Updated QuickBooks helps businesses get Googled 
New version of accounting software for small businesses has also been designed to increase efficiency.

Right in the Midmarket Middle 
Not to big, not to small. That’s what CRM vendors should be thinking over the coming years, according to a new study by AMI-Partners.

ATG Will Acquire eStara 
ATG disclosed on Tuesday that it intends to acquire eStara, a provider of VoIP-enabled click to call, click to chat, and call tracking offerings, in a stock-and-cash transaction valued at up to about $48.3 million.

Podcasts of The New Internet Radio Show — Small Business Trends Radio — Are Now Available on WSRadio 
Podcasts of the new Internet radio show — Small Business Trends Radio (http://ww.smbtrendwire.com) — are now available on WSRadio (http://www.wsradio.com/podcasts/talk-radio-podcasts.cfm). (PRWEB Sep 23, 2006)

Sage Software to Present Donor Retention Panels at AHP’s 40th Annual International Educational Conference 
Sage Software today announced that HeatherBurton, product marketing manager for its Nonprofit Solutions, willfacilitate two panels on donor retention techniques at the Association forHealthcare Philanthropy’s (AHP) 40th Annual International EducationalConference, to be held September 27-October 1 at the Orlando World CenterMarriott Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

Teachers Utilize Their Expertise in Education to Start Tutor Referral Business 
From pre-school to pre- calculus, working teachers are in high demand to utilize their educational skills, and instructional techniques to tutor children. With academic tutoring costs expected to reach over $4 billion nationwide this year, and the predicted growth of 12 to 15 percent a year, now is the time for teachers and others to consider starting their own home-based tutor referral business.

Microsoft Releases Free Accounting Software - FOX News
Microsoft Releases Free Accounting SoftwareFOX News - Sep 8, 2006In an effort to capitalize on the growing number of eBay businesses, Microsoft began offering a new version of its small-business accounting software on Tuesday …

KH finances OK; accounting wasn't - Bradford County Telegraph
KH finances OK; accounting wasn'tBradford County Telegraph, FL - 2 hours ago… First, the city had also replaced an outmoded accounting software system, but, in another cost-saving measure, the council failed to purchase all the system's …

Village moves to update accounting - Albany Times Union
Village moves to update accountingAlbany Times Union, NY - Sep 28, 2006… and village Treasurer Christopher Hickey interviewed four vendors and selected Edmunds and Associates, a New Jersey-based government accounting-software firm. …

Sage Software Partners With The Knowledge Bureau to Give Small Business Owners and Bookkeepers the Fast Track on Basic (SYS-CON Media)
Sage Software and The KnowledgeBureau today announced a strategic educational partnership to deliver a newseries of certified bookkeeping courses that feature Simply Accounting bySage. Basic Bookkeeping for Professionals, the first of six courses in theCertified Bookkeeper Specialist program, is designed especially forpractitioners in bookkeeping, tax, and financial services and for smallbusiness

Google & Intuit Alliance = Small Businesses Using Google
Search Engine Journal - Sep 14, 2006Yup, I believe it is Intuit. Intuit has huge market share, in terms of small businesses using their accounting software. Many of …

Penta Demand
Milwaukee Small Business Times, WI - Sep 1, 2006… The firm s flagship product, Penta, was released to the market in the mid-1990s as a financial and accounting software application for North American …

Andover has yet to fully implement accounting software
Journal Inquirer, CT - Sep 16, 2006By Lee Sawyer, Journal Inquirer. ANDOVER - The town’s computerized Phoenix accounting system is still on life-support, with a major …

Nasstar plc wins outsourcing contract with Corvus Capital Inc
SourceWire (press release), UK - Sep 26, 2006… internet connectivity, networks at Corvus offices, web hosting and hosted applications including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Office and accounting software …

Does Wal-Mart Own Your Politicians? 

Entrepreneurs want to spend time attracting clients 
High tech tools such as Wi-Fi laptops, keychain hard drives, and email-linked cell phones may be keeping Canadian small businesses wired into their working world, but when it comes to managing time and productivity, 58% of small business owners still rely on the humble to-do list.

HISTORY and HERITAGE BRIEFS 
September 27, 2006 Peruvian cooking will be the subject of an upcoming Sabores del Valle workshop at the Brownsville Heritage Complex.

Knova Software Gets Personal 
Knova Software has made generally available the latest version of its search and knowledge management suite Knova 7, its second generally available product since Kanisa and ServiceWare Technologies joined forces to create Knova in February 2005. Much of the upgrade centers on personalization and user segmentation, and self-learning and knowledge management.

H.P. Spy Case Spotlights a Technology News Site 
CNet?s News.com site often breaks major technology stories and has been described as the home page for Silicon Valley.

Updated QuickBooks helps businesses get Googled 
New version of accounting software for small businesses has also been designed to increase efficiency.

Google, Intuit Team Up Against Microsoft 
Google just upped the ante in its desktop challenge to Microsoft. The Web search leader hammered out a deal to include various Google tools in a new version of Intuit’s QuickBooks small business accounting software. The partnership represents one of Google’s most aggressive moves into PC desktop software, the market dominated by Microsoft.

Google, Intuit Pair Up Against Microsoft
BizReport.com - Google, Intuit Pair Up Against Microsoft Google has made a deal with Intuit to include the Web-search leader’s tools in Intuit’s new QuickBooks accounting software. The search-engine company is now in the desktop challenge against Microsoft. by Jacob

BUSINESS IN BRIEF
Maui News - The county announcement said volunteers are needed with experience in all areas of business, including marketing, budgeting, strategic planning, cash-flow analysis and accounting software. Volunteers should be available for two to three hours a week.

Will Microsoft’s Spin-off Pack a Wallop?
BusinessWeek - Find out more Accounting Software Training & Support MAS 90 500 Provider of accounting software support, training and report writing services for Sage MAS 90, MAS 200 and MAS 500 software. Refurbished and Used Networking Equipment Network

CinemaNow’s Internet Cliff-Hanger
BusinessWeek - Customizable client-and-server software allows you to offer a secure and automated online data backup service to your clients. Accounting Software & CRM Software Consulting NJNY Shelko Consulting are software consultants that will design, implement

Business calendar
Nashville Tennessean - Tickets are $65 individual, and $650 for table of 10. Preregister by Friday, Sept. 15 . 743-3102 or info@nashvillechamber.com . www.nashvillechamber.com . ” QuickBooks-Getting Started ” accounting software course for small-business owners or new users, 8

Google-Intuit Deal Should Bring Many Small Businesses Into the Google Family 
Brian Bolan, research analyst at Jackson Securities, released a note to clients regarding the recently announced Google and Intuit alliance. His note follows: Google and Intuit announced a partnership Wednesday that brings together the online search leader and the small business accounting software leader.

ATG Will Acquire eStara 
ATG disclosed on Tuesday that it intends to acquire eStara, a provider of VoIP-enabled click to call, click to chat, and call tracking offerings, in a stock-and-cash transaction valued at up to about $48.3 million.