BusinessWare Technologies released AvailSuite Personal software to support home-based businesses, one-person companies and start-ups.
Austin , TX . - 30 Apr. 2007 - Home-based companies and start-ups need to be organized and look professional even taking the first steps toward business success. Those companies can get powerful but affordable business management software and an easy upgrade path.
BusinessWare Technologies has recently completed a significant upgrade to its AvailSuite line of field service software, with comprehensive tax reports, an improved user interface, and QuickBooks synchronization.
The company also split AvailSuite into two versions: Standard and Personal. The Standard version is appropriate for companies with 5-50 employees because of its networking capabilities. It organizes customer information, manages products and/or services, schedules and dispatches staff, helps to keep expenses under control, handles invoicing, synchronizes data with QuickBooks, and much more. The Personal version is available for micro businesses or one-person companies. It has most features of the Standard version, but allows working with a limited number of employees. Pricing for Standard is $299 for a single-user license; pricing for Personal is $69.99.
Standard and Personal version are built on the same code base, allowing for instant upgrading or quick migration between them. Growing businesses could stay with the same program and avoid data migrations and retraining of staff.
"Since small business solutions propose overly complex workflows, and unnecessary features, startups and home-based businesses often try to save time and money and use very simple software for managing their companies," said Oleg Kokorin, CEO of BusinessWare Technologies, Inc. "But a tiny business should strive to become a large one and look professional even taking the first steps."
Main features in AvailSuite latest release:
Customer management module automates day-to-day tasks from the first contact to after-sales service.
Scheduling multiple jobs and/or appointments and setting up reminders.
Recurring Task Wizard assists with scheduling recurring appointments using very flexible recurrence pattern, like "every 3rd Friday each month", or "on Monday and Thursday every 2nd week".
Receivables and payables control. Complete billing module automates invoice management and allows tracking payments and checking unpaid invoices.
Customizable invoices and orders to help companies have a more professional image.
Inventory control to track and manage inventory.
Analytics and Reporting to gain insight into the key information needed to control a business.
Help & Support Options
A new software product requires some time for learning even how to start working with it. AvailSuite quick start wizard provides excellent assistance during the process of setting up company information, adding employees and customers, creating orders and invoices, entering payments, and running reports. A user can choose the "Show me" tutorial movie or the "Do it for me" option. The quick start wizard could be accessed at any time by clicking on the "Quick Start" button in the main menu. This built-in assistance feature and traditional Help (press F1 button to access) are very useful. Free unlimited email support is provided for both Personal and Standard versions.
Expandability
If a company outgrows AvailSuite Personal, moving up to the Standard version requires little effort. So whether or not your company will stay small, AvailSuite Personal is the best way to start. No other business management software fits so well with micro businesses and startups.
System requirements
Operating system: Windows XP, 2000, 2003, or Vista
Web-browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later
Hardware: 166 MHz Intel Pentium or compatible CPU memory:
* Windows XP and 2003: 128 Mb of RAM
* Windows 2000: 64Mb of RAM
Hard drive space: 150 Mb
About AvailSuite Personal
AvailSuite is a business management software solution designed specifically for the field service industry. It controls the entire job cycle from estimating, scheduling, dispatching and work orders to robust customer relationship management, inventory control, employee job performance tracking, reporting, and financial management. Priced at $69.99 per license, AvailSuite Personal is available for download at http://availsuite.com/personal/download
About BusinessWare Technologies, Inc.
BusinessWare Technologies develop and market AvailSuite, small business management software for the field service industry.
BusinessWare Technologies, Inc. has announced the availability of AvailSuite data conversion service
As a part of the strategy to make it easier for its customers to migrate to AvailSuite from either in-house solutions or competitive products, BusinessWare Technologies has announced free data conversion service.
"Migration service is a lifeline for field service companies who feel that they have been trapped by their legacy business software," said Oleg Kokorin, president of BusinessWare Technologies. "We have received many inquiries about how to convert a large amount of business data to AvailSuite, which has more upgrades and growth opportunities than alternative solutions. Since we have got an extensive experience in this type of conversion, we can offer this service for free, while our competitors provide it at prices varying based on project complexity. These prices can be prohibitive to small businesses".
AvailSuite migration specialists can convert data from:
custom coded in-house solutions
MicroByte pest control software
Camelot
TAC
ServMax
Compu-Pest and Compu-Term
BugPack
...and many other business software.
AvailSuite continues to grow in popularity. Business types using AvailSuite are Maid Services, HVAC Companies, Window Cleaners, Woodworkers, Lawn Care Services, Carpet Cleaning Services, Computer Service Companies, Pest Control Companies, Repair Services, as well as many other service businesses
Main features in AvailSuite latest release:
Customer management. From the first contact to after-sales service, AvailSuite automates day-to-day tasks for sales and customer service.
Scheduling that allows you to manage all aspects of a service request, from logging and dispatching to tracking and follow-up.
Invoices and payments. Complete billing module automates invoice management and allows to track payments.
Financial management module allows to manage and track expenses, account receivables and payables. It includes advanced reporting tool.
Inventory management can help you to track and manage inventory in one location or multiple warehouses.
AvailSuite Pest Control edition has specific reports required by many states including the chemical usage report, WDI, and NPMA-33.
