ACCTivate! 6.0 Now Compatible with QuickBooks 2006; ACCTivate! 6.0 Delivers a Powerful Distribution and Inventory Management System.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Alterity, Inc. has announced that ACCTivate! 6.0, the latest version of the company's flagship Distribution and Inventory Management software package for small and midsized companies, is compatible with QuickBooks(R) 2006. With products like ACCTivate! 6.0, Alterity is meeting the growing need for more advanced and powerful management control software for the small business market.

"This release of ACCTivate! 6.0 allows our customers and prospects to continually improve their management control while allowing them to utilize the financial management capabilities of QuickBooks, the world's most popular small business accounting software," says Ron Souder, president and CEO of Alterity, Inc. "We are committed to ensuring that our customers are enabled to utilize the most current release of QuickBooks while we improve the value of ACCTivate! to them."

ACCTivate! 6.0 continues to provide small and midsized companies with a robust management system that helps them compete with big-business. It provides an easy-to-use system for controlling inventory levels, sales orders, purchasing, customer information, special activity tracking and more.

It also provides advanced features such as lot and serial number tracking, kitting, assemblies, assortments, UPS and FedEX shipping integration and EDI integration.

The system even offers wireless Pocket PC modules that allow users to receive products into inventory from a purchase order, enter new sales orders or pick and pack existing orders all while connected to the ACCTivate! system over a wireless access point. Moreover, this all occurs in an environment that allows for direct integration with QuickBooks 2006 information.

QuickBooks is the nation's number one selling accounting software package with more than 3 million small business customers and more than 250,000 accountants who use and support it. Building on Intuit's trademark ease-of-use, QuickBooks 2006 simplifies key business tasks, saves businesses time with new inventory management and accounting controls and delivers faster performance for mid-market businesses. QuickBooks 2006 also adds a single, visual view of an entire business and key tasks, customized for each company's needs so information is never more than two clicks away.

For more information on the QuickBooks 2006 line-up of products and services, please visit www.quickbooks.com. Information on QuickBooks compatible software, including ACCTivate!, can be found at the QuickBooks Solution Marketplace by visiting http://marketplace.intuit.com.

Alterity, Inc. is based in Arlington, Texas and is privately owned by its principal officers.

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