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• Yankee Group Releases Market Share for SMB Accounting Applications; Intuit, Best Software and Microsoft emerge as leaders in several segments

  - 2005-05-17

  BOSTON -- Yankee Group today revealed that the market for accounting software among SMBs is dominated by Intuit, Microsoft and Best Software. In the 2 to 19 employee market, Inuit's range of products control 68.3% of the US market. In the 20 to 99 range, Best Software and Intuit both...

  Tags: Best Software, Intuit Inc., leader, Microsoft Corp., small and medium business, The Yankee Group

• ERP vendors scramble to sign up midmarket VARs.(MIDSIZE ENTERPRISE MARKET)

  - 2005-05-01

  The shakeup in the ERP midmarket is causing a ripple effect among value-added resellers, or VARs. This means ERP vendors are putting more attention on recruiting and retaining VARs, which analysts say should benefit end users by making VARs more ef The shakeup in...

  Tags: Best Software, ERP, ERP vendor, manufacturing, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., small and medium business, value-added reseller

• Act system gets Microsoft-centric facelift for the corporate IT arena. (Contact Management)].

  - 2004-11-01

  Best Software has released a new version of ACT, its popular single-user contact management program, to support small teams and workgroups. The upgrade has a new architecture built around the Microsoft SQL Server database, using Microsoft .NET tech Best Software has released a new...

  Tags: Best Software, contact management, information technology, Microsoft Corp., team

• Stick to the middle way: mid-range software offers high-end features.

  - 2003-12-01

  Despite slowdowns for most other business applications, the market for so-called mid-range accounting software is one place where sales are still running strong. There are two major reasons. The first is simply growth. Many businesses start with a lower-end accounting application, but as they grow and more employees...

  Tags: accounting, Associated Press, Best Software, FINANCE, Gold, Microsoft Corp., reseller, software

• Best Software Leverages Microsoft's SQL Server 7.0 OLAP Services to Create Integrated Platform for Analytic Applications

  - 1999-10-05

  RESTON, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 5, 1999--

  Tags: analytic application, Best Software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server

• Best Software Teams with Microsoft to Provide a More Flexible Human Resource Solution at a Lower Total Cost of Ownership

  - 1998-11-04

  RESTON, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 4, 1998--

  Tags: Best Software, Human Resources, Microsoft Corp., TCO, team