Housing your own IT Department is costly and setting one up can create a lot of distraction, which is unhelpful in the highly competitive market we work in today. You need to be able to focus on running your business and not be worrying about whether all of your data is backed up or whether you’re safe from security threats.

Imagine that you manufacture bicycles, stadium lighting or medical equipment.

Would you be able to track the manufacturing process in QuickBooks and account for revisions, variable configurations, and part substitutions?

Not very easily…if at all.

Computers have been around for quite some time, the new technologies are constantly changing the way we are able to communicate with each other. And not only because of hardware evolution, there has been a rise in the software development as well, making everything seamlessly easier and efficient.

As the internet becomes increasingly more important for marketing purposes it is important to take full advantage of every free marketing tool available to your business. There are a variety of ways to increase website traffic and in turn increase the volume of products or services sold.

Elizabeth Way’s expertise in accounting software is a direct result of 5 years in top-tier public accounting firms. She has been a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor since 1998; a Certified QuickBooks POS Advisor since 2002; and currently has over 1,000 successful accounting software installations worldwide.

If you want an easy way to import your transactions or lists in QuickBooks, look no further. Transaction Pro Importer (TPI) allows you to import your data from almost any source—Excel, databases, or text files--as QuickBooks transactions or lists.

This product can also automatically add new customers, vendors, jobs, items, and classes when importing transactions.

So you've been prudent about getting your business continuity plans set up. You have all your servers set up with image based backups, you have moved your mail to the cloud with a service such as Office 365, you even have critical files stored in the cloud with a file based cloud backup service.

InfoStream is excited and proud to announce a new contributor to our blog and newsletter! Elizabeth Way is the CEO of Abaca.net Programming & Software Support. Her team help firms integrate accounting and operations systems into their processes to increase productivity and get results.

We are often asked about add-on programs or services that can enhance your QuickBooks Enterprise experience. Some are designed to fill in the gaps of a specific industry’s needs. Some streamline your procedures saving you valuable time and resources. Many of these can be found at http://marketplace.