With the CRM Bridge , sales people can easily:

* Enter an order in Cougar Mountain Software by clicking on the Cougar icon in the ACT! toolbar.
* Keep Records Up to Date in One Step — Update billing addresses in the CMS database, based on information in ACT!.
* Import customer information from ACT! into the Cougar Mountain Software database.
* Keep the Cougar Mountain Software database “clean,” only storing customers (using ACT! to store customer and prospect data).
* See customer purchases recorded automatically in the ACT! notes field.

* Access Custom Reports from within Cougar Mountain Software – Now the customized reports created within R&R Report Writer can be accessed from the report menus inside Cougar Mountain . Customized reports will also be accessible from a new Custom Options dropdown menu.
* Quicker Access to Frequently Used Reports – Popular reports are now available at easily accessible areas in the specific modules, as well as from the reports menu.
* Links to Open Other Programs or Files – Set up the new Custom Options dropdown menu to link to specific files or applications — for example, users can add a link that will open a new window to show a calculator, an Excel file, or a Word Document.
* Increased Security – Track point of sale transactions by user ID and batch numbers – a great security tool for tracking the activities of clerks.
* New Audit Trail Search Capabilities – Search by specific amounts or ranges, time periods, batch numbers and user IDs, to help track down details quickly and easily.
* Improved Register Security – Three new features have been added to improve register security, including limiting discount percentages, preventing clerks from deleting detail lines before saving, and preventing them from setting the quantity sold number to zero after collecting money from the customer.
* New Default Search Features – Set the default search criteria for the lookup searches, so you can click a lookup field and immediately start typing in the search information.
* Purchase Order Alert – This feature “alerts” users if the cost or price of an inventory item has increased since the last time it was ordered. This feature can help monitor inventory costs and adjust prices when costs increase to maintain optimal profit margins.
* New Reporting Date Range Options – Select date ranges like “last fiscal quarter,” “last week,” or “last fiscal year,” and Cougar Mountain will look up the dates from the periods previously specified and fill them in.
* New Sales Tax Report Option – This new sales tax code report breaks down the monetary amounts distributed into each tax level and displays the summary totals for the time period selected.
* New Retail Monthly Movement Report – This new monthly movement report shows changes in inventory and profit on a monthly and yearly time line. This report also shows Inventory movement over 12 months so anyone can accurately plan purchasing and see seasonal trends on a single report.
* New Bank Reconciliation Sorting – Sort by multiple variables to match bank records so checks can be listed in the same order in Cougar Mountain as they are on the bank statement, making reconciliation fast and easy.
* New Multiple Selection in Accounts Receivable – Similar to the feature in Accounts Payable Quick Pay, select multiple invoices to mark as paid, instead of just one at a time, saving time when receiving payments.
* Reformatted Payroll History Report – This report is reformatted for improved readability.

PDFs make postal costs obsolete. Users can save time and money by turning invoices and purchase orders into PDFs and delivering them to customers without ever putting a stamp on an envelope. No more waiting three to five days for the Postal Service to deliver statements, which means faster turn-around times for receiving payments.

This tool can also be used to send marketing materials, such as special information, offers and other incentives using the Cougar Mountain Software customer database. This tool can easily turn offers into PDFs and notify patrons with the click of a button. This can be used to notify customers their warranty is expiring, or of a special offer based on previous purchases.

PDF creation can also save Cougar Mountain customers time and money by allowing them to save reports as PDF files and archive them on a hard drive instead of a filing cabinet for easy lookup and reference.

The setup process is simple with the included training, installation, and integration services. A Cougar Mountain Software trainer will work with customers over the phone to install the software, set it up to work with Cougar Mountain Software’s reports, and show their staff how easy it is to use.

Other benefits include:

* Incorporates a customized or standard message with each emailed PDF.
* Is compatible with R&R Report Writer, Crystal Reports, Word, and Excel.
* Preserves the original appearance of documents.
* Combines multiple documents for the same recipient into one PDF.
* Instantly separates and delivers information unique to the recipient.
* Allows password protection for more secure communications.
* Records and creates archives of PDF files for recordkeeping.
* Can turn documents into PDFs without sending them.

