During the Tour de France a rest day takes place, which gives thousands of amateur cyclists the opportunity to race through the highest mountains of the Alps.

 

Held over the route of the 15th stage of the Tour de France, L'Etape du Tour takes in hours and hours of cycling up extremely steep hills and mountains, surrounded by glaciers, waterfalls, cicadas and marmottes, and finishing on Alpe D'Huez.

 

Ian Lucey, Relate's Sales and Marketing Manager, embarked on this tour in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation (www.irishheart.ie).

 

Ian competed in the gruelling race,  which took place on Monday the 10th of July, and in doing so raised alot of money for a very worthy Charity.

 

Congratulations to Ian from all in Relate Software!

To see a photo of Ian on the Tour click here.

 

 

 

Relate are pleased to announce the 2 new additions to its Support Department. 

We are further enhancing our efforts to provide the best technical support to all of our clients.

 

Dwayne Morgan & Stuart Doyle both join Relate from a background in Information Systems, specialising in software development. They have used a wide range of IT Applications and have extensive programming & database knowledge.

 

We are delighted to have them both on board.

 

If you would like to find out further information on Relate Software and our products, call us on 01 4597800 or e-mail to info@relate-software.com.

 

 

The Microsoft Program Partner Awards for 2006 announced Relate Software as a runner up for “Technology Innovation Partner of the Year”, in the category of software solutions, at a gala ceremony last night.

The finalists in this category were companies that had developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the past year.

Relate’s DRIVE package has been particularly praised for its innovative features and has been recognized as an extremely competent product in delivering exceptional results to the Accountancy Profession.

Relate were the only company to qualify for the award from EMEA, and were 1 of only 5 finalists competing for this particular award.

“This is an amazing achievement for our company. We have worked extremely hard over the past 5 years developing and implementing software that is both innovative and functional, to suit the needs of our primary audience, accountants. We have established a firm client base that is made up of both accountants in practice and increasingly of the general business sector, including fund administrators and architects”.

-          - - - - Ray Rogers, Managing Director, Relate Software.

“We plan to continue developing the best products on the market today, and to grow our client base in all areas. Our existing product suite is made up of DRIVE, Relate Company Secretary and Relate Accounts Production. We hope to bring out Relate Personal Tax Manager and Relate Corporation Tax Manager next year”

                          - -- - - - Richie McMahon, R & D Director, Relate Software.

 

 

 
 

If you would like to contact Relate, please do so on 01 4597800 or e-mail to info@relate-software.com.

 

 

 
SiliconRepublic.com, Ireland's online technology news service, recently featured an article regarding Relate's nomination for a Microsoft Partner Program Award.

 

Relate Software are 1 of 5 finalists competing in the category of "Technology Innovation Partner of the Year" for 2006.

 

Featured in the "Breaking News" section of the online magazine, it mentions how Relate are the only European finalists in their category.

 

The Microsoft partner award ceremony will take place in Boston on the 12th of July.

 

To read the article, please click here.

 

 

July 2006 - Relate Company Secretary – Latest Version Update.

 
Over the past few months our programmers have been busy implementing necessary changes to the Relate Company Secretary package, along with additional features. |

The new Version will be released at the start of August. All clients will be able to download the new version with ease from the download section on our website.

There is a comprehensive features and enhancements list with over 75 points. Click here for a sample list of those points.

If you would like to contact us regarding any of the changes, please e-mail to info@relate-software.com or call us on 01 4597800.

 

June 2006 - Relate selected as Worldwide Finalist in the Microsoft Partner Awards Program 2006.
 

Microsoft has recently announced that Relate Software have been chosen as a finalist in the Microsoft Partner Awards Program 2006.
Already winners of the European award, Relate will travel to Boston for the award ceremony, where they are one of 4 worldwide finalists for “Technology Innovation Partner of the Year”.

The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Program Awards recognize Microsoft Partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the past year. To be selected as a finalist, your product must be of the highest technological level and quality.

Our DRIVE product, the centralized database system, has been chosen as an innovative software solution that has provided a quality solution for accountants.

“We are delighted to have made the short list and it is in recognition of our hard work in developing solutions for accountants around the Microsoft platform”.
Ray Rogers, MD Relate Software.
 

 

Relate Software are running a series of seminars around the country this June.  These seminars will focus on helping accountants to streamline their processes and make their practice more efficient, through a centralised software solution.

Take a small amount of time to see what Relate has to offer. Over 250 practices have moved to DRIVE by Relate Software, the only package that centralises all your Accounts Production, Company Secretarial, Time & Billing, CRM, Document and Deadline Management. 

