Terry: I'd second David's recommendation of Time & Chaos and Quicken. You could keep the data files on a remote server like Diino<http://www.diino.com/> and both you and your assistant have the password so both of you could use the data. There are other data storage places like it. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 9:22 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Database for Piano Business What does the PT stand for? '-] I don't know what PTBiz did but you girl Friday is going to keep you books and make calls/appointments for you? Seems to me you need an accounting program like Quickbooks, which I'm sure you can send stuff to your accountant. I don't think it will be good for keeping piano service records though...I use Time & Chaos for customers/scheduling/service records. It has the capability to be on the web for your manager. I haven't used it for that, myself seeing as how I still do everything myself...'-[ Good luck finding program that does what Quickbooks does and Time & Chaos. I keep those 2 aspects of the business separate. David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ________________________________ Original message From: Farrell To: Received: 3/2/2009 5:42:35 PM Subject: [pianotech] Database for Piano Business I am in the process of getting a manager/accountant involved with my business. I've been keeping track of clients/appointments/finances with PTBiz for many years. I realize that program is dated as the author is no longer supporting it. I need to find a program(s) that can basically do what I've been doing with PTBiz, but one that also has the ability to sync with another remote computer (my assistant will be working 40 miles away), AND hopefully, be able to run on and sync with a PDA (HP iPAQ running Windows Mobile). Any recommendations from the computer literates out there? Thanks! Terry Farrell Farrell Piano www.farrellpiano.com<http://www.farrellpiano.com/> terry at farrellpiano.com<mailto:terry at farrellpiano.com> <mailto:terry at farrellpiano.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090303/d74d0833/attachment.html>
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