The keynote speaker is Kevin Winston, a Systems Trainer for Cougar Mountain Software with over 20 years of retail management experience at companies including McDonalds Inc., Bonanza Steakhouse, and Pier One Imports. Winston describes his presentation as an aggressive, hands-on approach to dealing with inventory challenges where business owners learn how to maximize profits and productivity through their inventory investments, and learn tips, tools, and practices that improve retail operations.

Some of the topics Winston plans to cover include organizing your warehouse to minimize orders, measuring the productivity and profitability of your inventory investment, identifying products that aren’t contributing to your goals, identifying and analyzing unusual sales or thefts, incorporating promotions and special products into a forecast, and determining the best times to take advantage of special discounts or incentives.

“These promotions are all very well earned by each of these individuals. They have done an outstanding job for our company.” Said Bob Gossett, Owner and CEO. “Our company is proud to have people of this caliber to aid us in reaching our short range and long range goals. I know they will continue to help us achieve them.”

Welsh has served two roles over the past three months, both that of General Manager and Director of Product Management. He joined the company’s technical support department in 1994, and from there progressed to a lead position. He then formed the training department for Cougar Mountain . Welsh moved into a director’s position as the director of training and took on additional responsibility for systems design. As Chief Operating Officer he will determine the direction of the company’s products and service offerings.

Taking his position as the Director of Product Management, Jennings is responsible for gathering customer requirements and researching the market to help shape the direction of Cougar Mountain Software products. In addition, Jennings plays a key role in designing and implementing new products and product enhancements and developing and maintaining strategic partnerships. He will now oversee the product documentation team.

Haworth, who has served as the Sales Director, will take on the title of Chief Marketing Officer to more accurately reflect his role at Cougar Mountain Software. For the past two years, he has been responsible for growing the company’s revenue and maintaining Cougar Mountain ’s market-leading position in the accounting software industry, overseeing all aspects of sales. As the Chief Marketing Officer, he will assist in more effectively aligning and maintaining the marketing efforts of the company.

Smith joined Cougar Mountain in June, 2006, as the Marketing Manager. In her new position she will oversee all of Cougar Mountain Software’s advertising, public relations, and web-development efforts.

Built using the latest Microsoft® SQL technology, Denali Premium software provides fast, accurate processing of transactions, a low learning curve, excellent multilevel security, and robust accounting reports, vital to understanding the financial health of the business. Its accounting modules are fully integrated, providing instant access to up-to-date information.

“Our Denali Premium software provides the features of high-end accounting programs at a very reasonable price,” says Cary Welsh , Chief Operating Officer for Cougar Mountain Software. “Our Denali Premium product line provides a powerful and scalable solution for growing mid-sized businesses.”

Denali was created on the foundation that successful businesses are built on the knowledge accessed through thorough and accurate financial reporting. Denali makes it easy to run just about any financial report, providing users with the ability to create custom reports or modify one of the 65 pre-built report templates. These reporting options provide customers with the exact information they need to effectively run their business.

Built to grow and expand as the customer’s business grows, Denali ’s modules can be purchased separately to meet the needs of any business. Denali users won’t need to purchase entirely new accounting software packages as their business grows and changes.

Cougar Mountain Software’s support team is based at their headquarter office in Boise , Idaho. Constant interaction between customers, the sales and support teams, and the product development team allows the scope and features of the product to be driven by the businesses who use the software daily.

August 1, 2006 BOISE, IDAHO – Cougar Mountain Software, publisher of accounting software for small to mid-sized organizations, announces the launch of three new services to make it even easier for businesses to implement and maintain Cougar Mountain Software products.

“Most of our mid-sized business customers don’t have a full-time IT staff person to do these kinds of tasks,” says Cary Welsh , Chief Operating Officer. “By offering these services to our customers, they save money and the hassle of finding an IT consultant. Our goal is to take the worry out of setting up and maintaining their accounting infrastructure.”

The three services include:

• On-site Installation – provides installation of customer equipment, such as computer networks and cable, servers, workstations, as well as point of sale equipment like cash registers, card readers, scanners and printers.

