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Since the mid 1990s, the market has been undergoing considerable consolidation, with many suppliers ceasing to trade or being bought by larger groups, notably by Sage and Microsoft.
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Suppliers include:
In addition to general accounting functions, the software may include integrated or add-on management information systems, and may be oriented towards one or more markets, for example with integrated or add-on project accounting modules.
Suppliers include (external links):
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Personal Accounting
Business - Low End
At the low end of the business markets, inexpensive applications software allows most general business accounting functions to be performed. Suppiers frequently serve a single national market, while larger suppliers offer separate solutions in each national market.Business - Mid Market
The mid-market covers a wide range of business software that may be capable of serving the needs of multiple national accountancy standards and allow accounting in multiple currencies. Business - High End
The most complex and expensive business accounting software is frequently part of an extensive suite of software often known as Enterprise resource planning or ERP software or still the software packages p2p such as the BWA being able to do without the system customer / server. Suppliers generally operate globally and include: