“China meet Siondo – Siondo meet China”: PC Stars and Siondo work on localized software deployment for the Chinese market.

PC Stars Corporation, China’s biggest online software distributor, and UK Software as a Service (SaaS) provider Siondo form a partnership to localize Siondo’s current SaaS offerings for delivery to over 1 Million Chinese businesses.

PC Stars Corporation was founded in March, 2006 and commits to be the biggest online software distributor and leading SaaS provider in China through continuous innovation and re-construction of value chains and software distribution applications. Over the years, PC Stars developed the first and most powerful vertical IT search engine (www.baihui.com) in China; launching and providing SaaS services, such as Online Office, Online Backup and CRM. This online search and distribution platform is supported by a sales network of more than 2,400 retailers and 200 popular website partners such as Sina.com and Baidu.com. PC Stars cooperates with more than 1,000 SIs (System Integrator) and VARs to deliver software to enterprise clients via license online/offline distribution systems, and provide technical solutions and powerful on-site support for our clients through our professional service team.
By now, PC Stars has acquired more than 1,000,000 registered customers, operates sales offices in 7 major provinces, and covers 90%+ of the Chinese market.

“Siondo offers online enterprise software at very competitive rates” says Christian Steiner, Siondo’s CEO and co-founder. “It is part of our strategy to establish a presence in the biggest and fastest growing markets like China and India – markets that give Siondo a high level of exposure and may lead to critical mass in a shorter period of time”.
With PCStars, Siondo has found the perfect alliance because PC Stars already cooperates with leading SaaS supplier and operator, Zoho, and launched the Zoho product series on the SaaS platform of PC Stars, which, along with China Digital and Ali Software, has become one of the leading SaaS platforms in China. PC Stars’ successful track record in the Chinese SaaS market together with their cutting-edge distribution platform makes them an experienced and highly valuable partner for the upcoming launch of SiondoERP in China.

“Over the last months, we have been working closely with PC Stars’ business and technical teams to localize Siondo ERP for the businesses of China” says Siondo’s CTO Jason Devenney. He adds that “It is a matter of configuration rather than development. We did our homework from the beginning and designed the Siondo software platform with multi-everything in mind. This guarantees rapid global deployment at lower cost and much less time to market”.

Siondo ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is Siondo’s first software service of many to follow. SiondoERP combines many core business processes into a single, powerful business management solution that streamlines both, front-end and back-end operations while connecting all information needed across the entire company. The standard features include: Customer and Supplier Management, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory &, Resource Management, Budgeting, Banking, Fixed Asset Management, as well as Double-Entry Bookkeeping and IFRS/GAAP Financial Reports.
Siondo ERP can be fully customised to suit changing business requirements, and is easily configured to comply with International business legislation and taxation. Built in features include role-specific access and dashboards for unlimited users, multi-currency trading, free productivity and collaboration tools and much more.
Like all Siondo software, SiondoERP is completely Internet-based. All users need to run SiondoERP is a PC or MAC with a Web browser and an Internet connection - anytime and from anywhere.

Visit siondo.com to find out more about Siondo and to take a test drive of SiondoERP, the first software service brought to you by Siondo. Stay tuned for more upcoming Siondo services and exciting Siondo enhancements by visiting the Siondo blog.

Thanks to MyBusiness MVP, PCMall opts for SiondoERP

"We are very impressed with Odigo Marketing, the people behind MyBusinessMVP, the one stop shop for subscription based business productivity services”, says Christian Steiner, the CEO of Siondo. “Their vigilance in finding new sales and marketing channels for us is amazing”.

Two months ago, SiondoERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Siondo’s first software service out of many to follow, became the exclusive ERP application available in the USA through MyBusinessMVP. Three weeks later, MyBusinessMVP formed a partnership with Kudzu.com. Placing MyBusinessMVP on the Kudzu.com portal makes SiondoERP among other services available to all Kudzu.com customers at discounted rates.

Today, PC Mall Inc opened their portal for all MyBusinessMVP services and we have just heard that major US retail chains are to follow shortly.
“We will upgrade our SAS70 Type II compliant hosting environment in the US shortly” says Jason Devenney, CTO and co-founder of Siondo because PC Mall is one of the fastest-growing direct marketers of technology solutions for business, government and educational institutions as well as consumers in the US.
PC Mall offers among the widest selection anywhere of personal computer and server hardware, software, peripherals, accessories, electronics, office furniture and equipment, and related products. More than 100,000 different products from companies such as Compaq, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Cisco, and Siondo among others are marketed to business customers using relationship-based outbound telemarketing, catalogs and the internet.



Visit MyBusinessMVP or take a test drive at siondo.com to find out more about SiondoERP, the first software service brought to you by Siondo.

Siondo’s online ERP solution goes live on Kudzu.com

Based in Atlanta, GA, Kudzu.com is the first interactive website enabling consumers to quickly and conveniently locate the best service providers that are the right fit for their particular needs. Based on the success and quick adoption of the site in Atlanta, Kudzu is now expanding to the San Diego, Phoenix and Las Vegas markets and Siondo is “on board”.

