Is your SAGE coming to the end of its life?

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Year on year SAGE, the popular accounting software provider, adopts its end of life policy for a version of its software. From May this year it has announced that it will apply its end of life policy to Sage 50 Accounts v2008 and Instant Accounts v14. That means from 30th April 2013 we will be withdrawing support for these versions. Even if your customers don’t have a support contract with us at the moment, this information is still relevant as it means they won’t be able to buy SageCover for this version of the software in future.

Why do they do this?

It is standard industry practice for technology companies to withdraw support from older versions of software. Every year SAGE invests in research and development to improve their software and services. They do this in line with regular customer feedback, and take into account new technology and changes in legislation. They believe that using the latest software is the best way for us to help our clients run their business effectively.

What does this mean for you?

It doesn’t mean the software will stop working. You can still continue to use it; however, SAGE will be withdrawing support in a phased approach. Once support has been withdrawn, you will not be able to directly upgrade version 2008 to the latest version of software. This means that in the future, if you choose to buy a new version of the software, their data will need to be transferred manually.

If you are a SAGE user and whether it is coming to the end of its life cycle or not, or you are thinking of switching to SAGE each September Streets host our annual free SAGE seminar to provide useful hints and tips for all SAGE users as well the chance for attendees to ‘test drive’ the latest version of the software – SAGE 2012. These free seminars will take place on Tuesday 20th September at Wyboston Lakes and Thursday 22nd September at Lincoln.

Further information on either our SAGE products, upgrades and the seminars please call 0845 880 0320 or email sage@streetsweb.co.uk