Good news for Mac users. At last the beast is in the bag: 4D has announced Tiger compatibility

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Is eBay important to your business? There is an increasing number for whom the answer is Yes, as theweb giant increasingly repositions itself as not somuch an auction site, more an ecommerce superstore. If you are using eBay, or would like to do so, but have problems integrating with other business systems, then you will be interested in 4D's latest offering, MarketBlast.

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We all need as much help as we can get to make sure that clients pay us on time.Using the Daybook Payments Chasing function, in Modulus and Enterprise can make a real difference to your cash flow and is quite simple to set up.

The system lets you escalate invoices according to how old each invoice is and send targeted reminders,account-on-hold letters, final warnings,instructions to solicitors, and so on.

Automatic credit control letters »

We are currently making significant improvements to the way that the Enterprise 6 diary is used, and will be releasing an upgrade shortly.

The new version will have a much wider range of entry screens to the diary, depending on the task you are doing. Making a note, scheduling anappointment, recording time, and making a sales call, are all handled through the diary, but have completely different requirements. Handling these varying needs better will be a major improvement to user-friendliness and efficiency.

We now have a 4D 2004 version of Enterprise 6currently in testing and will be releasing it shortly.

Find out more about what's on the horizon »

Why not join the dozens of sites who have alreadytaken advantage of our free offer and open a freeCaliban account?

With our Ready-To-Go option, you could have your mini-site live on the web in less than 30 minutes and run it completely free for at least 12 months. And because all Caliban pages are automatically optimized to be found by web searches, you could seriously enhance your web presence.

Sign up for your free mini-site now! »

We are still making dozens of improvements, big and small, to the Caliban system.

When you sign up for a Caliban account, it now comes fully configured with a test page, template and components. You will need to do some minor and straightforward editing and add your copy. The whole process, from signup to publish (apart from the writing!) takes no more than half an hour.

Read about more enhancements to Caliban »

It's the latest Big Thing. Business Intelligence (or BI as it is known - the biggest things of all only need initials) is currently strutting its stuff and will no doubt be coming to a software exhibition near you this autumn.

Users of Modulus and Enterprise 6 could be excused for wondering what the fuss is about. After all,they have had intelligent businesses for years.

More about Business Intelligence... »

We have launched a new website (Caliban-powered,naturally), geared towards bespoke development projects using 4D. Check it out at www.4ddevelopers.co.uk

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Software can sometimes be an expensive commodity.Something that seems eminently desirable when you are discussing the concept can suddenly result in a sharp intake of breath and a failure of corporate nerve when the quote for doing the work arrives.

Yet the fact remains that having software that really does support your business can be one the finest ways to increase trade and profit margins, cut overheads, provide enhanced quality of service and keep your best staff

Find out how to approach ROI »

Just a reminder that if you encounter a software problem, we recommend that you enter them via our website. That makes sure that they enter our call-handling system and get correctly monitored and progressed. By all means, call or email us as well, but please make the website your first port of call

One of our clients recently expressed astonishment when our Customer Support Team emailed him with an answer to a problem he had encountered.

You might conclude from this that a response from the Daybook Support Team is a rare event. Well, of course, that was not the reason. But it is pretty rare in the world of software to get a response to a problem that you have not actually reported.

Find out more about Big Brother... »