Recently, Kudzu.com formed a partnership with MyBusinessMVP the one stop shop for subscription based business productivity services and one of Siondo’s US-based partners. Last month, SiondoERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) became the exclusive ERP application available in the USA through MyBusinessMVP and today, SiondoERP is available to all Kudzu.com customers at discounted rates.

Visit Kudzu or take a test drive at siondo.com to find out more about SiondoERP, the first software service brought to you by Siondo. Stay tuned for more upcoming Siondo services and exciting Siondo enhancements by visiting the Siondo blog.

SiondoERP featured on MyBusinessMVP in the USA

We are pleased to announce that SiondoERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) has become the exclusive ERP application available in the USA through MyBusinessMVP, the one stop shop for subscription based business productivity services. MyBusinessMVP is powered by Odigo Marketing, an Atlanta (US) based partner that helps companies like Siondo with strategic planning, market analysis, channel development, and product marketing in the US. “MyBusinessMVP is a great partner to have because they give us a high level of exposure in the US market and help us build a reputation in the US without actually being there” says Christian Steiner, the CEO and co-founder of Siondo.

What is MyBusinessMVP?
MyBusinessMVP provides a software service ecosystem where business owners and managers can learn about a myriad of services designed to enhance business productivity, marketing reach, customer acquisition, internal communications as well as many more essential business functions.
MyBusinessMVP is the place to go for any small and medium-sized business (SME) that wants to compete without the need to invest in costly hardware and software solutions. All services are designed to level the playing field of competition. MyBusinessMVP empowers owner managers and directors of SMEs to manage their business like large, multi-national corporations for a fraction of the cost. With the portfolio of services available through MyBusinessMVP, SMEs can act like a big business on a small business budget.
MyBusinessMVP not only educates decision makers about cutting edge software services but works like an online shopping basket for web-based business applications. Business owners and directors can pick and mix the right software applications for their business and subscribe to many applications like SiondoERP just over the Internet.

SiondoERP is now the exclusive ERP business management solution available through MyBusinessMVP and it brings all your daily business processes together in a single, integrated business application, while it reduces the risk of managing multiple applications from multiple vendors. SiondoERP offers greater efficiency, flexibility, and ease of use while reducing the total cost of managing your business. The core features include:

Customer Management
Manage your customer details, specify unique customer preferences and set flexible terms for product and service sales. SiondoERP keeps customer accounts, maintains histories, and tracks all customer activity in real time.

Supplier Management
Manage your supplier records, build supplier-specific product catalogues, and set-up flexible sourcing arrangements with suppliers. Monitor all supplier activity in real time.

Sales Management
SiondoERP takes care of all your product and service sales. Easy lifecycle management for quotes, orders, contracts, invoices, cash receipts, credit notes, as well as returns and cancellations.

Purchasing
SiondoERP handles your purchasing procurements and offers you all the purchasing tools you need for your business. Manage purchase orders, contracts, invoices, receipts, as well as returns to suppliers and debit notes.

Expense Reporting
Stay on top of your company’s expenses with SiondoERP and track multi-currency expenses in real time.

Inventory Management
SiondoERP provides you with full stock control in real-time and supports LIFO, FIFO and AVERAGE inventory costing. Set-up unique item classifications and characteristics, and track your stock by serial and lot numbers. Monitor inventory life and set buffer levels for automatic re-ordering.

Resource Management
SiondoERP handles your company-wide work procurements and provides you with complete lifecycle management for work requests and work orders. Create jobs and job assemblies and delegate these via flexible work arrangements in real-time.

Banking
Securely store your bank, bank account, as well as credit and debit card information. Drill down on every transaction and instantly check the liquidity of all your accounts and cards. Enjoy user-friendly reconciliation procedures for all bank accounts and cards.

Bookkeeping
SiondoERP makes accounting easy and automatically books all your business transactions to the correct bookkeeping accounts. Includes flexible Charts of Accounts, General Ledgers, Receivables and Payables Tracking, Fixed Asset Management, Budgeting, and GAAP/IFRS Reporting.

Visit MyBusinessMVP or take a test drive at siondo.com to find out more about SiondoERP, the first software service brought to you by Siondo.

SiondoERP: Business Software that offers Accounting as a positive side-effect

Designed and tested by small and medium-sized businesses for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB), SiondoERP is one of the few business management applications that come with a fully integrated and automatic double-entry bookkeeping mechanism – as a positive side-effect.
With the help of many smart friends, we have taken the complexity out of accounting and IT because we want owner managers and directors to get on with their business without major training and without a degree in IT or Accountancy.

Sounds fantastic but how does it all work?

