Xsilva LightSpeed 1.3.6 Update

11/28/2006

LightSpeed 1.3.6 addresses issues with record-locking, printing, iSight image capture and several minor items. A complete listing of all changes in the 1.3.6 release can be found on the Release Notes page.

Availability

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.3.6 is available free on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a 30 Day Trial for those interested in test driving LightSpeed.

LightSpeed 2.0 Day Camp at MWSF 2007

11/22/2006

Learn about the new LightSpeed 2.0 at the LightSpeed 2.0 Day Camp, being held on Sunday, January 7th, 2007 before Macworld Expo 2007 in San Francisco. LightSpeed 2.0 features a revamped Point of Sale interface, an all-new Browser, Web Store and Multi-Store capabilities. Come see how and why over 100 resellers are promoting and integrating LightSpeed small business solutions world-wide.

Participants will have the opportunity to obtain in-depth product knowledge on LightSpeed 2.0. Topics will include new Point of Sale and Browser features in 2.0, Web Store, Multi-Store, presenting LightSpeed solutions to retail and small business customers, and designing LightSpeed workflows.

Day Camp Registration is $99.00 USD per person, which includes lunch and a Free Exhibit Pass for Macworld Expo 2007 if you register before December 11, 2006, a $45 value that grants you entry to the Macworld exhibits during the 4 day show (does not include keynote). Please register early as space is limited.

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.3.5 Update

11/7/2006

Xsilva Systems Inc is pleased to announce LightSpeed 1.3.5, the newest release of Xsilva's next generation multi-user Point of Sale system for Mac OS X. LightSpeed 1.3.5 features a flexible and easy-to-use Gift Card system, refined Credit Card Processing, Price Protection, new label sizes, improved image and iSight integration, a Universal Binary of Import Tools and over 35 other enhancements.

Please contact Heartland Payment Systems or Axia to get set up with credit card processing.

Gift Cards

LightSpeed's versatile new Gift Card system is ready for the holiday gift-giving season. Retailers can choose to use pre-printed gift certificates or gift cards with magnetic stripes or barcodes. LightSpeed can also generate and print barcode labels that can be affixed to gift certificates or gift cards.

A complete listing of all changes in the 1.3.5 release can be found on the Release Notes page.

Availability

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.3.5 is available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

Xsilva Certifies 43 Resellers At Certification Camp

10/24/2006

Xsilva Systems Inc certified 43 resellers from around the world on LightSpeed Point of Sale for Mac OS X at the inaugural LightSpeed Certification Camp, held at the Hôtel Godin in Montréal, Quebec, Canada from October 13th to 15th, 2006.

"We are overwhelmed by the response to our first-ever LightSpeed Certification Camp," said Xsilva CEO, Dax Dasilva. "Resellers traveled from as far away as Mexico City, Anchorage, Alaska, and Limerick, Ireland to attend our event. We are thrilled to have all of these energized, certified resellers promoting and integrating LightSpeed Point of Sale small business solutions around the world."

Click here to read more and view the photo album.

Xsilva Releases LightSpeed 1.3

10/5/2006

Xsilva Systems is proud to present LightSpeed 1.3, a robust new upgrade to Xsilva's rapidly-evolving LightSpeed Point of Sale for Mac OS X.

LightSpeed 1.3 incorporates over seventy new features and refinements, including credit card processing on Authorize.net and HPS POS Gateway, support for new POS hardware such as serial Cash Drawers and Pole Displays, a powerful new OpenBase 10 database engine, Batch Printing, Spell Checking and much more.

LightSpeed 1.3 also features the first beta of the LightSpeed Web Store. Test sites selected for the Web Store beta will be contacted with info on how to connect to their test hosting account.

Credit Card Processing

LightSpeed now supports credit card processing on Authorize.net or HPS POS Gateway, which both offer excellent rates and easy setup for retail merchants.

Please contact Heartland Payment Systems or Axia to get set up with credit card processing.

