2007 T4A and T5018 Reporting for QuickBooks

As an Ashlin client you can get a discount on these useful applications.

Click “Software Sales”. Enter your promo code when ordering as follows:

T4A QBUPG-T4-2007
T5018 QBUPG-T5018-2007

The 2007 T4A and T5018 CRA Reporting Applications are fully integrated with QuickBooks Canada Pro and Premier 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Full instructions on how to use the software and fill out the Summary Reports are included. These applications are written for use with Windows XP and do not integrate with QuickBooks Canada 2008. The software is published by Xinfosystems Inc. of Toronto.

T4A – For companies that need to report certain payments made to vendors such as “Self-Employed Commission” payments (Box 20) or “Other Income” payments (Box 28). The software will extract all of these payments to tagged applicable vendors for the 2007 calendar year. The application produces T4A slips and a summary report. Other T4A reporting options are not available in this application.

T5018 - For construction companies who need to report payments made to subcontractors. It allows users to identify and tag all subcontractor vendors. The software will extract all payments to subcontractors for the 12-month reporting period chosen by the user, ending in 2007. A T5018 report approved by the CRA is produced.

Retail price for a 1-user license for each application is $89.00. A special price of $69.00 each, plus applicable taxes is offered to our clients until February 29, 2008.

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Automate Any Repetitive Task

Have you ever wondered how we keep our web site data current? Part of the answer is Automation Anywhere combined with Visual Basic Excel Macros.

Automation Anywhere is a Macro Tool which will let automate any Windows task, including clicks, keystrokes, and web controls.

What this means is that if you can do it manually, you can automate the process, schedule it, incorporate it into a workflow, execute it based on a an event, or even turn it into an EXE.

There are a number of versions of the program, and Tethys has other tools suited to specific types of taks. But Automation Anywhere is the tool we hav chosen to use internally because it is so comprehensive.

And best of all they have excellent support which we used when one or two issues could not be resolved without their input.

Although Automation Anywhere will execute commands inside Excel, I found it quicker to massage data using VB inside Excel, and to have Automation Anywhere just load the spreadsheet with the startup macro in it.

In case you are wondering the tasks which we automation included:

1. FTP downloads
2. Downloading data from web sites, where a lot of screens, and Web Controls need to be accessed
3. Executing a number of Excel macros which dynamically adjust to the file size, massage the data with formulas, and then save the file in a tab delimited format for import.
4. Uploading Data to web sites where, once again, lots of screens and Web Controls are involved

Ashlin sells all the Tethys products, as well as providing consulting, training, and programming services to help you get the most out of them.

So if you re pained with any repetitive task, whether it be hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, then we can help you automate it.

Colour at Black-and-white Prices

It's time to add colour to every document you produce and no longer worry about how much it costs. The Phaser 8860 colour printer and Phaser 8860MFP colour multifunction printer make it easy to create beautiful colour documents for the same cost as your typical black-and-white prints.

Everyday Colour Printing is Here

It's not a dream. Busy workgroups with high print demands can now afford to print in attention-grabbing colour every day. You pay a little more for the printer or MFP, but the printing ink costs are so low that you could recoup that extra cost in a hurry depending on how much you print.

Low cost of ownership with colour ink sticks that cost a fraction of laser toner cartridges
Create more effective documents by using colour that is more affordable than ever
Savings add up fast with every colour print - the more you print, the more you save.

Drop the restrictions you had to place on colour printing.

Maxtor One Button Backup

Automated OneTouch™ Backup Back up your files with a push of a button or set up the software to perform convenient automatic backups.

• USB 2.0 Interface Plug and play. Simply connect using the USB 2.0 cable and get up and running fast.
  
• 750GB Capacity Add enormous capacity instantly. Stores 240,000 digital photos, or 750 hours of digital video, or 12,495 hours of digital music.
  
• 7200 RPM, 16 MB cache buffer For fast drive performance, seamless data exchange, and instant access to your files.
  
• Easy to Use Interface Simplifies drive management and backup scheduling.
  
• Simple setup Plug it in, connect the USB 2.0 cable, and your Maxtor OneTouch™ 4 drive automatically appears on your desktop.
  