For further information on the seminars, times and locations, please click here. You can also e-mail us on:

info@relate-software.com or call us on 01 4597800.

 

 

 

The Relate Accounts Production Preview was a great success, with over 100 people in attendance over the 2 sessions. Taking place at Jury’s Hotel, Ballsbridge, on May 4th this was the first chance to see the new product. Relate Accounts Production is the first Accounts Production product to be launched on the Irish Market for over 8 years. Along with the latest compliance features, RAP contains a host of up-to-date product features designed to improve the speed and efficiency of producing a set of Accounts. If you would like some further information on this product please go to http://www.relate-software.com/RAP.htm . You can also phone Relate on 01 4597800 or e-mail to info@relate-software.com.

 

Relate Software were delighted to sponsor the 20-20 Network group meeting on Monday the 8th April at the Dublin North star hotel. With Over 80 accountants in attendance, the meeting was a great success. “Successful Management techniques”, which was the topic of the seminar, was presented by Chris Frederickson, who is the chairman of the 2020 group. He discussed areas from top management issues and strategic evaluation to a paperless strategy, which included information on DRIVE, the centralized database system from Relate Software.

May 2006 - Oliver Freaney choose Relate for Practice CRM Solution.

 

Oliver Freaney and Company, who are among the top 20 practices in Ireland, have recently implemented DRIVE into their organization. We are delighted to have them on board as a client. Talking about DRIVE, the client relationship management database, Niall Garvey, partner of Oliver Freaney’s commented:

“At Oliver Freaney & Company we are constantly reviewing our software packages to ensure that we get the most efficient usage from them. Today’s society is one of an ever increasing compliance culture, which we realise involves considerable extra expenditure both in terms of time and costs. We are continually striving to meet these changes in the quickest timeframe with the minimum interruption to our clients.

With this in mind we have made the decision to switch to DRIVE and Relate Accounts Production as we feel that the competitor’s packages lag far behind in the field. DRIVE is quick and easy to use and both the support team and related training are excellent”.

April 2006 - Relate Accounts Production Preview

 

Relate Software will preview their Accounts Production package on May 4th in Jury's Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. It is the first major accounts production product to be launched on the Irish market since the launch of Apex for windows 1997. This eagerly anticipated package will integrate fully with DRIVE for Accountants. There will be two sessions available on the day - 12.00pm and 3.30pm. If you would like to register for the event please click here. If would like some further information please e-mail your details to info@relate-software.com or call 01-4597800.

March 2006 - Relate Software Move to Larger Premises

Due to our expanding business, we are pleased to announce that we have moved premises. The Relate offices are now located in the new South City Business Park in Tallaght, Dublin 24. Our new address and phone numbers can be found at the bottom of the page. If you would like some more information on Relate Software’s suite of products, please ring us on 01 4597800 or e-mail to info@relate-software.com.

February 2006 - Relate Expands Sales Force and Support Staff

Relate are pleased to announce two new additions to the Company. Conor Kerrigan, who has joined the sales department and Prince Nwobidike, who joins our ever expanding Support Department. Prince joins us from Sage Plc where he spent 5 years in the support department as a software trainer. Conor also joins us from Sage Plc where he worked in Direct Sales for the Small Business Division for 3 years. We are delighted to have them on board.

January 2006 – Over 290 attend Relate Software Seminar.

This technology based seminar, was designed to give accountants an understanding of the practical steps to be taken to help reduce the ever increasing levels of paper that swamp their offices. Over 290 accountants from all over Ireland attended the event, in the great Southern Hotel, Co. Dublin. The seminar, which was in association with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, included speakers from HP, Google & Anne Brady McQuillans DFK & Relate Software. Les O’ Reilly from HP spoke of the latest scanning & printing technologies; John Herlihy from Google Ireland spoke on their recent innovations such as Google talk – their VOIP technology & Google Desktop and Anne Brady talked of her experience of creating a “Less Paper Practice” through DRIVE.

The Seminar was a great success, both with the turnout and the positive feed-back from all in attendance.

January 2006 – HP, ICAI, and Relate Software Event.

Relate Software is now taking bookings for the Hewlett Packard & Relate Software seminar that is taking place on the 11th of January at The Great Southern Hotel, Dublin Airport.

This anticipated event will present the hot topic of “A paperless practice”.

Among the companies attending will be Goggle, Adest, The Institute of Chartered Accountants and Anne Brady McQuillans DFK.

There will be guest speakers from each company on the day also.

To book for this event, or if you are interested and would like some more information please call us on 01-4663400 or e-mail us: info@relate-software.com and we will send you out a booking form and details of the event.