POS Hardware

LightSpeed now supports serial Cash Drawers and Pole Displays connected through a Keyspan USB to serial adapter. LightSpeed-compatible POS hardware can now also be purchased through Xsilva.

OpenBase 10

OpenBase 10 is a powerful new database engine for LightSpeed, with faster native performance on Mac Intel servers.

Web Store Beta

LightSpeed 1.3 also features the first beta of the LightSpeed Web Store, a web commerce module that integrates with LightSpeed's Product and Order databases, allowing business owners to accept orders from web customers and easily maintain their online product catalog from within LightSpeed.

A complete listing of all changes in the 1.3 release can be found on the Release Notes page.

Availability

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.3 and the OpenBase 10 Upgrade are available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

LightSpeed 1.3 Beta 2 Now Available

9/19/2006

Xsilva invites LightSpeed users to beta test and offer feedback on the upcoming LightSpeed 1.3 and LightSpeed Web Store. LightSpeed 1.3 will ship this week alongside the new OpenBase 10 and will feature credit card processing on Authorize.net and HPS POS Gateway, support for serial Cash Drawers and Pole Displays, Batch Printing, Spell Checking, the first beta of the LightSpeed Web Store and much more.

Please contact Heartland Payment Systems or Axia to get set up with credit card processing.

If you would like to beta test the new LightSpeed on a demo database, you can find out how to get set up in the Xsilva Forums: http://forums.xsilva.net/viewtopic.php?t=105

Xsilva will begin setting up hosting accounts for all Web Store beta testers following the official release of LightSpeed 1.3 next week. If you have been selected as a beta site, you will be contacted when your hosting account is ready.

LightSpeed 1.3 will not feature the new, redesigned POS screen with Gift Card support, which will instead ship with LightSpeed 1.4 in early October alongside the final Web Store.

Please submit all 1.3 bug reports to beta@xsilva.com.

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.2.2 Update

8/14/2006

Xsilva is pleased to announce LightSpeed 1.2.2, featuring Live Rules that can keep Pricing and Product Info automatically up-to-date, a fully multi-threaded Browser that improves responsiveness when browsing and searching large data sets, a Break Apart inventory tool, enhanced Export dialogs, Birthday and Referred By fields in the Customer window, new label sizes, improved receipt printer support, a number of Purchasing workflow refinements such as auto-reservation of inventory after Receiving, as well as over 50 other enhancements.

Live Rules

Lives Rules can be saved in the Set Selling Prices and Set Product Info tools, and are run automatically whenever a Product is saved if the Product's attributes match the criteria of the Live Rule. This is an efficient and automated way to maintain selling prices, product descriptors like families and classes, and GL accounts in your Product database.

A complete listing of all changes in the 1.2.2 release can be found on the Release Notes page.

Availability

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.2.2 is available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

Xsilva Opens Certification Camp Registration

8/9/2006

Xsilva Systems is pleased to present its first annual LightSpeed Certification Camp, to be held at the stylish Hôtel Godin from October 13th to 15th, 2006 in the trendy St Laurent area of beautiful downtown Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

This exclusive event will give participants the opportunity to obtain in-depth product knowledge, share tips, ask questions, influence LightSpeed's development roadmap and receive an official certification from Xsilva.

Sessions will include presenting LightSpeed solutions to retail and small business customers, designing comprehensive LightSpeed workflows, multi-store and web store implementations, OpenBase server administration, data migration, POS and VoIP hardware, advanced reporting, accounting exports and more. Social events will include a reception and cocktail party, a dinner event and many other opportunities for networking and enjoying the best of the Montréal metropolis.

Certification Camp Registration is $199.00 USD per person, which includes all sessions, the opening reception party with meal-size hors d'oeuvres and cocktails on October 13th, and complimentary breakfast and complimentary lunch on the 14th and 15th. Please register early, as space is limited.

Complete details can be found on the LightSpeed Certification Camp page.

