Elonex launches £99 Linux laptop

Aimed at the Education Sector, the ONE is an ultra-portable laptop that gives wireless access to internet, eMail, word processing and spreadsheets. These functions are the fundamental building blocks which form the foundation of a child’s computing skills which can then be developed throughout their education. The ONE is designed to engage and motivate children and will open up a wide range of new and innovative teaching methods.

Sam Goult, Marketing Manager at Elonex, comments “This pioneering technology has been developed to help nurture our children’s education, to integrate them into the modern digital world that we all now belong…

Pegasus launches Opera II Version 6

Pegasus Software, the leading supplier of accounting and business software to UK SMEs, today announced that it has launched version 6 of its market leading Opera II solution.  Opera II Version 6 will provide a new Document Management module and an Executive Dashboard module.  Executive Dashboards extends Pegasus’ business intelligence and analysis tools and workflow process is introduced through Document Management.

Document management captures, and stores all documents centrally, including invoices, sales orders, timesheets, and supplier correspondence, enabling instant access to users. It also, retrieves, and reports an audit trail to assist you in reducing costs and improving productivity.  It…

Mamut and IAAITC simplify accounting processes with the Virtual Accounts Office

Mamut and the International Association of Accountants Innovation and Technology Consultants (IAAITC) announced the launch of the Virtual Accounts Office (VAO) managed accounting service.

The VAO service allows customers to have their accounts managed by an IAAITC member: an established firm of chartered accountants and registered auditors familiar with international accounting standards and Sarbanes Oxley requirements. The service is fully hosted and delivered over the Internet, allowing it to be used by businesses anywhere in the world – making it particularly appropriate for foreign companies looking to set up operations in the UK, and SMEs looking to outsource.

Through VAO,…

Fasthosts offers Microsoft Office software from £5 a month

Consumers and businesses alike are being offered a convenient and affordable new way to buy the latest version Microsoft Office software, launched by Fasthosts Internet Ltd, the UK’s largest web host. Fasthosts Microsoft Office is a new software product, priced from only £4.99 a month +VAT, which delivers full version Microsoft Office 2007 suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications, downloaded simply and efficiently to a user’s PC. The package comprises an affordable and highly flexible way to use Microsoft software. The launch reflects Fasthosts’ continued progress within the Software-as-a-Service arena.

Fasthosts Microsoft Office package utilises the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model…

Sage enjoys good start to year

Software group Sage has said it is confident of hitting full year revenue growth targets after a “good” start to the new financial year.

The Newcastle-based firm achieved £1 billion in revenues for the first time in the year to September 30.

But the market is expecting Sage to up revenues again to set another record this year, at £1.25 billion.

Sage, which supplies business management software and services to around 5.5 million customers worldwide, said performance across the UK and mainland Europe was good and noted a “modest improvement” in its troubled US business.

The firm axed North American…