Recent important additions include:
Data import from QuickBooks,
Referrals tracking and reporting,
Support for multiple warehouses,
Google Maps integration,
Microsoft Windows Vista compatibility.
Free data migration service is a time-limited offer. For more information and terms of service please visit http://www.availsuite.com/migration/
About AvailSuite
AvailSuite is a business management software solution designed specifically for the field service industry. It controls the entire job cycle from estimating, scheduling, dispatching and work orders to robust customer relationship management, inventory control, employee job performance tracking, reporting, and financial management. Priced at $299 per license, AvailSuite is available for download at http://availsuite.com/download.
System requirements
AvailSuite runs on Windows XP, 2000, 2003 and Windows Vista. Free database engine Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Edition can be replaced with SQL Server to meet the needs of growing companies.
PR Contact
For additional information, please visit www.availsute.com or contact Margarita Ustinova at media@AvailSuite.com
October 5, 2006
Microsoft Announces New Small Business Specialist in Austin, TX
New designation distinguishes BusinessWare Technologies, Inc. as an expert in small-business solutions and services.
Austin, TX — 5 Oct. 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced BusinessWare Technologies, Inc. has become a Small Business Specialist in the Austin , TX . To attain this new designation, BusinessWare Technologies has demonstrated expertise in planning and building solutions for small businesses. As part of the Small Business Specialist Community, BusinessWare Technologies will receive a rich set of benefits from Microsoft, including access to trainings specifically designed for the small-business industry.
The Small Business Specialist Community, available as a competency-like designation as part of the Microsoft ® Partner Program, was developed in response to input from customers and partners that expressed a need to build easier connections that enable small-business customers to quickly and easily identify technology partners best suited to support them.
“Small businesses are looking for partner companies that understand their unique business needs,” said Steve Guggenheimer, vice president of small business for the Small and Midmarket Solutions & Partner Group at Microsoft. “With resources like the Small Business Specialist Community and the partner locator tool on the Microsoft Small Business Center Web site, it will be much easier for small businesses to identify local partners that are best able to address their specific needs. We are confident this offering will help BusinessWare Technologies reach its full potential by creating more visibility, opportunity and demand in the local small-business segment.”
“Our company is extremely pleased with our status as a new Small Business Specialist,” said Oleg Kokorin, CEO at BusinessWare Technologies. “This special designation allows us to effectively promote ourselves to customers as having proven expertise in delivering high-value, strategic solutions for small businesses. Small Business Specialist status provides BusinessWare Technologies with early line of sight to new products, services and programs from Microsoft, which can extend the value we bring to our client relationships.”
As one of the requirements for attaining Small Business Specialist status, BusinessWare Technologies had to pass Microsoft's Small Business Sales and Marketing Skills Assessment, designed to test the company's knowledge of the dynamics and dependencies of the small-business market, as well as the value to small business of several software solutions, including Windows ® XP Professional, Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows Small Business Server 2003. In addition, at least one individual in the company had to pass a certification exam that measures the ability to design and implement solutions for the small and medium-sized business by using Windows Small Business Server 2003 and the Windows Server System™.
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April 6, 2006
AvailSuite 2.0: Software to manage your small business.
BusinessWare Technologies Inc has released AvailSuite 2.0 , a new version of its small business management software with features specifically meeting the complex needs of small service companies.
AvailSuite 2.0 enables automation of all every day tasks a small business faces: customer management, order entry, job scheduling and routing, time tracking, billing, managing inventory, purchases and receivables.
Designed to be used by service companies, like computer service consultants, equipment installation and repair shops, lawn care services, and the likes, AvailSuite 2.0 delivers something that has never been accessible to the small business world before - simple CRM & ERP system, affordable even to the smallest companies. This segment of small- and micro-companies has always been underserved by major software developers.
Flexibility and Ease of Use
AvailSuite 2.0 meets the demands of service professionals who don't have time to learn complex computer systems and who need to be flexible every day to stay competitive in their fast-paced business. Unlike other business management software, AvailSuite does not enforce users to do things in a specific order, enter mandatory fields on every form (there are no mandatory fields), or follow any rigid procedure. Any piece of data can be saved as a draft and picked up for completion later. Despite exceptional ease of use, AvailSuite 2.0 provides extensive security control over sensitive functions and confidential information.
Because of its simplicity, AvailSuite can be used by the people who have never worked with business management software before. However, the majority of new customers are the users of legacy business management applications. BusinessWare Technologies Inc provides migration and customization services to these customers.
What's new in AvailSuite 2.0: this recently released application is a major upgrade over previous version. The most important additions are:
AvailSuite 2.0 is built using the latest technology and is adaptable to serve the specific needs of a wide variety of service companies with 1-100+ employees. AvailSuite uses free database engine Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Edition, which can be replaced with SQL Server for bigger organizations. AvailSuite 2.0 runs on Windows XP, 2000 and 2003. It will also seamlessly run on Windows Vista, since it is based on .NET framework.
Pricing and Availability:
The 30-day trial version with full set of features: http://www.availsuite.com/files/AvailSuiteSetup.exe. AvailSuite is priced at $299 (USD) per license. This includes one year worth of free upgrades. Volume discounts are available. Free technical support is provided by e-mail support@AvailSuite.com.
Publisher & Editorial Information:
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