Apple Webcast to Introduce LightSpeed from Xsilva

8/4/2006

Xsilva CEO Dax Dasilva and executives from Apple Small Business Marketing will introduce Xsilva LightSpeed to Apple channel partners in an August 29th, 2006 webcast to be broadcast live at 10am PST from Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California.

The one hour webcast entitled 'Retail Point-of-Sale Solutions: Introducing LightSpeed from Xsilva' will highlight the benefits of using Macs in a retail environment and the unique advantages of the LightSpeed POS product, an OS X-exclusive application that combines a powerful multiuser SQL-backend with a crisp, polished OS X interface. Xsilva will also offer a sneak preview of LightSpeed 1.3, featuring the next generation LightSpeed POS interface and LightSpeed Web Store.

The webcast will be broadcast on Apple Sales Web, available to channel partners such as Apple Specialists, Apple Consultants and Apple Store employees. An archive of the webcast will be made available for review on the Sales Web website following the presentation.

LightSpeed Live at Apple Store San Francisco

8/4/2006

Xsilva invites San Francisco Bay Area retail business owners and Mac consultants to see a demo of LightSpeed POS at 1pm PST on August 30th, 2006 at the flagship Apple Store San Francisco at One Stockton Street in SF.

Xsilva CEO Dax Dasilva will offer a sneak preview of LightSpeed 1.3, the upcoming version of LightSpeed that will feature the next generation LightSpeed POS interface and LightSpeed Web Store.

Come see first-hand how a LightSpeed workflow can accelerate your retail business or how POS on OS X can be a new market opportunity for you as a Mac consultant.

Xsilva Announces Support Forums

7/24/2006

Xsilva Systems is pleased to announce the Xsilva Forums, an area where the LightSpeed community can discuss all things LightSpeed with other LightSpeed users and the Xsilva team. We encourage members to use this area to ask questions, share tips and discuss workflows.

The new forums are hosted on Xsilva.net, which now serves high-speed downloads of LightSpeed updates and will host future support, blog and video resources.

We are also pleased to announce several new and updated manuals in our Downloads section, including Sales, Purchasing, and updated Accounting Exports manuals for LightSpeed 1.2.

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.2.1 Update

7/11/2006

Xsilva is pleased to announce LightSpeed 1.2.1, a recommended update that adds tab-delimited exports and features several fixes and improvements to Reporting, Deposits, Import Tools, Action Menus, Label Printing, Windowed Envelopes, Tax Codes, Pricing Levels and more.

Note: If you have been using LightSpeed 1.2 since its release to make deposits on Quotes/SROs/Orders, it is recommended that you re-run your payment reports with 1.2.1 for this period to ensure that all deposits have been reported. Contact Xsilva Support if you require assistance.

Availability

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.2.1 is available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

Xsilva Releases LightSpeed 1.2

6/30/2006

Xsilva Systems is proud to present LightSpeed 1.2, the power user upgrade to its rapidly-evolving LightSpeed Point of Sale product.

LightSpeed 1.2 incorporates over eighty new features and refinements, including Multi-Warehouse Inventory, Deposits on Quotes/Orders/SROs, GSX Parts Lookup, Live Availability and Cost Lookups on Ingram Micro's Mustang XML system, Skype support, double the number of Custom Fields, Posting/Voiding, support for Windowed Envelopes and much, much more.

Multi-Warehouse Inventory

Inventory and Serial Numbers can be transferred using the Transfer Inventory tool into one of 10 inventory warehouses, which can be named in the Warehouses Setup panel. Status bubbles in Browser, Product window and sales documents show amount of inventory stored in warehouses. Useful for stock rooms, demo pools, RMAs.

Deposits on Quotes/Orders/SROs

Deposits can be taken on Quotes/Orders/SROs and applied later as credits to Invoices.

GSX Parts and Ingram Micro Lookups

LightSpeed's GSX integration now features Parts Lookup and the new Ingram Lookup tool lets you query the availability and current cost of any Ingram SKU. Both tools can create Products or update costs in your Product database.

