{"id":411,"date":"2015-06-01T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alchester.com.au\/?p=411"},"modified":"2015-12-22T11:31:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T00:31:33","slug":"reckon-accounts-freedom-of-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abswww.alchester.com.au\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"Reckon Accounts freedom of choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alchester is here to help, with the freedom of choice of devices and servers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alchester.com.au\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/PB150023_Gary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-58 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alchester.com.au\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/PB150023_Gary.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Pope. B.Bus (ACC), Director: Alchester Business Systems, Professional Partner for Reckon Accounts, and authors of buildMGR CRM + Workflow\" width=\"102\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taking a pro-active role in helping business owners flush out the <em>&#8220;Elephant in the Room&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 issues with their profit margins, COGS and overhead concerns,\u00a0 Alchester offers an independent consulting service to couple other technologies, help refine procedures and business practices and pin point issues needing improvement,\u00a0 to generate a healthier bottom line for the business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a service back into the Reckon Accredited Partner Community,\u00a0 here is a simple overview that helps demonstrate the<strong> freedom of choices available<\/strong> to users who seek Accounting software for a variety of reasons.\u00a0\u00a0 So, first, why the different platforms?\u00a0 Let&#8217;s explain what is going on behind the scenes for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cloud or In house ?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Freedom to choose, depending on your specific needs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Alchester has worked on large scale enterprise level business projects, where confidentiality and\u00a0 security are high on the agenda.\u00a0 This can translate to questions about 24\/7 uptime, disaster site availability and all manner of performance criteria.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the scale, are small to medium businesses (SMB) who have budgetary consideration or may have internet performance issues in regional\/rural areas for instance,\u00a0 and a Hosted or Cloud based (ie: the Accounting software is held somewhere else), just doesn&#8217;t work for their situation.<\/p>\n<p>And there are business owners, that simply prefer to have their business data in their own hands, on their own devices, for reasons, that we simply respect and help with.\u00a0 No problem,\u00a0 there are single-user, multi-user and larger scale enterprise solutions available to service these users.\u00a0 In fact, that is where the roots of Reckon Accounts range of desktop software comes from, back in 1987!<\/p>\n<p>Of course,\u00a0 in the end,\u00a0 it&#8217;s the devices YOU want to use, that determines how best to deploy your Accounting solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WHAT<\/span> device do you want to use?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You have the freedom to use traditional desktop PCs and laptops, or these days, portable TABLETS and SMARTPHONES are becoming more common.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iMAC based desktop PCs and Laptops that run the iOS operating system, and have reliance upon iTunes<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Windows based PCs and Laptops running say\u00a0 Windows 7 Professional with preference of a Microsoft set of software<\/li>\n<li>Linux based\u00a0 desktop PCs and laptops running operating systems like:\u00a0 Ubuntu, RedHat, Fedora, Debian, Mint for instance<br \/>\nusing Open Source, freeware software like Mozilla Firefox, Libra Office, Thunderbird Email, and using Google APPS, Dropbox like services<\/li>\n<li>iPAD Tablets are very common and popular these days, and they too run a MAC based operating system:\u00a0 iOS 8 for instance, with APPS from the APP Store<\/li>\n<li>Android Tablets are the alternative, which users who prefer Galaxy, Google, ASUS type products for instance, and obtain APPS using &#8220;Play Store&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>iPhone smartphone based on MAC technology, coupling all manner of social media into a portable phone device, but based on APP store features<\/li>\n<li>Android Smartphones like Galaxy, HTC for instance that run the Linux based Android operating systems, and use Play Store to fetch APPS<\/li>\n<li>and other branded technologies that typically perform combinations of the above,\u00a0 or are rather unique and proprietary, so we&#8217;ve excluded them here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WHERE<\/span> do you want to use your device?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is probably the<strong> most important question<\/strong>, so left to last here so you remember it.\u00a0 Do you want to access your Accounting from the office, at home, on the road, at a client&#8217;s, and what about those occasions that you are away from the big cities or even overseas?\u00a0\u00a0 You need to keep these objectives in mind,\u00a0 because the answer will dictate where the the COMPANY &#8220;BOOKS&#8221;<em> (the data file)<\/em> is located, and how you get to reach it, to use it.\u00a0 This is where the technology skills of Alchester come in.\u00a0 We can help set up the communications and networking links,\u00a0 look into the way your server, or the Hosted or Cloud servers (services) are reachable, from your devices, and tailor them to be operational for you.\u00a0 Then you are left free to get on with running your business.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WHEN<\/span> might staff need to do this at the same time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This has two points to consider.\u00a0 Firstly,\u00a0 how many staff (and\/or your external Accountant\/Bookkeeper too) need to access your company BOOKS?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And secondly,\u00a0 does this need to be done at the same time (concurrent access).\u00a0 These decisions determine whether you need your central DATA (the Company Books) to be capable of having multi-user access,\u00a0 as well as whether the BOOKS can be sent to your Accountant for separate modification, say at end-of-year,\u00a0 whilst you keep running the business in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alchester.com.au\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Abslogo3-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-315 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alchester.com.au\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Abslogo3--300x155.jpg\" alt=\"Abslogo3\" width=\"174\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abswww.alchester.com.au\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Abslogo3--300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abswww.alchester.com.au\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Abslogo3-.jpg 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/a><em>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Helping <\/em><em>business<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Since 1987!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>p:\u00a0 (03) 97626293<br \/>\nw: www.alchester.com.au<br \/>\ne:\u00a0 tech@alchester.com.au<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>\nHOW<\/span> Alchester can take care of all the technology and software to do all this for you.<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alchester.com.au\/reckon-installation-specifications-overview\">See HOW the specifications work:<\/a>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.alchester.com.au\/reckon-installation-specifications-overview<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>For those interested in the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TECHNOLOGY<\/span><\/strong> behind the scenes,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alchester.com.au\/reckon-systems-terminology\">see Reckon Systems Terminology:<\/a>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.alchester.com.au\/reckon-systems-terminology<\/p>\n<p>Most important,\u00a0 Alchester outlines all the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SUPPORT \/ HELP<\/span><\/strong> choices<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alchester.com.au\/reckon-support\">See Reckon Support:<\/a>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.alchester.com.au\/reckon-support<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alchester is here to help, with the freedom of choice of devices and servers Taking a pro-active role in helping business owners flush out the &#8220;Elephant in the Room&#8221;\u00a0 issues with their profit margins, COGS and overhead concerns,\u00a0 Alchester offers an independent consulting service to couple other technologies, help refine procedures and business practices and 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