Sage North America recently announced the
availability of Sage 50 Accounting Hosting

Sage 50 Accounting Hosting – The Sage 2013 product line, part of the broad portfolio of Sage business management solutions serving small to medium sized businesses worldwide has been updated.

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Formerly Sage Peachtree, a perennial favorite of small businesses and accountants, Sage 50 Accounting 2013 marks a new branding identity as well as a fresh approach to small business accounting, one where guidance, intelligence and trusted service and support are built-in with a comprehensive set of business management tools.

See also – Cloud9 Now Authorized by Sage

“Sage 50 is now one of the entry points into the Sage portfolio of business management solutions that support long-term business needs, including Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500 and Sage ERP X3 cloud hosting solutions as well as a host of complementary connected services,” notes Cloud9 president Robert J. Chandler. “As an authorized Sage 50 Commercial Host, Cloud9 Real Time supports the full Sage 50 portfolio.”

“Every small business is different, with unique challenges and goals. What they have in common is the need to streamline business processes, understand their data and get answers when they need them,” said Connie Certusi executive vice president and general manager, small business accounting solutions, Sage North America.

Sage 50 Accounting Hosting, from Cloud9 an Authorized Sage Partner – U.S. Edition delivers the trusted business management tools, support, and guidance that small businesses need to realize their unique business vision, whether it is growth, profitability or stability.

Sage 50 Accounting hosting from Cloud9 delivers many benefits to help small businesses maximize their investment and stay on track, including multi-faceted support.

Enhanced payments integration including mobile Using built-in integration with the new administrative portal for the Sage Exchange payments platform, Sage 50 customers can now accept mobile payments from smartphones or tablets anywhere and anytime. After accepting a payment, the data flows seamlessly into Sage 50 to eliminate data entry, save time and reduce potential errors.

Sage Exchange also now integrates web-based virtual terminals, and even physical point-of-sale (POS) terminals for store-front businesses, to help businesses get paid right away and eliminate the need to manually reconcile payments. With Sage 50 and Sage Exchange, no IT resources are required to gain the full benefit of integrated payments and businesses can feel secure when managing their payment devices and apps in the Sage Exchange Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant environment.

A sharper focus and access to business information through Sage 50 Business Intelligence A robust reporting solution that uses real-time data pulled directly from Sage 50 to give small business owners easy access and insight to their business information. Sage 50 Business Intelligence uses the familiar Microsoft(R) Excel(R) interface with built-in templates for inventory, sales, purchasing and financial reporting to get up and running quickly and users can also design their own reports. Sage 50 Business Intelligence allows customers to save reports for future use, sparing them time and effort.

Relevant advice and guidance through Sage Advisor Sage Advisor helps small businesses maximize the features in Sage 50 Accounting Hosting by recognizing usage patterns and intuitively offering brief, personalized “show me how” demos and guided tips and tricks. This empowers users to discover new methods and features to simplify processes, improving their business efficiencies.

Also available in the Sage 50 Accounting Hosting 2013 line are industry-specific versions for manufacturers, distributors, nonprofit organizations, construction businesses and accountants, as well as Sage 50 Quantum Accounting 2013 for businesses with more advanced needs.