Important Upgrading Notes

Backup your database first (Tools > Utilities > Backup Database) and make sure EVERYONE is logged out and has the new version before anyone logs in again. This is critical as several key database changes occur during the upgrade. Failure to follow this step may result in corrupted documents in your LightSpeed database.

A complete listing of all changes in the 1.2 release can be found on the Release Notes page.

Availability

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.2 is available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

LightSpeed Live at Apple Store Fifth Avenue

6/20/2006

Xsilva invites New York City small business owners and Mac consultants to see a demo of LightSpeed POS at 1pm EST on July 5, 2006 at the stunning new Apple Store Fifth Avenue at 767 Fifth Ave in NYC.

Xsilva CEO Dax Dasilva will personally demonstrate LightSpeed 1.2, the upcoming version of Xsilva's ground-breaking new multi-user Point of Sale system built exclusively for Mac OS X and designed expressly to accelerate small business.

Come see first-hand how a LightSpeed workflow can accelerate your small business or how POS on OS X can be a new market opportunity for you as a Mac consultant.

Reseller Days Kickoff at Apple Canada

6/9/2006

Xsilva is pleased to announce Reseller Days, Xsilva's summer drive to train its resellers on how to promote, install and integrate LightSpeed Point of Sale for OS X.

"We've created Reseller Days to provide our resellers with free training and the tools they need to deliver compelling LightSpeed business solutions to their customers," Xsilva CEO Dax Dasilva remarked. "Finally having a solid POS system for OS X really opens up a new market with new revenue opportunities for them."

Kicking off at Apple Canada in Montreal at a special event on June 21st, 2006, Reseller Days runs until September 22nd, and will feature reseller training webinars, special incentives, live appearances, in-store demos, contests and tools to help resellers learn how to promote, install and integrate LightSpeed Point of Sale for OS X. It will culminate in the LightSpeed Certification Camp, a two-day conference in Montreal in October 2006. Further details will be announced at the Official Kickoff.

To learn more about Reseller Days and register for the Kickoff event at Apple Canada, please visit www.xsilva.com/resellerdays.php.

Xsilva Announces 'Intro to LightSpeed' Webinars

5/26/2006

Xsilva Systems is pleased to announce the 'Intro to LightSpeed' Webinar series, where existing and future LightSpeed customers can watch a guided walkthrough of LightSpeed live over the net using PictureTalk screen sharing technology. Each Webinar session will be followed by an interactive Q&A session.

"LightSpeed is a powerful and feature-rich Point of Sale system for small business. A guided walkthrough by an expert Xsilva trainer is a great way for customers to learn how a LightSpeed workflow could help their business reach its full potential," said Xsilva CEO Dax Dasilva.

The 'Intro to LightSpeed' webinar will be hosted twice weekly. The webinar schedule, registration and additional info can be found on the 'Intro to LightSpeed' webinar page.

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.1.4 Update

5/3/2006

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.1.4 gains new workflow tools and fulfills several popular customer requests. New features include Action menus and Search drawers, Ending Tills daily station reports, Accounting Export History, Commission By Profit reports, improved Tax Inclusive support, and several fixes and improvements, including resolution of a cosmetic issue with drawers when running on Mac OS X 10.4.6.

Action Menus in Customer, Products, Quote, Order, SRO, and Invoice improve your LightSpeed workflow by allowing actions to be performed in relation to the record you have open. Examples of actions include creating a New Quote/Order/SRO/Invoice for the open Customer or Product, mapping a customer address on Google Maps, scheduling in iCal, sending an email and much more. Search Drawers on the Customer and Product windows allow quick searching and viewing of customers and products without leaving the Customer or Product window.

Ending Tills under Print User Reports prints the Ending Tills Report, a daily summary of all sales and payments that occurred at a given station or at all stations. The Ending Tills History shows past Ending Tills reports.

A complete listing of all changes in the 1.1.4 release can be found on the Release Notes page.

