Acumatica 6.1 Now Available
In January, Acumatica has released the latest version – 6.1 It includes several new enhancements and bug fixes. Some of the enhancements are detailed below:
Dynamics SL 2015 CU2 Released
Recently Microsoft has released Dynamics SL 2015 CU2 (Cumulative Update). This is mostly a collection of bug fixes, but it does include support for some additional Microsoft products.
10 Years
I am incredibly grateful and excited to announce that Polaris Business Solutions is celebrating its 10th anniversary this February. A decade is a long time, especially for a small business in the tech world. Obviously we could not have been successful without the great and loyal customers we have been fortunate to work with over the years – some have been with us since the beginning. It has also been a privilege to work very closely with several of our vendors towards our mutual goals. And as any small business owner will tell you, they can’t succeed without their friends and family by their side – to help you through the lows and to celebrate the highs.
I am happy to say we are close to making some big announcements over for the next year that I believe will better help Polaris provide you with the high level of Dynamics SL and Acumatica support that you have come to expect from us over the years. The ERP world is changing fast and we are excited about the changes and opportunities to come.
Thank you for the 10 years of support, I feel fortunate to be able to do what I love to do. As we take the next steps towards another 10 years, we hope you will come along for the ride.
Sincerely,
Todd Delaney
Acumatica Summit 2017 Day Two Recap
The second full day of the 2017 Acumatica Summit was full of demos to show where Acumatica is headed. The capabilities that Acumatica was able to demonstrate today included some things I don’t think we will ever see in a legacy ERP system. We will dig into some of these in future posts as the functionality becomes available for general release, but here are some of the highlights:
Acumatica Summit 2017 Day One Recap
The first full day of the Acumatica Summit came to a close and provided partners and customers with a lot of big news and demos of some cool new features. Here are some of the interesting items from the first day:
Acumatica 6 to Include Outlook Add-In
Acumatica’s Customer Management (CRM) suite has always been able to provide users with a complete view of their business. As part of a full suite of integrated business management applications (ERP), users can easily share information between marketing, sales, service and finance because the data all exists in one database. With the upcoming release Acumatica CRM has just gotten even better.
How to Reopen a Period in Project Controller for Dynamics SL
If you are using Project Controller you are probably already aware that closing the period (or year) for Project Controller is different than closing the period (or year) for the financial modules. You close the financial modules (i.e. GL, AP, AR, etc.) using the Closing (01.560.00) screen found in the General Ledger processes section. But, closing the period for Project Controller is done within that module using the Close Period (PA.CLO.00) screen. But, how do you reopen a period in Project Controller?
Why Acumatica Makes Even More Sense After the NetSuite Acquisition Announcement
On July 28th Oracle announced plans to acquire NetSuite for $9.3 billion in cash. This didn’t come as a complete surprise as Larry Ellison, Oracle’s chairman, is the single largest shareholder of NetSuite and Oracle is aggressively trying to increase their cloud-based revenue. For NetSuite, a merger, in theory, could make sense for a company that has never made a GAAP profit in any quarter or year in its existence, and according to their last 10-k filing “may not achieve profitability in the future“.
Dynamics SL 2011 Mainstream Support Ends July 12, 2016
On July 12th, 2016 Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 will be moving from mainstream support to extended support. Support will still be available for supported versions.
Acumatica Releases Version 5.3
Acumatica unveiled the newest version of their cloud-based accounting and ERP software at their annual Summit for partner and customers. The new features in Acumatica 5.3 is focused on increasing the performance, stability and mobility of Acumatica 5.0, a full ERP suite that includes financials, distribution, account and CRM.