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Making your business more
profitable.
That is what we strive to do everyday. Since
1997 we have marketed our Point of Sales software to independent
retailers who need a powerful cost effective solution to doing
Point of Sales and Inventory Control. We have not grown beyond the
simple belief that we must provide the tools necessary in our
software to make your business profitable. As a small independent
software vendor our self, we do understand small independent
business needs.
With over 33 years of successful retailing
behind us, we also have the experience to understand retailer needs.
With our software development starting in late 1984 and by
1990 we had our DOS based version and by 1992 we had our Windows
3.1 version up and running, this all led us to marketing our
software in 1997 to independent retailers. Something we are still
doing today and are pleased to have such a great clientele.
You could say that in one form or another
IdoSoft has been around for over 25 years now.
New users we are looking forward to making your business more
profitable. Give us a call so we can get started.
Thank
you, our software users, for your continued support of IdoSoft.
Allen Friend
IdoSoft
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IdoSoft Headline News |
April 6, 2010
Beta 5.06.00 Beta-A2 was released.
After many, many months we have released the version 5.06.00 beta
to allow all licensed users to download and try this next release.
Log In to the user home page and select Downloads.
 NEW
feature "Consignment Sales". This feature
was added last July to our current Beta version and has been in
use by a dealer who simply only does consignment sales. Well
tested and proven to work by this user it is now available to all
IdoSoft ICS/POS users in this new version.
Consignment sales is a great way to add inventory & profit to your
business. For more information on this new feature contact IdoSoft
support. Start making money with consignment sales.
IdoSoft
GoToPC has been finally released. Now have
the convenience of being able to connect remotely to PCs that are
running IdoSoft ICS/POS software. Over a year in development and
over 6 months in BETA it is finally here. Beta tested on Windows
XP, Vista and Windows 7 to work day in and day out. What a
convenience it has been for our internal use during our beta
testing. We have done screen shot comparisons with commercial
products such as GoToMyPc and they look identical. We do believe
our viewer connection interface however is much faster in getting
a pc connected for viewing. Try it and let us know what you think.
March 26, 2010
Added software
support for a NEW licensed vendor HDW.
HDW is a hardware
distributer based in Shreveport, LA and serves about 1500
independent hardware dealers. Current software support includes
integration with our inventory catalog file and automated B/L
invoice download and processing.
March 12, 2010
Next release
expected by end of this month.
We
have been busy for several months now working on the next release
of our ICS/POS software. Expect some new additions, such as a NEW
backup program that will allow for offsite backups as well as two
local locations for backup redundancy. We have added 1.5 Terra
Bytes of RAID ( Safe ) storage here for users that have paid
support to backup to. Also expect to see our NEW program called
'IdoSoft GoToPC', allowing our current users that have paid
support to remotely connect to their POS terminals from any remote
PC. What a great tool to have when you are wanting to work from
home.
We are in BETA now and need some BETA users to test
the functionality of the new software. Contact us here at
(301)-334-3439 to be added to our BETA user list.
February 14, 2010
64 Bit hardware software compatibility
issue...
May business users are faced with upgrading
their PC and or PC hardware. In recent months we have encountered
several IdoSoft software users that have purchased 64 Bit PCs with
64 Bit operating systems installed and have encountered quite a
few compatibility issues. At this time we encourage our users to
avoid this problem by simply avoiding the 64 Bit operating system.
IdoSoft will run on a 64 Bit operating system as a 32 Bit
process as will most 32 Bit programs, but you will certainly
encounter compatibility issues with database managers and device
drivers and possibly other software you may need to use. Also note
that there is no speed improvement when running a 32 Bit
application on a 64 Bit PC. The 32 Bit legacy software programs
are simply run as a 32 Bit process, much in the same way the 32
Bit operating system would run a 16 Bit application. Also note
that old 16 Bit legacy programs will not run at all on a 64 Bit PC
with a 64 Bit operating system.
For the last 6
months we have tested IdoSoft on the Windows 7 Professional, 32
Bit operating system and have not encountered any issues with
running IdoSoft. Windows 7 appears to be a much improved Vista.
Also be advised that their is quite a difference between
versions of Windows, for the best compatibility always purchase
the Professional or Business version of the operating system. The
operating system Home versions do not offer the security and or
networking compatibility that are required by many business
software packages including PCCharge.
Presently
IdoSoft supports these operating systems...