Availability

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.1.4 is available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

LightSpeed Featured on Apple's OS X Downloads

5/3/2006

Xsilva LightSpeed was featured on Apple's OS X Downloads page beginning April 26, 2006, both on the main page and in the Business/Finance section where it quickly became the number one download as hundreds of Mac users downloaded the LightSpeed 1.1.3 demo.

Due to increased internet traffic on Xsilva.com, our trial downloads are now being hosted on MacUpdate.com.

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.1.3 Update

4/20/2006

Xsilva is pleased to announce LightSpeed 1.1.3, which features the ability to drop a PDF into the background of Quotes, Orders, SROs, Invoices and POs for greater control over the appearance of your printed documents.

It also features journal entry exports to QuickBooks, a Supplier Invoice for purchases exports, and improvements to importing and managing GL accounts.

LightSpeed 1.1.3 also adds date range searching and sorting improvements to the Browser, and new Product attributes like Tax Inclusive status and more. A complete listing of all changes in the 1.1.3 release can be found on the Release Notes page.

Availability

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.1.3 is available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

New Online Resources

Xsilva.com now features a FAQ section for quick access to LightSpeed answers, a Release Notes page that tracks the changes in LightSpeed releases and a Submit Feedback feature that can let you track the progress of your bug reports and feature requests.

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.1.2 Update

3/24/2006

Xsilva is pleased to announce LightSpeed 1.1.2, a recommended update that features several improvements and fixes to Reporting, Tracker, Accounting GL Exports, GL Account Setup, Cost Handling, Margin Calculations, LightSpeed Toolbar, Pricing Levels and makes notes on Quotes/Order/SROs/Invoices/Jobs unlimited in length.

Availability

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.1.2 is available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

Several chapters of our PDF manual are now available.

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.1.1 Update

3/15/2006

Xsilva is pleased to announce LightSpeed 1.1.1, a significant update to our LightSpeed 1.1 release, featuring an enhanced Tracker, Customer Groups and more.

LightSpeed 1.1.1 includes a revamped Tracker with alerts, date ranges, and filters, Customer Groups with advanced marketing search capabilities, an enhanced Accounts Receivable window, updates to Cost Averaging and Purchasing, Troubleshooting tools, Jobs and Timesheets enhancements, POS optimizations and receipt additions, new Gross Profit and Sales Summary reports, improved readability for all reports, a new look for the LightSpeed Toolbar and numerous fixes and optimizations.

Revamped Tracker

LightSpeed customers have adopted the Tracker as a way to keep on top of their daily sales and service activities, but requested that it be able to track everything more intelligently, with alerts, date ranges and filters.

The new Tracker delivers on this promise, so that for example, a Service department can create a Tracker that finds all SROs (repairs) of the status 'On Bench' that have not been modified in over 48 hours, or in other words, have gone 'stale'. This Tracker can also be set to 'Alerted' so that it appears red and bolded in the Tracker list.

Sales will want to use the 'Orders with Received Backorders to Reserve' and 'Orders with Reserved Backorders to Invoice' to stay on top of backorders and may want to use the new follow up date options in the Customer Calls and Notes drawers to set dates on which they want to follow up with customers. The Tracker can then be restricted to a date range to show who needs to be followed up with during that time frame.

Sales can also use the Tracker's new filtering ability to find invoices that contained a particular product within a particular date range so that they can contact customers to remind them of warranty renewal or training opportunites.

Customer Groups

LightSpeed 1.1.1 allows the creation of multiple Customer Groups that can be assigned to Customers and Contacts using simple checkboxes. For example, one Contact may fit into the groups 'Friend', 'Reseller' and 'Sports Fan'.

Later, when you want to plan marketing activities to particular intersections of those groups, you can use the new Customer Advanced Find and Customer Browser to find the relevant Customers and Contacts and then print mailing labels or export a call or email list.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable now includes a customizable Customer drawer that lists all Customers who owe money and several other enhancements.

Availability

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.1.1 is available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

Several chapters of our PDF manual are now available.

