Editorial:

Today as the world news reports about the local Iranians toppling statutes of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, it is exciting to turn my attention to the future. I am hopeful that the United States and the world can start to focus less about the nows and more upon the tomorrows.

At the recent customer convergence conference, the new version 5.5 of Solomon was demonstrated. Three key things to look forward with the new version of Solomon is (a) stronger integration of Solomon data into Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel through smart tags and (b) stronger integration of Web access to Solomon data for remote inquiries remote updates, and remote reports through the Business Portal, and c) expanded integration of Solomon working with new Microsoft products: Project 2002 Enterprise version and Microsoft Customer Relations Manager (CRM) software.

We will be examining these two features over the next few months. I expect the Solomon IV version 5.5 to be shipping in the early summer timeframe. All current customers who are on support plans and are currently running Ms Sql versions of Solomon will be receiving these updates.

Solomon is your traditional work horse; once installed it just runs and runs. Some of clients, consequently, have taken the attitude that if it works, never updates it. We are finding customers who also are not upgrading and updating there accounting computers. The result is that these customers are now faced with the same dilemma as the auto repair man….. Pay me now or pay me later. Computers and accounting software are both old and out of date. That later time period is here of all users who are running on versions of Solomon which are earlier than Solomon version 4.5x (see you menu choice under Help--- Help about Solomon to verify which version you are running.). The obsolete dates for older products, which are no longer being supported by Microsoft/ Solomon, are:

Solomon III--- no support since June 2002; Solomon IV version 4.2x and earlier: no support after April 2003, and Solomon Iv version 2.0x : no support after August 2003

Converting your company’s historical accounting data, keeping upgrade costs to a minimal and assisting in a smooth transition to the newest version of Solomon are key goals for our company. If we can assist you in this area, give us a call.

You are invited to our quarterly Solomon User group. We are holding our next session on April 23^rd from 9am to noon. The sessions will be held at Microsoft’s Mountain View site. Call Teri Norman at (408)246-1299 to get a map and reserve your spot. Seating is limited, so call early. This training session will be dealing with: Training for using Excel to extract data out of Solomon, creating FRX financial reports, and creating customizations with your Customization Manager Modules, and preview of version 5.5 of Solomon? Hope to see you there!!!