Microsoft to take another swing at small-biz accounting
CRN.com | at | by Mike
Microsoft is adding eBay, Equifax and PayPal to the roster of online partners for its next Small Business Accounting software release.
The current offering, Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006, launched with fanfare last fall. But solution providers and competitors say the product pretty much disappeared after that. They said Microsoft's decision to piggyback it on Office at retail hamstrung sales. People look for accounting software in the aisle with Sage Softwares Peachtree and Intuits QuickBooks, not with Office, said one accounting VAR, who requested anonymity.