Xsilva Releases LightSpeed 1.1

2/17/2006

Xsilva Systems is proud to present LightSpeed 1.1, the highly-anticipated new release of its ground-breaking multi-user sales system for Mac OS X.

LightSpeed 1.1 redefines Point of Sale with the all-new LightSpeed POS, a stunning new 'floating' Point of Sale interface that streamlines front counter retail checkout.

LightSpeed 1.1 also introduces GL Account Linking for MYOB and QuickBooks, Accounts Receivable, Graphing in Intelligence and dozens of other new features and refinements.

Visit the LightSpeed 1.1 launch page for complete information, screenshots, download instructions and reseller info.

LightSpeed 1.1 Sneak Preview at Macworld SF

1/12/2006

An exclusive sneak preview of Xsilva LightSpeed version 1.1 was shown on Shawn King's popular 'YourMacLife' show at Macworld Expo SF 2006 during an interview with Xsilva CEO Dax Dasilva at the Apple Specialists Pavilion. The full interview can be viewed here:
http://www.yourmaclife.com/qt/macworld06/xsilva.mov

Dasilva demonstrated the powerful Sales, Purchasing and Tracking tools that power the LightSpeed product and revealed LightSpeed 1.1's stunning new 'floating' Point of Sale interface for the first time:

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.1 will be available in early February 2006 and will be the first public release of Xsilva's ground-breaking, multi-user Point of Sale system built exclusively for Mac OS X. LightSpeed 1.1 will be available as a free download to registered users and as a free 30 day trial to prospective customers.

Xsilva Systems to Exhibit at Macworld SF

1/6/2006

Software developer will present in the "Apple Specialist Pavilion", Booth 2225

JANUARY 6, 2006 - Xsilva Systems is pleased to announce its participation at Macworld Expo 2006 in San Francisco from January 9th to the 13th.

Xsilva Systems will be exhibiting in the Apple Specialist Pavilion, booth 2225, and will be demonstrating Xsilva LightSpeed, its ground-breaking, multi-user Point of Sale system built exclusively for Mac OS X.

Kevin Langdon, Executive Director of the Apple Specialists Marketing Co-op (ASMC), personally invited Xsilva CEO Dax Dasilva to participate in the Apple Specialist Pavilion. "Xsilva LightSpeed POS is truly astonishing - it's the first Mac POS system I have seen that really looks and works the way Mac users expect; it's both beautiful and intuitive. Plus it's very, very fast! This software is a winner and we couldn't be more excited to have Xsilva in our booth."

Xsilva LightSpeed is the result of 4 years of experience building OpenBase SQL-based retail sales systems for Mac OS X by the Xsilva team. Whether set up as a Point of Sale system in a retail environment or deployed to power an inside sales team, Xsilva LightSpeed harnesses the most powerful OS X and SQL-based technologies to deliver unparalleled performance and reliability under its crisp, polished OS X interface.

Xsilva Systems Inc is based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and specializes in building high-performance SQL-based sales systems for Mac OS X. The Xsilva team, led by Xsilva Founder and CEO Dax Dasilva, is committed to its mission of building the most compelling and innovative sales system on any platform, through the cultivation of Xsilva's flagship product for Mac OS X, Xsilva LightSpeed.

Xsilva LightSpeed. Accelerate Your Business.

For further information contact Dax Dasilva at dax@xsilva.com.

Xsilva Systems
Montreal, QC, Canada

514-907-1801
514-907-1883 (fax)
http://www.xsilva.com

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.0.3 Update

12/14/2005

Xsilva is pleased to announce the ambitious LightSpeed 1.0.3 release, which fulfills several major customer requests, including an easy-to-use and tightly-integrated Inventory Reservation system, a streamlined Sales/Purchasing workflow, Credit Card Processing via VeriSign merchant accounts, Multi-Currency support on Quotes, Orders, SROs and Invoices, Size/Color Matrix to automatically generate Product records and adjust inventory in clothing and apparel-based businesses, Search refinements/optimizations, new reports and numerous fixes and improvements.

