5 Good Reasons to Upgrade Pegasus Opera II to Opera 3

Although there are many reasons to upgrade your Opera II to the latest product from Pegasus - Opera 3 we have picked our five favourite reasons and think they are the reasons our clients should now consider moving to the next generation.

Standard reports can now be sent to Excel for manipulation

It comes with many standard reports already setup, all reports have the ability to be sent to Excel  

Its quick, easy and saves time to modify simple reports in Excel – no need for XRL or complicated export methods.

Modal Reporting allowing multiple reports to run simultaneously

You can now compare reports side by side and run other modules and processing screens without having to close reports down.  A huge time saver and a paper saver too, rather than having to find the data and print it – you can leave it on the screen for a side-by-side comparison.

Extended Notifier and Scheduling Services

Stop chasing around the office & branches trying to get all users out of the system to perform a backup.

You can notify users of any necessity to carry out system work, backups, period ends and other exclusive file requirements.  Users can be forced to log out & locked out for a period of time.  You can schedule some tasks for out of hours work.  Increasing your business productivity and reducing loss of working time.

Retrospective Debtors & Creditors Reports

One of our frequently asked questions from most accounting solutions is regarding reconciliation of the debtors and creditors reports to control accounts.  Now Opera 3 can provide retrospective reporting in both ledgers & this will work for most clients upgrading straight away with no modifications or time delay to build up data.

Rectify Allocations

Offers the ability to amend incorrect allocations in both the Sales & Purchase Ledgers and if required remove the receipt or payment.  This means no longer having to post refunds or adjustments to correct incorrect postings.

Is a simple Wizard in the new Opera 3, making it simple for users to rectify their Allocations with full Audit Reporting.

Watch the YouTube Video Demo here: http://youtu.be/GfTlCbDlKUM

Other considerations;

Continual commitment to development

Rectify Journal – Error correction made easy in the Nominal Ledger

VAT 100 Return submission direct from within the solution

Improved Help records and screen display

Post transactions in the current, previous and future 3 years with Open Period Accounting

Calculate the value of your stock accurately with Landed Costs

Upgrade before 30^th April and receive a loyalty discount, give Jacqui a call in the office to discuss this further on 01227 371375

5 Simple Tips to Avoid a Computer Virus

Five Simple Tips to Avoid a Computer Virus

One of our biggest challenges dealing with clients of all sizes and from all walks of business life is to manage virus avoidance, cleaning and more frequently file restoration and repair.

Often it is the simplest of actions, (or inactions) which will keep our clients and users in general free from virus infections.

A Virus is a computer program which replicates itself, normally with bad intent, spreading from one computer to another. 

The term ‘Virus’ is often used as a generalisation referring to all types of application, but there are multiple types of malware which can infect computers, there are in general terms three basic types;

o    Viruses (including worms which use bandwidth and Trojans who steal data).

o    Spyware (cookies, data phishing, key-loggers who steal your personal data)

o    Adware (irritating pop-ups, rogue & fake software and "browser hijackers")

The main methods of infection are:

o    Email attachment files of any type which are from untrusted, unrecognised senders Adult or gambling websites.

o    Opening or downloading unknown software and video files – often file-sharing.

o    Poor network firewall policies

o    Installing free downloaded programs, such as screen savers that again are not from a trusted source

Without doubt the carrier of most virus infections is email – in one shape or form.

So Five Simple Tips to Avoid a Computer Virus;

There are some simple rules that computer users can apply to their daily work that would help them avoid infection;

1.       Adopt an intolerance towards ‘joke’ and ‘chain mail’ emails which breed an attitude of acceptance to attachments from various sources

2.       Don't open any attachments unless you are certain you know the source of the email, the sender & you are certain you are expecting an email of that type from the sender who forwarded the mail. 

If you are have any doubts on the validity of the source or attachment that you have been sent, do NOT open it and check with the individual that sent the mail before opening it, or simply delete it.

3.       Keep your Windows operating system up to date by using the Microsoft Windows update website or by utilising our remote management service.

4.       Keep your Anti Virus & Anti Spam software up to date on your workstation/network/Exchange services.

5.       Never download software from ‘free’ sites, pirate video or music sites.