Sage 300

Sage 300 ERP is the name for the mid market Sage ERP line of enterprise management and accounting applications (formerly Sage ERP Accpac), primarily serving small and medium-sized businesses. Sage 300 ERP is now produced by Sage following its acquisition in 2004.[1]

As part of an extensive product re-branding campaign in 2012, Sage renamed Accpac to Sage 300.

Features

Sage 300 ERP is a Windows based range of ERP software, available with a variety of database backends.[2] This can run under a Windows environment[3] and has an option of being hosted by Sage. Sage 300 ERP has the following modules/features:

It is multi-user, multi-currency and multi-language.[6] It is available in five languages: English, Spanish, French and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).

History

The original product, EasyBusiness Systems, was developed for the CP/M operating system[7] in 1976 by the Basic Software Group[8] and distributed by Information Unlimited Software. This was ported to MS-DOS and the IBM-PC in 1983.[8][9]

Computer Associates acquired Information Unlimited Software in 1983[10][11] and ran it as an independent business unit.[12][13] Easy Business Systems added payroll processing in 1984 and supported multiuser networking at this time.[14] In 1987, it implemented a multi-window interface to allow moving between different modules.[12] Easy Business Systems was renamed Accpac Plus in 1987 with the release of version 5.[15] Accpac became popular in Canada with support of Canadian public accounting firms that would sell and support the software.[13] The name Accpac is an acronym for 'A Complete and Comprehensive Program for Accounting Control'.[16]

The first Windows version, CA-Accpac/2000, was developed in the early 1990s and released in October 1994.[17] The Windows version marked the move to client/server and was developed with all new code developed in COBOL with Computer Associates development tools. These components were eventually redeveloped in C and Visual Basic.[18] In 1996 it was known as Accpac for Windows,[19] then ACCPAC Advantage Series in 2001.[20]

Sage Software acquired Accpac from Computer Associates in 2004.[1] Sage named it Sage Accpac ERP in 2006,[21] then Sage ERP Accpac in 2009. Sage dropped the Accpac name in 2012 when it was renamed to Sage 300 ERP.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Sage Group plc announces agreement to acquire North American business management software vendor Accpac". 2003-12-23. Archived from the original on 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
  2. 1 2 "Sage Accpac ERP Review". CTSGuides.com. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Accounting Software 411 - Sage Accpac ERP Software Profile
  4. ↑ "Sage 300 ERP (formerly Sage ERP Accpac)". Inphinet Interactive Communications, Inc. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Whats New in Sage 300 ERP 2014". Equation Technologies, Inc. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Sage 300 ERP (formerly Sage ERP Accpac) Accounting Software". Software Advice. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Smith, Stephen (September 1, 2012). "Sage 300 ERP 2012 RTM". Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  8. 1 2 Firra, Chris (October 2013). "A Brief Sage 300 ERP Retrospective". BTerrell Group. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Spiegelman, Lisa (July 1986). "Easy Business Systems to get enhancements". InforWorld. 8 (28): 18.
  10. ↑ Baker, William (November 2008). "William T. Baker - Curriculum Vitae". Ocean Group. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  11. ↑ Shea, Tom (July 1983). "Mainframe software firm buys Micro equivalent". InfoWorld. 5 (30): 7.
  12. 1 2 Stewart, William (September 1987). "High Priced Bookkeepers". PC Mag. 6 (15): 198–200.
  13. 1 2 Salmon, Alan. "The New ACCPAC". K2 Enterprise Canada. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  14. ↑ Dauphinais, William (May 1984). "Six Easy Pieces: Accounting Packages from IUS". PC Mag. 3 (8): 223–231.
  15. ↑ "The 100 top-rated products of 1987". InforWorld. 9 (52): 25. December 1987.
  16. ↑ Dictionary of Acronyms and Technical Abbreviations: For Information and Communication Technologies and Related Areas.
  17. ↑ Greenberg, Ilan (October 1984). "CA counts on client/server with Windows accounting line". InfoWorld. 16 (42): 24.
  18. ↑ "History, Strengths, and Weaknesses of Sage ERP ACCPAC". Data Guidance Group, Inc. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  19. ↑ Scott, Robert W (September 1996). "CA relaunches muscled up line of Accpac for Windows". Accounting Today.
  20. ↑ "ACCPAC.(Advantage Series 5.0 financial software)". Financial Executive. 17 (7): 14. October 2001.
  21. ↑ "Sage Accpac 5.4 Just Released!" (PDF). PARAGON NEWS. Chicago. Winter 2006. p. 2. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
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