Inventory Reservations

The new Inventory Reservation system allows a salesperson to reserve inventory on an Order. When the salesperson goes to invoice the Order, a dialog box allows the user to release the inventory so that it can be invoiced.

Orders are updated when requests are received, reserved, invoiced or cancelled so that Orders can be better tracked in the Tracker. This enables a new Sales and Purchasing workflow that makes it simple for salespeople to watch for Orders where products have been received and easily reserve or invoice the products. Purchasing now only receives requests when there is no inventory in stock to reserve or invoice.

The Inventory Reservation system can be enabled in the Company Setup panel but is turned off by default on upgraded LightSpeed installations. It is recommended for any business where inventory is held for customers.

Credit Card Processing on VeriSign

Credit Card Processing can now be configured through the VeriSign payment gateway using the VeriSign Setup panel. A new 'Process Credit Card...' button on the Payments tab of the Invoice window enables users to process credit card payments through the configured VeriSign payment gateway.

Please contact Heartland Payment Systems or Axia to get set up with credit card processing.

Product Size/Color Matrix

LightSpeed 1.0.3 adds a new Size/Color Matrix to the Product window for clothing and apparel-based businesses that lets these business owners create Product records and adjust inventory levels in a convenient grid format.

Multi-Currency Support

LightSpeed can now save Quotes, Order, SROs and Invoices in a currency other than the default currency by choosing a foreign currency from the new Currency popup menu. Clicking the 'Total' header on a Multi-Currency sales document displays a currency converter that allows you to see the total in your default currency and lets the user adjust the exchange rate or total to reflect the current value of the sales document. The Browser displays all amounts in the default currency and new Multi-Currency Sales reports break invoices down by currency.

Selling prices and costs on line items on a Multi-Currency invoice are not converted into the foreign currency. It is recommended you create a separate set of Product records for product pricing in a foreign currency, set the prices manually when invoicing in a foreign currency or create Pricing Levels for foreign currencies that you operate in often.

Availability

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.0.3 is available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

Several chapters of our PDF manual are now available, with additional chapters due before Macworld Expo. LightSpeed 1.0.3 will be Xsilva's final release before LightSpeed 1.1, due this January at Macworld Expo.

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.0.2 Update

11/22/2005

Xsilva LightSpeed reaches a new level of utility and refinement with version 1.0.2, featuring the all-new Serial Number History tool, Commission Reports with reusable presets, Invoicing Splits, Customers assigned to Salespeople, selectable Pricing Levels, Packing Slips, expanded Product Web tab for the upcoming LightSpeed Web Store, Show Current Users window, eight new Inventory History and Serial Number History reports, and over a dozen refinements to Purchasing, Customers, Invoicing and Browser.

Serial Number History tool instantly finds where a Serial Number has been referenced across all Invoices, POs, SROs and Inventory History records, and can even perform a GSX Lookup when GSX is configured.

The new Commission report category in the Reporting window allows Commission reports to be run on sales results with commission calculated at a specified rate, filtering by any combination of criteria or range of discounting. A Commission Report Presets drawer allows presets to be saved of specified commission rates, discount ranges and product filters.

Invoices can be split between two salespeople using the Split dialog box, shown when clicking the user name on an Invoice and selecting 'Split...' from the popup menu, by loading a customer who has been assigned to another user, or by converting from a Quote/Order/SRO created by another user to an Invoice. Customers can be assigned to a user using the Salesperson popup menu in the Customer window.

Pricing Levels can be set up in Pricing Levels Setup to store Costs in addition to multiple levels of Selling Prices for products, and can now be selected from a popup menu on Quotes/Orders/SROs and Invoices when multiple Pricing Levels are available for a product. In an Apple Reseller environment, this could be perfect for storing and accessing the Stock or Exchange price for an Apple part.

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.0.2 is available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

The Product and GSX chapters of our PDF manual are also now available, with several additional chapters to come this week.

Xsilva Online Store

11/14/2005

Xsilva is pleased to announce its new Online Store and a special offer of Free Upgrades during our Launch Year.

