Legacy to Modernization

Jeevandeep Edumedia — a books industry business — has operated on a custom accounting and business management system built in Visual Basic 6 (VB6) and SQL Server, with Crystal Reports handling all reporting needs. This system was originally developed by Easysoftbiz and has served the business reliably for over 30 years.

Three forces converged to make modernisation unavoidable:

• VB6 end of support — Microsoft dropped official VB6 support, and modern Windows versions are increasingly incompatible with legacy VB6 runtimes, creating stability and security risks.
• Crystal Reports moved to Salesforce — SAP's acquisition and pivot of Crystal Reports towards enterprise cloud pricing made it impractical for a mid-size business to maintain.
• No GST compliance — GST filing was entirely manual, requiring significant team effort each cycle with no automation or validation.

The system contained 200+ forms, 150+ custom reports, and 15 years of critical business data. A simple "lift and shift" was not an option — this required a full rebuild, a migration strategy, and a carefully managed transition.

CRITSO is working in close partnership with Easysoftbiz — who has deep domain knowledge of Jeevandeep's workflows built over decades — and with Jeevandeep's own team to ensure continuity throughout the migration.

The output is Accountify: a modern, cloud-native accounting and business management platform purpose-built for the books industry. It is not a generic SaaS — it is a system shaped around the exact workflows, terminology, and reporting needs of books publishers, distributors, and retailers.

Beyond replicating existing functionality, Accountify adds capabilities the business has never had before: automated WhatsApp Business communications, and end-to-end GST return generation and e-filing.