When you go to siondo.com and sign up to SiondoERP, you may choose from different business templates which will automatically pre-configure SiondoERP according to your country, region, line of business, and/or incorporation type. To allow you a quick start and based on your choices, SiondoERP generates a Chart of Accounts, populates business Taxes and sets all Financial Reports to regional compliance.
You can always access the settings and easily change the default setup or revert back to the default setup. It’s in the settings where you can configure SiondoERP to comply with any International business legislation and taxation, and manage all the specific types, categories, and classifications which make your business unique. If required, there are many built in SiondoERP features that make your business Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliant.

If you are unsure, simply, provide your accountant with system access to do it for you.

What makes SiondoERP unique?

SiondoERP let’s you run your daily business from anywhere and offers accounting as a positive side-effect. What? Yes, you have read correctly. You, or any of the unlimited users you may grant role-specific system access, start selling and buying, record expenses, manage inventory and delegate resources, or enter bank account or credit card transactions into the system. You can fully concentrate on running and growing your business while SiondoERP takes care of the “Rest”.
The “Rest” means, automatic double-entry bookkeeping including Standard, Year till Date (YTD) and Comparative GAAP/IFRS compliant Balance Sheets, P&L Statements, Cash Flows, and Trial Balances. There are also Aged Reports for customers and suppliers. Simply access, print, or export these reports by financial year periods or by any date range for the company and/or individual branches (if applicable).

Ok, but what makes SiondoERP really unique?

Double-entry bookkeeping implies that all ledgers or book accounts need to be in balance at all times; very much like a trial balance. If your books are not in balance, you are in “trouble”. For accounts to remain in balance, a change in one account must be matched with a change in another account.
For example, if you send an invoice to a customer, SiondoERP credits a receivable account with the balance due for payment. This is an Asset account (e.g.: Accounts Receivable or Trade Debtors). When the customer then pays the balance due, indicated while receiving a Cash Receipt, SiondoERP debits the Asset account and credits the Income account. In the background, SiondoERP also updates inventory accounts based on the stock sold and shipped to the customer.
In contrast, if you receive an invoice from a supplier, SiondoERP credits a payable account with the balance due for payment. This is a Liability account (e.g.: Accounts Payable or Trade Creditors). When you then issue the payment, SiondoERP debits the Liability account and credits the COGS or Expense account automatically. In the background, SiondoERP also updates inventory accounts based on the stock purchased and received from suppliers.

But enough about Asset, Liability, COGS, Income, Equity, Expense, or Tax Paid accounts because SiondoERP does it all for you - without user input. There is only one central page in the settings which makes this possible. On this page, you or your accountant can pinpoint all bookkeeping accounts which SiondoERP requires to book transactions to the correct bookkeeping accounts – automatically and repeatedly. SiondoERP then offsets all transactions based on business activity which means your ledgers will always be in balance.

What about manual transactions or adjustments to accounts? These are account transactions that have not been triggered by sales, purchasing or expense activities. We have made it mandatory for users to select one or multiple offset accounts for every transaction they book to an account. This way, SiondoERP ensures that the company accounts are always in balance at all times; in fact, the balance cannot be broken and you will never be in “trouble”.

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“Crunchbeatingly good” – Siondo’s flexible price plans

Siondo let's you choose a payment plan that fits your business. You decide how Siondo bills you for your business software. Visit Siondo.com for “crunchbeatingly good” prices.

Some call it Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) we call it “all you need to run a successful business.

Siondo ERP is a completely Internet-based application that has been designed explicitly for new and growing businesses world-wide. Clearly, software solutions that have been designed for medium-sized companies do not work for small companies including start-ups and “one person bands” (SMB). Siondo ERP is different because our software has been designed, built, and tested by SMB for SMB.

With Siondo’s online ERP solution, you receive a fully customisable, multi-currency, and internationally compliant business management application that is suitable for a single company, with or without multiple branches, departments and/or employees. Siondo ERP assists you in the real-time management of all core business activities and enables you to integrate customers, employees, and suppliers into daily business processes. Find out more at Siondo.com.

Last year, we have decided to abandon annoying user licenses, complex contracts, and the need for subscribers to pay for back ups and standard support.

In 2009 business just got better. Siondo let's you choose a payment plan that fits your business. You decide how Siondo bills you for your business software. You may choose between monthly, quarterly and annual billing plans and enjoy massive discounts and lot’s of free webspace with every Siondo ERP subscription. Beat the crunch with Siondo.com.

Security is a big thing at Siondo. Now Siondo software just got safer

Security is a ‘big’ thing at Siondo. We host all our websites and online applications in SAS 70 Type II certified data centers and have security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of your data. Siondo utilises some of the most advanced technology for Internet security available today and has been authenticated according to the most rigorous industry standards.

Siondo has been using VeriSign© since the beginnings which means that Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology protects the information of our customers and site visitors using both server authentication and data encryption. This ensures that your data is safe, secure, and available only to you.

We did not stop here because we want you to feel safe if you trust Siondo with your details and your data. Therefore, Siondo just got safer. We have added McAfee Secure© which keeps you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses, and online scam. Siondo’s websites and online applications are now tested and certified daily to pass the “McAfee Secure” Security Scan.

Experience the new security at siondo.com