News Release

08 August 2008

TAS BOOKS v8 - fastest and most reliable ever

In today's fragile business environment, keeping on top of your business accounts has never been so important. With the arrival of TAS BOOKS v8 the power to maintain control is now in your hands.

TAS BOOKS v8 now incorporates a new database called Pervasive which provides users with a fast, robust software engine. This coupled with the easy to use TAS interface makes TAS BOOKS v8 a must have piece of business accounting software.

The database engine has been upgraded in every copy of TAS BOOKS from Btrieve to Pervasive Summit. And just like putting a v8 engine in your car, it makes TAS BOOKS v8 the fastest and most powerful version ever. Pervasive Summit has been engineered to get the best from the latest Microsoft operating systems - such as Windows Vista. This delivers a faster and more reliable database - especially for multi-user setups. Using Pervasive Summit allows great new features to be added to TAS BOOKS, such as Excel Integration.

One of the great new features added as a result of moving to Pervasive Summit is Excel Integration. If you have TAS BOOKS and Excel installed on the same computer, it's now even easier to make use of all the information in your TAS BOOKS program by linking to it directly from Excel.

Matt Forrest, TAS General Manager, explained: "We've improved the transaction drilldown in TAS BOOKS to make it easier to find everything in one place - and it now includes project costing information too."

He continued: "And when you drilldown on a Sales Invoice, we've made it easier for you to see the details on the whole original Sales Order, as well as the individual Sales Invoice."