Sage Online Accounting

Online accounting is the new way to maintain your accounting records. Market leading Sage Line 50 software is hosted and delivered over the internet, allowing live data to be accessed from any fixed or mobile location that has an internet connection.

With the speed of internet connections increasing, combined with a reduction in cost, businesses are now considering operating their key software packages 'online'. Broadband roll-out is nearing saturation point, meaning internet useage is transforming from a variable to a fixed cost, allowing you to 'cap' the total spend. At this point, the case for actually owning software, and hosting it on your own pc or network, is now no longer so convincing. Numerous other benefits also arise from operating software over the internet:

• The ability to actively share the data, or passively interrogate it, from virtually any location without the complications and costs of establishing a wide area network.
• The security issues of the data being kept off site and letting someone else worry about most of the disaster recovery issues.
• The software rental costs are spread out, rather than an up front purchase, assisting cash flow.
• As the software is hosted on a Citrix server, which is more powerful than most local desktop processors, you will probably find that the software runs at a quicker speed than you are used to.
• Future software upgrade procedures and costs are all included.

For clients who require our assistance with ongoing book-keeping, management accounting or Sage support, running Sage online gives us shared access to your live data, without the need for travelling or exchanging data backups.

Practical Examples of using Sage Online Accounting

For UK subsidiaries of overseas groups, running Sage online allows the parent company to remotely monitor the finances. For clients geographically remote from us, who require hands on month end assistance, running Sage online means you won't be billed for travelling time, only for when we actually work on your accounts.

For businesses with more than one person maintaining the accounting records, running Sage online allows all the benefits of a network program, without the associated high cost and wiring issues. Business managers who are not permanently office based can use Sage online accounting to keep track of performance whilst on the move.