Seagate® 3.5-inch Pushbutton Backup External Hard Drives

When you need fast, versatile, high-capacity storage on your Macintosh or Windows computer, the Seagate® 3.5-inch Pushbutton Backup External hard drive makes it easy.

What could be easier than backing up with the push of a button? Quickly store and protect your valuable digital memories and safely duplicate important files in your home or home office. The Seagate 3.5-inch Pushbutton Backup External Hard Drive provides fast, versatile, high-capacity storage for your Macintosh or Windows computer. With capacities up to 750 GB, the drive only takes up as much desk space as a tape dispenser.

Pushbutton Backup External Hard Drives offer the versatility of connecting via USB 2.0 or FireWire. They’re the first external drives to use Seagate perpendicular recording technology for maximum capacity and reliability. A worry-free 1-year warranty covers all parts and labor and includes free technical support—even after your warranty ends.

Easy to use
Whisper-quiet operation
Perpendicular recording technology available on the 750-GB drive
BounceBack Express software for fast and easy back up
Built-in self-monitoring technology
750-GB drive stores 12,495 hours of digital music, 240,000 digital photos, 750 hours of digital video or 375 exciting games

Microsoft Home Server

Do you have multiple PCs with increasingly large amounts of digital photos, music, video, and documents? Is protecting, organizing, and connecting this digital media becoming a seemingly impossible task? The answer to your digital dilemmas has arrived. Take a quick look.

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• Your family's digital memories and media organized in one central hub
  
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• Simple recovery of lost files or even entire PCs
  
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• Complete access from networked PCs to all your Windows Home Server files
  
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• A personalized Web address for sharing your photos and home videos
  
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• Easy and quick setup
  
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• Expandable storage space for future use
  
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Simple to set up and easy to use, Windows Home Server helps you safely store and share your family's digital valuables all in one place. It's the hub that keeps your family connected, whether they're in the same room, or spread across the country.*

Check out the Protect, Connect, Organize, and Grow sections to see how Windows Home Server brings it all together.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/features.mspx

Your laser printer could be killing you

We all know that indoor air quality is horrible. But now we have research from Queensland University of Technology, as reported in the Globe and Mail, as showing that many laser printers emit so many particles, that working in the same office is similar to second hand smoke.

Some other factors affecting indoor air quality:

• Too little fresh air
• Off-gasing of from carpet and materials due to chemicals introduced for fire retardance
• Cleaners
• Low levels of negative ions which are linked to cognitive ability and also help reduce pollution by binding to particles

So what can we do about it? Installation of a good quality air treatment system helps. Ashlin's wellness products group has a solution. We carry the most advanced air treatment system available. This system includes a 5 stage process to clean the air, the last stage of which is hepa. In addition it has two patents related to the elimination of organic compounds, and the production of negative ions, both without the creation of Ozone.

As its the only system in the world that does not create ozone as a byproduct of those two functions, it is truly unique.

Best of all it is almost silent most of the time, automatically detecting the need for increased fan speed based on the quantity of particles in the air.

Contact your Ashlin rep for more information and to arrange a free trial.

Ashlin Web Site Updated with Cnet Ecommerce

As you probably have noticed, there have not been any blog articles in March. That was due to a very concerted effort to implement a major refresh to our web site to feature the best IT E-store in Canada.

It’s the best because:

1. Content on 300,000 products by CNET including very detailed specifications
2. Important additional products added by Ashlin and exclusively on our web site
3. Interesting and useful featured products
4. The best search engine anywhere to help you find what you are looking for
5. Real-Time inventory directly tied into the top 4 distributors in Canada. If it’s in Canada it’s likely on our store and in stock available for next or even hot delivery.
6. Powerful quoting system and the ability to track your quotes, orders and shipments online.
7. Many powerful features to make your job easier including favourite items, custom bundles, and much more.

Even if you do not find an item in our store, or it appears top be out of stock, please call us. We carry hundreds of thousands of additional products, and we have a dozen other sources for supply including relationships in the US. We regularly air products to our Canadian customers to meet an urgent need.