Windows XP Professional, 32 Bit
Windows Vista for Business, 32 Bit
Windows 7 Professional, 32
Bit
Windows 2000, 32 Bit
Windows Server 2003 & 2008, 32 Bit
Windows Small Business Server 2003 & 2008, 32 Bit
Support on any other operating system will be limited by
IdoSoft.
Most compatibility issues
encountered by users of 64 Bit operating systems have to do with
device drivers. The standard database manager provided by IdoSoft,
Btrieve 32 Bit, appears to work on 64 Bit PCs. However we have
seen that the Pervasive SQL 2000 version 7 is not compatible.
Users of the Pervasive SQL 2000 database manager version 7 will
need to upgrade to the most current version of Pervasive for 64
Bit compatibility.
Consider, if your old PC needs a new
hard drive, simply install a new hard drive before buying a New PC
that will be currently incompatible with much of the software &
hardware you presently use in your business. Hard drives are
currently a cheap alternative to buying a new PC. Also PC builders
such as Dell offer many 32 Bit PCs and or downgrades to XP Pro
etc...
Please before you buy a new PC, give us a call so
that we can advise you of any compatibility issues we are aware
of.
September 22, 2009
As you may have noticed our website has been
moved to a new host and we have suffered some down time. We have
taken the steps and have moved to a Windows hosting platform. This
will permit us to introduce one of our new features... Web
Shopping Cart integration into the IdoSoft ICS/POS program. We are
in BETA testing with a major electronics supplier NewTek Supply,
www.newteksupply.com.
If you are an electronics retailer or want to be, contact
the great folks at Newtek Supply and setup a wholesale account.
They handle the electronic products you need, with great profit
margins and they offer the very best customer support. If you go
to their website, you will be seeing retail prices, wholesale
prices are hidden and only available to retailers.
The integration of website shopping cart management and
integrated order processing will streamline the process of
managing a retail location as well as a website shopping
experience for your customers.
You will notice that some
changes have been made as well to the website. Notice the new
option on the user home page to the left that is "User Account
Settings". Here you can change the password, phone number and your
user email address.
The next update has many new features
as well as a few fixes for issues that have been reported. We hope
to have the next update ready by end of this month. It has been a
busy summer for us here at IdoSoft and we are looking forward to
the fall selling season for our customers.
August 20, 2009
Beta testing has begun for our
release of the IdoSoft
GoToPC program. The software is in
use at several locations. For sometime IdoSoft has used our
HelpDesk software to connect to our users PC to assist in
installations or to resolve issues. We have highly modified this
software to allow our IdoSoft users to install it on PCs running
IdoSoft and have the ability to connect to these PCs from any
remote location using the IdoSoft GoToPC viewer. There will not be
a cost to use this software but the PCs that it is installed on
must have current software support from IdoSoft.
You have
heard of 'Go To My PC' this is a similar software product but much
simpler to install and make connections.
To be included in
the BETA release, contact us here at IdoSoft for FREE by simply
clicking on the GOOGLE Call Me... button at the top of this page.
June 29, 2009
One of our
IdoSoft PRO users, 'Bill's Outdoor Center'
has recently updated their sporting goods website. We are very
proud to work with this user, they run a very professional
operation. Here is a LINK to view some of their offerings and as
well view some pictures of their store...
http://www.billsoutdoorcenter.com/photogalleries/index.php
Contact Justin Hershman, the manager at: 301-387-3474, if you
would like to discuss his use of IdoSoft PRO as it relates to his retail
operation.
June 26, 2009
IdoSoft recently added 12 Sprint cellular
Kiosks to its list of users. These Kiosks, all on military bases,
were formerly run by Sprint and were recently turned over to an
independent dealer to operate. We are very pleased to be a part of
this operation and to serve in a small way our US service men and
women.
December 12, 2008
New software version 'IdoSoft Distributer'.
IdoSoft has been working with a Sporting Goods distributer on a
new version of IdoSoft to serve the special needs of the
independent distributer. The new version will track wholesale
orders, process and create truck loading pick tickets and
automatically bill the order upon completion of the truck loading
process. The new version also interfaces with our 'IdoSoft
PRO' version, to allow the distributer to as well run a
parallel retail store. A WEB order, shopping cart interface can as
well be added to this new version.
August 5, 2008
New
helpdesk. We have recently added a new
feature to IdoSoft, a Help Desk interface that will connect a
remote IdoSoft user to an IdoSoft support agent. A great feature
that will improve our software support operations.
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