<s>
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
accountancy	B-Application
and	I-Application
payroll	I-Application
products	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Sage	O
Group	O
aimed	O
at	O
small	O
and	O
medium	O
enterprises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sage	O
offer	O
different	O
products	O
under	O
the	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
name	O
in	O
different	O
regions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
products	O
are	O
described	O
as	O
cloud-connected	B-Architecture
reflecting	O
the	O
remote	O
working	O
and	O
online	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
UK	O
and	O
Ireland	O
there	O
are	O
currently	O
four	O
products	O
under	O
the	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
banner	O
;	O
Accounts	O
,	O
Payroll	O
,	O
HR	O
and	O
P11D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
Accounts	I-Application
was	O
the	O
market-leading	O
accounting	O
solution	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
currently	O
known	O
as	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
Accounts	I-Application
has	O
its	O
origins	O
in	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
solutions	O
that	O
Sage	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
direct	O
relative	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
product	O
is	O
the	O
Sage	B-Application
Sterling	I-Application
range	O
which	O
became	O
available	O
in	O
September	O
1989	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
Sage	O
's	O
successful	O
Businesswise	O
Accounts	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sage	B-Application
Sterling	I-Application
was	O
available	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
re-branded	O
as	O
Sage	B-Application
Sterling	I-Application
+2	O
and	O
in	O
1993	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
became	O
available	O
for	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1993	O
Sage	B-Application
Sterling	I-Application
was	O
market	O
leader	O
having	O
accounted	O
for	O
62.5	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
integrated	O
accounting	B-Application
software	I-Application
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Sage	B-Application
Line	I-Application
50	I-Application
,	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
target	O
market	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
2000s	O
was	O
rebranded	O
to	O
simply	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2010s	O
cloud-connected	B-Architecture
functionality	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
and	O
the	O
50c	O
and	O
50cloud	O
name	O
began	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
wider	O
Sage	O
Business	O
Cloud	O
portfolio	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2023	O
the	O
product	O
branding	O
was	O
simplified	O
again	O
back	O
to	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UK/Ireland	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
products	O
are	O
developed	O
in	O
Newcastle	O
upon	O
Tyne	O
,	O
England	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
conversion	O
to	O
the	O
Peachtree/Sage	O
50	O
data	O
format	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
when	O
Simply	B-Application
Accounting	I-Application
was	O
taken	O
off	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
it	O
was	O
brought	O
under	O
the	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
banner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peachtree	O
Accounting	O
was	O
originally	O
sold	O
by	O
a	O
software	B-Application
publisher	I-Application
founded	O
in	O
Atlanta	O
in	O
1978	O
by	O
Ben	O
Dyer	O
,	O
Ron	O
Roberts	O
,	O
Steve	O
Mann	O
,	O
and	O
John	O
Hayes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
carved	O
out	O
of	O
The	O
Computersystem	O
Center	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
Altair	B-Architecture
dealer	O
founded	O
by	O
Roberts	O
,	O
Mann	O
,	O
Jim	O
Dunion	O
,	O
and	O
Rich	O
Stafford	O
,	O
which	O
Dyer	O
had	O
joined	O
as	O
the	O
manager	O
and	O
where	O
its	O
first	O
software	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1977	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peachtree	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
successful	O
business	B-Application
software	I-Application
made	O
for	O
microcomputers	B-Architecture
,	O
supplanting	O
the	O
General	O
Ledger	O
programmed	O
with	O
CBASIC	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Structured	O
Systems	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
oldest	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
computer	O
program	O
for	O
business	O
in	O
current	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
expanded	O
its	O
offerings	O
with	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Layered	O
,	O
an	O
accounting	O
program	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
products	O
were	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
initial	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
Personal	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Management	O
Science	O
America	O
(	O
MSA	O
)	O
in	O
June	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
early	O
1984	O
InfoWorld	O
estimated	O
that	O
Peachtree	O
was	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
seventh-largest	O
microcomputer-software	O
company	O
,	O
with	O
$21.7	O
million	O
in	O
1983	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Canadian	O
version	O
of	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
was	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
Bedford	O
Accounting	O
and	O
later	O
renamed	O
to	O
Simply	B-Application
Accounting	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
it	O
was	O
brought	O
under	O
the	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
banner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bedford	B-Application
Software	I-Application
developed	O
Bedford	O
Integrated	O
Accounting	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
in	O
1985	O
and	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
in	O
1988	O
,	O
then	O
naming	O
it	O
Simply	B-Application
Accounting	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bedford	B-Application
Software	I-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Computer	O
Associates	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simply	B-Application
Accounting	I-Application
became	O
an	O
Independent	O
Business	O
Unit	O
of	O
Computer	O
Associates	O
in	O
1996	O
and	O
subsequently	O
incorporated	O
as	O
ACCPAC	O
International	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
French	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
Ciel	O
,	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Ciel	O
,	O
the	O
French	O
software	O
business	O
,	O
founded	O
in	O
1986	O
that	O
Sage	O
acquired	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
came	O
under	O
the	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
banner	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spanish	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Sage	O
ContaPlus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ContaPlus	B-Application
also	O
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
Spanish	O
accounting	O
reform	O
of	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nowadays	O
,	O
ContaPlus	B-Application
is	O
the	O
"	O
accounting	O
standard	O
"	O
in	O
Spain	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
million	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
South	O
African	O
version	O
,	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
Pastel	O
,	O
was	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Pastel	O
Accounting	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
available	O
since	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sage	O
acquired	O
Softline	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
the	O
product	O
eventually	O
became	O
known	O
as	O
Sage	O
Pastel	O
and	O
later	O
Sage	B-Application
50	I-Application
Pastel	O
.	O
</s>
