My eee PC is a real beauty.

My eee PC is a real beauty.
I've just received this lovely white notebook pc. We chose the version with MS windows so as to minimise the technology gap.

I got it running (it's very easy) in about an hour including setting it up with access to our eLINK corporate management system - Yoolaa.

Since then I have tested it with our projector - brilliant; and I have down-loaded SJ Phone and plugged in my portable VoIP handset. Next is to work out which is the best way to handle emails, without using Exchange Server.

Summary so far for the eee PC:
- It picked up Wifi automatically and I selected our own system,
- It was a normal standard set-up to integrate with eLINK
- the colours and pixels are crystal clear with a wider and shorter screen than normal
- The scrolling is dead easy with their scroll function, though I nipped out and bought a Logitech Optical mouse for £12.99 from PC World because it's small and has no cables
- The keyboard is fine (much better than a PDA!!)

As soon as everything is proved out, I will use my eee PC whenever I get the chance - and I can sit out in the garden using the computer and ..... there are no cables.

Yoolaa - your office online anywhere anytime. REALLY.Cliff

eLink Lite single user free of charge is almost ready

eLink Lite enables anyone to create and maintain their own omni-directional filing system for all their email, documents and other files linked to contacts, organisations and projects plus diary and actions-to-do. All available on-line over the Internet with continuous security and back-up. And it's Free of Charge for that person.
Email peter@yoolaa.co.uk to reserve your place for implementation.

What I like about IRIS Exchequer accounting software

Review of IRIS Exchequer accounting software
Exchequer has always been very strong on multi-currencies for purchases and sales and indeed for holding all trading transactions in their native currencies.

They see their competition, and position themsleves right in the middle, as Sage Line 200/500, MS Dynamics Navision and Great Plains, INFOR Sun, Cedar, Agresso, Access Dimensions, Open Accounts, Sage Line 100 Infor Pegasus.

Things I liked
In the presentation on 14th May 2008 we were introduced to a novel way of creating requests for reports, from a routine in MS Outlook. Indeed the development team seem to have moved their complete user interface for managers into MS Outlook and introduced a 'Reporting' Licence which is free of charge.
The 'Workflow Diary' sounds a lovely concept but we never saw the summary situation just that a workflow email arrives, you deal with it and send it on, eg for authorising a purchase order etc.
Excellent interface to MS Excel and into graphs, though there may be too many of them.

Things I didn't like
Everything seems to be hierachichal filing rather than omni-direction relational filing.
Debt Chasing routine I thought was very awkward and clunky and not much thought has been given to the real business drivers.
Documents and other images are all held outside the core database.
There seems to be only one Revised Budget.
No Sales opportunity management.
Still needs VPN rather than full internet Access.
Not available as "Software as a Service."