SouthWare StayCurrent

SouthWare StayCurrent Center

Your Business Solutions is critical to your business every day.

You should stay current to:

Maximize your business flexibility and capability
Always have access to the latest features
Increase solution reliability
Save on support and maintenance costs

Proactive Software Maintenance Assurance

Exerve's Proactive Software Maintenance Assurance (PSMA) covers new software revisions, flash enhancements & patch updates for your core business management solution. This option offers our best coverage with access to the latest features and maximum solution reliability at the lowest overall cost.

Agreement Coverage:

Major New Revision Updates
Regular Flash Enhancements
Regular Patch Updates
Updates to 1099s & W2s

Additional Benefits:

Support for Windows 10 & Windows 2016 Server
Ability to add new users to your current solution
Ability to add new modules to your current solution
FREE SouthWare Monitor Alerts with iPhone & Android App with current CMSS
FREE Internal NetLink Module with current CMSS
FREE NetFlow Module with current CMSS
Hardware & OS Support (see Windows support information*)
Increased Solution Reliability
Significant Discount over Irregular Upgrade Costs
Special Savings on Support Costs & Service Time Blocks
Year-end Help Checklist
and much more

Learn about the latest revision...

Current Platform

2020 W2 Changes
(from 11/6/20)

No 2020 W2 Changes.

2020 1099 Changes
(from 11/6/20)
New 1099-NEC Form and other 1099 Changes for 2020

There is a new Form 1099-NEC Nonemployee Compensation for business taxpayers who pay or receive nonemployee compensation. Starting in tax year 2020, payers must complete this form to report any payment of $600 or more to a payee.

WARNING: The new programs must be installed BEFORE building the 1099 Workfile.

Read more about the new changes here.

2019 W2 Changes
(from 10/28/19)

Small update to the W2 control file to allow for storing all 15 slots for W2 box 14.

Checks & Other Forms
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64 Bit Servers & Applications
SouthWare Support for 64 Bit Operating Systems
SouthWare is a 32-bit application that runs on Windows 64 Bit Servers and 64-Bit Workstations in the Revision 15 PLATFORM (8.12 runtime)

SouthWare Support for 64 Bit Applications (Office 2016)
If you want to interface to 64-bit 3rd party programs such as OUTLOOK 2016 or ODBC Access using EXCEL 2016, this is currently NOT supported. We do support the 32-bit version of those 3rd party applications.
SouthWare highly recommends that you use 32-bit programs when interfacing to and from SouthWare.

Windows Server Support
SouthWare Support for Windows 10 & 2016 Server
SouthWare supports Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 on Platform 16. Windows Server 2019 is not supported yet. Please contact Exerve before moving to these platforms.

SouthWare Release Timeline
1.0 1984
2.0 1985
3.0 1987, July
4.0 1989, December
5.0 1993, November
6.0 1995, November
7.0 1998, July
8.0 2000, November
9.0 2003, July
10 2004, June
11    2005, August
12 2006, May
13 2007, June
14 2008, June

   Platform 15
With Revision 15, release sequence changed to platforms (Platform 15). Enhancements are now released monthly, as completed and do not require a full upgrade process. New platforms released when required.
15-2009 2009, June
15-2010 2010
15-2011    2011
15-2012 2012
15-2013 2013
14-2014    2014
15-2015 2015

             Platform 16
16-2016 2016, May
16-2017 2017
16-2018 2018
16-2019 2019
16-2020 2020
16-2021 2021
16-2022 2022