
QuickBooks Connect, a new add-on service that lets small businesses access key QuickBooks data remotely via the Internet or a mobile device. "We can take information from webmail clients like Gmail, and sort and tag them as 'customer,' 'vendor,' or other types." Enabling QuickBooks to "add the people you so business with," says Hood. "Now, start-up for QuickBooks is fast regardless of file size." "If you have a lot of transactions, your QuickBooks files used to be large, for heavy QuickBooks users, startup could take minutes," says Hood.



Unlike tax-oriented financial software, versions of QuickBooks are not tax or calendar year dependent however, notes Hood, "Many customers start their new year by upgrading to the new version, for the new features."
