audit Protection with Sage Sales Tax for MAS 90 and 200

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Automate every aspect of Sales Tax, from Nexus to Audit Protection!
Attend this informational webinar to discover how!

Sales Tax Challenges and Audit Protection
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT

This webinar will discuss:

  • Understanding sales and use tax
  • Tax Changes in 2009 and 2010
  • Nexus
  • Taxability of Transactions
  • Managing Exemptions
  • Audits Preparedness and Protection
  • Automating all aspects of Sales Tax


Why Sage Sales Tax?
- Seamless integration into MAS 90, MAS 200 and MAS 500 for over 5 years
- Reduce audit penalty risk – Over 2,000 Sales Tax Changes in 2009 and more on the way in 2010
- Automate sales tax calculation, product taxability, sales tax returns and liability remittance
- Real-time address validation for sales tax, shipping and invoicing
- Completely accurate sales tax rates and rules – GUARANTEED!!
-.Eliminate the use of tax codes and maintenance of tax schedules
- Set best practices in sales tax compliance, including exemptions
- Remove all sales tax related burdens with Sage Sales Tax

Benefits of using Sage Sales Tax:

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Accuracy: rates & rules that are always up-to-date

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Affordability: scalable for businesses of all sizes

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Speed: runs in the background of your ERP

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Setup: start calculating tax in just a few steps

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Filing: never fill out or remit a return again

Sage Sales Tax, powered by Avalara, is the Sage Software preferred sales tax solution and currently integrates into MAS 90 ERP, MAS 200 ERP, MAS 500 ERP, Accpac ERP, Pro ERP and Platinum for Windows. Learn more atwww.avalara.com.

Register today for an exclusive webinar highlighting the benefits of Sage Sales Tax!
Wednesday, April 21 at 11:00 AM Pacific

Windows 7 Compatibility for Sage MAS 90 and 200

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After a longer than comfortable wait for Sage, business partners and, of course, end-users, the compatibility statement for Windows 7 has been released by Sage.

With the installation of a downloadable Hot Fix, Windows 7 can be run with Sage MAS 90 and 200 version 4.30.0.18 (all service updates must be installed) and versions 4.40 and 4.40.0.1. All references to Windows 7 refer to Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions and both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are included.

It is suspected that your IT department feels this is long overdue.

Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 Windows Compatibility

941 Form Updates for 2010 Available

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on March 29, 2010
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Quoting Sage Support pages:

Quarterly 941 Printing has been updated for the 2010 IRS changes to the 941 Form. The changes are only applicable to the Report Format ‘Entire Form’ and ‘Worksheet’ since the changes are in the text of the 941 Form. Also the year has changed on the ‘Entire Form’. The IRS has not made any changes to the Schedule B for 2010.

NOTE: The “Pre-printed Form” format has been designed based on the downloaded 941.pdf from the IRS website. If you use the “Pre-printed Form” format the alignment may need to be adjusted or the form may need to be modified.

To download the file, log on to Sage Software Online and follow this link to the support pages.

MAS 90 and 200 Product Update 4.40.0.1

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Inline with the updated Product Roadmap, Sage has announced the first planned product update for version 4.4. Less committed to an actual release date than the version 4.4 shipment, Sage only says that the download will be available “soon.” The product update provides system enhancements in the form of incorporated Extended Solutions titles. There are four additional  product updates scheduled according to the Product Roadmap. Product Update 1 affects the following:
  • Accounts Receivable (similar to AR-1027) – Locate an Invoice using Customer Information
  • Accounts Receivable (similar to AR-1200) – Cash Receipts Entry
  • Account Receivable (similar to AR-1027) – Search for Invoices by Lot or Serial Number
  • Accounts Payable (NEW!) – Record Wire Transfers
  • Payroll (similar to PR-1018) – Set Up Automatic Earnings Codes for Each Employee
  • Sales Order (similar to SO-1096) – Enhanced Duplicate Purchase Order Visibility and Safeguards
  • Sales Order (similar to SO-1271) – Additional Purchase Controls
  • Sales Order (similar to SO-1035) – Expanded Options for Quick Print
  • Sales Order (NEW!) – Print Back Ordered Information on Picking Sheets
  • Sales Order (NEW!) – Avoid Duplicate Picking Sheet Printing
  • Job Cost (similar to JC-1046) – Define Allowed Job Statuses in Data Entry Tasks
  • Inventory Management (NEW!) – Search by Lot or Serial Number
  • NEW! Enhanced Credit Card Security
  • NEW! Enhanced Searching Ability in Data File Display and Maintenance

Click here for a summary of the included system enhancements.

Sage Releases Updated Roadmap

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on March 29, 2010
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In reading the initial Sage MAS 90 and 200 Roadmap, you may have noticed there were some details missing. In response to requests to provide a more complete picture of the near future, Sage has updated the Roadmap to include more details about the scheduled product updates which incorporate Sage Extended Solutions titles to build new features into the version 4.4 release. These titles, which were previously sold for additional licensing fees are being included as product updates as a benefit to maintaining your software subscription/maintenance plan. Sage reinforces that the Roadmap is a view of planning and progress and if plans change or are updated, the Roadmap will be updated accordingly.MAS_90_200_Roadmap_03_2010

Feedback for MAS 90 and 200

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on March 22, 2010
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Because I regularly participate in giving feedback to Sage and their development group, last week I received an invitation to the latest avenue for sharing thoughts and ideas to improve MAS 90 and 200. It has been said before that, along with the module install-base (the number of businesses using each module), this input has a great effect on the enhancements that are included with each version release and future plans included with the Road Map, Sage’s long-view for the products’ plans.

This website allows visitors to suggest ideas, vote up the popularity of ideas, leave commentary and discuss ideas. Content from Ideascope has been transferred but not everything made it so you are encouraged to re-post anything you think is valuable. Registration is free and requires only a valid email address.

MAS 90 and MAS 200 4.4 Supported Platform Matrices

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With the release of MAS 90 and MAS 200 version 4.4 Sage has published the new Supported Platform Matrices (SPM) for both MAS 90 and MAS 200. A departure from releases in the past, there are separate documents for version 4.4 and prior versions. While it may not affect a large number of users, another departure with the 4.4 SPM is the absence of support for Novell.

You can find the current SPM (including references to Windows 7 compatibility: 4.3 and 4.4 will be supported, earlier versions will not) by following these links:

MAS 90 version 4.4
MAS 200 version 4.4
MAS 90 versions 3.71-4.3
MAS 200 versions 3.71-4.3

Sage Updates Plans for FRx Replacement

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Since Sage’s notice as a response to Microsoft’s decision to discontinue development of FRx, there has been a great deal of speculation as to what the ultimate outcome would be. During a recent discussion in the MAS 90 and MAS 200 Users and Consultants, Erik Kaas (Director, Product Management at Sage Software) confirmed that Sage has “established an OEM Alchemexrelationship with a business intelligence (BI) vendor (Alchemex) that offers advanced financial reporting, operational reporting, and advanced OLAP analysis capabilities.” He went on to explain Sage MAS customers (I assume only those with current software/maintenance plans) will be licensed for one free user of Alchemex with the option of purchasing additional licenses. He also made a point to note Sage will work on keeping future releases of MAS 90 backwards compatible with FRx.

Jacqueline Li (Product Manager at Sage) clarified that it is Alchemex’s Smart Reporting Stack (with a similar drill-down function to FRx) that will be available  but the development plan includes  bringing Analytics and Web Reporting along for MAS 90 users. are under construction. Erika Jelovsek (Senior Product Manager, Sage) further clarified that the free license will be released later in the calendar year as a product update after the initial release of version 4.4.