• The Wellness Support Program - provides troubleshooting, guidance, and telephone assistance on a quarterly basis to help facilitate smooth and productive operation of Cougar Mountain software solutions. Once each quarter, Cougar Mountain Software will perform a one-hour evaluation to analyze and enhance hardware and software functionality for optimal performance. Services include the clean-up of temporary folders, checking for viruses and spyware, checking for critical software updates, re-indexing files, as well as providing consultation for year-end closing and setting up back-ups.

• Priority Phone Support – provides immediate access to dependable, expert advice for time-critical production issues. Customers with Priority Phone Support can access Cougar Mountain ’s telephone support team 12 hours a day, Monday through Friday, and receive fast response to critical problems from the next available Senior-Level Support Specialist. Customers also have 24-hour access to Cougar Mountain Software’s Customer Service Center , a comprehensive online web support resource, which provides extensive product and support information and online account and case management.

Dave Haworth, Cougar Mountain ’s Chief Marketing Officer, made the announcement. “We’re proud of Cougar Mountain products and of the resellers who work with us to sell and support them,” said Haworth . “With our nationwide network of partners, we can provide on-the-spot service to our customers and increase our distribution.”

The conference provides an opportunity for Cougar Mountain and its resellers to share successes and challenges in selling, implementing and supporting Cougar Mountain’s accounting, point of sale and fund accounting (for nonprofit organizations) software products.

May 31, 2006 BOISE, IDAHO – Cougar Mountain released this week the General Ledger module for Denali by Cougar Mountain™.

With the addition of General Ledger, Denali is now an integrated suite of accounting products that can accommodate an organization’s growth of users, locations and data volumes at an affordable price. The product line includes point of sale, inventory, order entry and accounts receivable modules. Accounts payable will be available this summer.

Cougar Mountain Software currently publishes accounting, point of sale and fund accounting software. The new Denali product family is based on the latest 32-bit .NET and SQL technology from Microsoft ®.

According to Cary Welsh, Director of Product Management for the software publishing company, “Denali provides virtually unlimited transaction volumes and can be scaled to a large number of users. That means Denali will meet the requirements of growing businesses for many years. Our general ledger module is distinguished by allowing account structures with up to 50 characters and six segments. It can be configured to allow users to post to and report on transactions in various categories with nearly unlimited flexibility.”

Denali by Cougar Mountain retains the excellent multilevel security that is a hallmark of Cougar Mountain products. The audit trail is secure and cannot be edited. The program retains transactions for a virtually unlimited number of years, allows posting to future years, and allows designated users to block posting for a past period.

Denali ships with Crystal Reports® XI, the latest version of the award-winning reporting software from Business Objects. (Effective February 2007, Crystal Reports is now an add-on product available with Denali.)

The new services are available with Cougar Mountain’s accounting, fund accounting and point of sale software programs. The software publisher has developed relationships that provide options for point of sale check conversion, credit and debit card processing, automated electronic payment and collection services as well as gift cards. Each service works transparently with Cougar Mountain software.

“We’ve developed each of these merchant transaction services with small to medium-sized organizations in mind,” said Jim Stone, chief operating officer for the software publisher. “By eliminating set up fees and minimum monthly charges, and through establishing relationships with processing firms that have affordable transaction costs, we can help Cougar Mountain customers improve their cash flow and simplify their operations.

“We believe that the range of transaction services, the level of integration to our software and the low cost is truly unique in the industry. It establishes Cougar Mountain as a leader in providing point of sale, accounting and transaction services to small and medium-sized businesses,” Stone continued.

Cougar Mountain Point of Sale now allows for check conversion for both consumer and business checks. Electronic conversion of consumer and business checks is completed in the same easy, affordable process, allowing merchants to have funds from checks quickly available in their bank account, often within one business day.

Many small businesses consider the high cost of processing credit and debit cards an unpleasant but necessary cost of doing business. Often they don’t realize these costs can be lowered by choosing the right payment processor. Cougar Mountain’s processing partner, Pivotal Payments, has highly competitive rates, 24/7 customer support and a rebate for new merchants.

Using Cougar Mountain’s processor for providing direct deposit of payroll can mean substantial savings to employers with fewer than 250 employees. “By avoiding the monthly minimums and service charges imposed by large national banks, organizations can save over $1200 a year in many cases,” said Stone. “That’s a big contribution to the bottom line for many of our customers.”