WiFi Manager

WiFiManager manages your wireless network. Don't expect it to work with cheap home type access points, but with more industrial strength units like Cisco, Netopia, Symbol, SMC it can detect rogue access, intruders and hackers. You can download a free copy of the software from the link above to manage a single access point; if you have many access points, you can purchase a license for your network. Also available is a little piece of hardware, the RF monitor, which attaches to the network using a PoE (power over ethernet LAN cable) and detects unauthorized access to any access point on the network. The RF monitor can monitor about a 20,000 sq. ft. area.

WiFiManager also manages all access points by allowing centralized SSID management, WEP and WAP encryption, MAC address tables; virtually all aspets of monitoring and managing wireless access points.

Ashlin is now a reseller of this and all products from Adventnet.

Blackberry Enterprise Server Installation Services

Lots of our customers are now using blackberries for e mail. If you are using Windows Small Business server or Microsoft Exchange we can now install Blackberry Enterprise Software. This will allow you to dynamically synchronize all of your e mail, calendar and contacts. When you delete and e mail on you blackberry it will also delete it from your server and outlook.

The New Daylight Savings Time mini Y2K issues

The New Daylight Savings time (DST) is a big issues that will affect almost all computer users. Please read the full bulletin and take note of the computer programs affected by this significant change. - Thanks George Bush.

For details on DST issues please click here

For details on Microsoft Products affected by DST issues please click here

(contributor: Ryan Penn)

Save and Money and Increase Security by Printing Your Own Cheques

Ashlin supplies a number of items that facilitate the internal production of cheques.

Cheque Printing Software
If you use Quicken, QuickBooks, Peachtree, or Microsoft Small Business Accounting we have an excellent software solution for you from www.dotnetchecks.com. We use this product internally and it has proven to be invaluable, easy to setup, and to use. This solution is very affordable only costing $95.95US for Quicken or $359.95US for the rest.

If you use more advanced software we still have a solution for you from www.dotnetchecks.com starting at $995.95US. We even offer their version for professional printers for only $3,495.95US.

Secure MICR Toner
But how do you print secure cheques. First of all by using secure MICR toner. We supply TROY MICR TONER Secure™ which protects your cheques and other documents against faudulent alteration.

Security Printers
As a worldwide provide of Secure Output Solutions, TROY MICR Security Printers deliver the ultimate level of security for localized, distributed and production workgroup applications. TROY's security printing solutions offer breakthrough innovations in fraud-deterrent security, unsurpassed quality and operational controls, as well as flexible integration, technical expertise, service, and support. Each Secure Printer utilizes an HP LaserJet base unit.

Xerox WorkCentre 4150 - Very limited availability at big discounts!!!

Print/Copy/Email/Fax/Scan at speeds up to 45ppm.

Since we are eager to help you get one or more of these fantastic Xerox multifunctions for your office, we are offering them at unbeatable prices for a very limited time. So don't get left out in the cold, call us right away to order yours.
4150/C $2,599 - special $2,299

4150/S $2,999 - special $2.499

4150/X $4,199 - special $3,299

4150/XF $5,999 - special $4,599

Detailed Specifications

Skype Unlimited Calls within Canada and U.S.A.

Are you aware that you can make free calls anywhere in the U.S. and Canada from your computer? Skype is one of the VOIP services offered over the internet. All you need is an internet connection and a computer with a microphone and speakers, a Skype account and your in business. In fact, Ashlin now ofers a variety of Skype compatible USB and IP telephones if you want to use a handset rather than a microphone and speakers. Since June 2006, Skype waived the charge to call land and cell phones within the U.S. and Canada. Well, all good things often come to an end and the free service will end on December 31. Starting January 1, 2007, the cost per minute will be $0.024 Canadian. BUT, you can now buy unlimited calling for $19.50 Canadian for one year if you sign up for the service by January 31, 2007. Included in the fee is one hour of international calls and a $50 voucher to purchase handsets and other Skype options.

Recently two of Ashlin's suppliers have offered a wireless Skype handset providing the same freedom as any portable house hold phone.

For more information, call Stephen Ginsberg at (416) 760-9114.

NOD32 Antivirus wins another award

An AV-Comparatives 2006 summary recognizing leadership in a couple of comparative categories including Overall Winner for 2006

I have used NOD32/ESET for more than 2 years, enjoying its small footprint and exceptional malware detection and removal. The av-comparatives organization recognizes NOD32 yet again for these and other qualities, naming NOD32/ESET as the overall winner for another year.