This month, some products still in fairly common use have entered the Extended Support phase of their lifecycle. In particular:
- Exchange 2003 & Outlook 2003
- Server 2003 & SBS 2003
- Windows XP
- Office 2003
When Microsoft scales back their support for a product, that should be sending a clear message that it’s time to upgrade. Is your IT company still trying to sell you 2003 products? Maybe you’d better upgrade you IT company, too.
(thanks to Amy for the heads up).
TiGra Networks has developed a time tracking application that interfaces directly with Microsoft Office Accounting 2009, that we think will be really useful for people like Virtual Assistants, consultants, solicitors and anyone who needs to bill out their service by time.
The application lets you simply track your time using “Punch in” and “Punch out” buttons and builds up a log of what you’ve worked on. The application takes its list of customers and jobs directly from the Office Accounting database. Time log entries accrue on screen and you can edit them if you need to make any minor adjustments. When you’re ready, you click the “Send to Office Accounting” button and the application creates time slips in the accounting database.
Those entries can then be quickly and easily converted directly to invoices in Office Accounting.
This eliminates duplicate data entry, automates time sheet submission and does not require any knowledge of accounting. The user doesn't need to run Office Accounting and so doesn't need access to the full accounting database. They just have a simple, easy to use time tracking application.
Drop me an email if you think you might find this useful.