MYOB Announces AccountEdge 2009, Celebrates 20 Years of Mac Development

MYOB today announced the immediate availability of AccountEdge 2009, the latest version of their premium small business management and accounting software for Mac small businesses. The release marks their 20th year of Mac development.

Customer requested features top the list of enhancements in the new version. The update includes the new Business Insights feature, which gives customers new tools to assess the health of their business. AccountEdge 2009 also includes integration with Marketcircle’s productivity suite Daylite, MYOB’s promised speed enhancements to AccountEdge Network Edition and new design tools for easier forms customization.

“Twenty years of Mac development have taught us that the best features come from customers and their real-world experiences,” says Tom Nash, Managing Partner, MYOB US. “With the 2009 version of AccountEdge, we’ve focused on enhancements prompted by customer feedback.”

Business Insights

Business Insights adds new ways for small business owners to assess the health of their business. The feature allows users to chart, graph and analyze the key financial trends and ratios of their business. A total of eight available charts let the user analyze profitability, operating profit ratios and more.

Daylite Integration

Marketcircle and MYOB have partnered to deliver users the Daylite AccountEdge Connector, immediately available from both the Marketcircle and MYOB websites. The Daylite AccountEdge Connector allows users to merge the strengths of both applications, sharing data between both. For more information on the Daylite AccountEdge Connector, visit myob-us.com/daylite/.

Network Edition Speed Enhancements

AccountEdge 2009 features the second phase of MYOB’s two-phase speed enhancement of AccountEdge Network Edition. Focusing on list building, the new speed enhancements result in faster sorting, quicker searches, faster transaction entry. The changes also improve speed and performance in many other list-related areas of the software, including registers, journals, items, jobs, cards, and activities.

More New Features

AccountEdge includes dozens of other usability and feature enhancements, including:

Report on multiple years of payroll data

Card file action menu

Enhanced transaction editing

Print preview forms

Google Maps and View Directions

Enhanced user security settings

List Searching Improvements

For a full list of new features available in AccountEdge 2009, please visit myob-us.com/accountedge/features/.

Pricing and availability

Available through the MYOB website, myob-us.com, and other online outlets,mail order catalogs and select retailers, AccountEdge is priced at $299 for new users, and $159 for upgraders ($249 for multi-user). For more information, please visit myob-us.com/accountedge, or call (800) 322-MYOB (6962).

About MYOB US

MYOB US acts as exclusive US republisher of the award-winning MYOB small business accounting and management and Point of Sale software lines for Macintosh and Windows platforms (www.myob-us.com). MYOB US also offers a portfolio of business services that help small business owners to better serve the needs of their customers, their employees, and themselves.

MYOB and the MYOB logo are registered trademarks of MYOB Limited. AccountEdge is a trademark of MYOB Technology Proprietary Limited. Other products mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.