The new Online Store features the online purchase of Xsilva LightSpeed user licenses and 12 Month Support and Upgrade Subscriptions. Credit card and bank account payments are processed securely via PayPal Business Services and require a Verified PayPal account for your protection. Credit card payments that do not require a PayPal account will be available in late November 2005. Xsilva Systems Inc also accepts cheques and international money orders. Contact Billing for more information.

Xsilva Authorized Resellers and ASMC members may request a login account from Xsilva to log in to the new Reseller Store and ASMC Store, from which Xsilva products and special offers can be purchased.

Xsilva is offering customers free upgrades to Xsilva LightSpeed during our Launch Year, which ends December 31, 2006. This offer excludes additional modules that are sold separately from the LightSpeed product. After December 31, 2006, customers will continue to have free access to all updates and bug fixes to the 1.x product. For more information, please consult our Upgrade Policy.

Also new on Xsilva.com are our Customer Profiles. See how companies just like yours are using Xsilva LightSpeed to Accelerate their Business!

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.0.1 Update

11/7/2005

Less than two weeks after its 1.0 release, Xsilva is pleased to announce several significant advancements in its new 1.0.1 release of Xsilva LightSpeed.

LightSpeed 1.0.1 features an advanced yet easy to use Privilege system so that business owners can set access levels or require authorization for over 90 different privileges in LightSpeed.

The new version also features:

GSX Warranty Lookups on the production GSX server

Smart Delete dialog boxes that prevent mistakes from being made when users click the Delete button in any window

a Print Label menu item that prints labels directly from the Customer, Product or PO Receiving windows

Admin tools for the Timesheet

an Auto-Add feature for Cities, States/Provinces, Countries, and Families

new Sales reports, as well as numerous fixes and refinements

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.0.1 is available on our Downloads page to all registered LightSpeed users and as a Full Install or Update Install for our LightSpeed Trial users.

Xsilva LightSpeed 1.0 Released

10/26/2005

Xsilva is pleased to announce the 1.0 release of Xsilva LightSpeed, Xsilva's new multi-user sales system for Mac OS X. Xsilva LightSpeed 1.0 is available to all registered users on our Downloads page, and as a free 30 day trial to prospective customers. A PDF manual for the 1.0 release is due in November.

As part of LightSpeed's 1.0 release, Xsilva is also pleased to unveil the new Xsilva.com. Stay tuned for the forthcoming rollout of the Xsilva Online Store, Customer Profile section, Support KnowledgeBase and other new online resources.

Xsilva places a high value on customer feedback and we encourage both registered users and prospective customers to let us know what you would like to see added or improved in future releases, or even what you like about the 1.0 release.

Our aggressive development schedule is driven by our desire to continually evolve our product and rapidly incorporate the best customer requests. Your feedback can be submitted on our new Feedback page.

Reseller Launch in ASMC Webcast

10/18/2005

Xsilva Systems Inc will kick off the Reseller Launch of Xsilva LightSpeed during an Apple Specialists Marketing Co-op (ASMC) Webcast on October 18th, 2005 at 2pm CDT.

Xsilva CEO, Dax Dasilva, will give a demonstration of Xsilva LightSpeed and communicate the revenue opportunities that this revolutionary software offers its reseller partners.

Leading up to Xsilva LightSpeed's Public Launch at Macworld Expo San Francisco in January 2006, a special introductory offer for the software will be available to ASMC members for internal store use. Contact Xsilva for pricing details.

Xsilva Systems Inc will make a downloadable trial of LightSpeed available to ASMC members on Friday, October 21st, 2005.

GSX Integration

10/17/2005

Xsilva Systems Inc is pleased to announce the integration of Apple GSX Warranty Lookups into its SRO window. Inclusion of the new feature, of specific interest to Apple Resellers, kicks off Xsilva LightSpeed's Reseller Launch, during which Xsilva hopes to develop strong reseller relationships with its valued channel partners.