Sage Software Launches New ACT! by Sage 2007 (9.0) Product Family Enabling Anywhere/Anytime Access to Contact and Customer Data6 September 2006
Sage Software today unveiled the new ACT! by Sage 2007 product family comprised of ACT! by Sage 2007 (9.0), ACT! by Sage Premium for Workgroups 2007 (9.0), ACT! by Sage Premium for Web 2007 (9.0) and ACT! for Palm OS® 2.0. Sage Software, for the first time, is announcing a simultaneous upgrade of the entire ACT! product family, enabling users of the number-one selling contact and customer manager to utilize the latest ACT! features from their desktop, laptop, Web browser or Palm OS device. With the most flexible deployment options, ACT! supports on-line and off-line access to centralized customer data for corporate sales teams, small businesses and individuals.
New and improved ACT! 2007 features include direct integration with Microsoft® Outlook®, enhanced user productivity, simplified administration and field-level data security.
"Long recognized for enabling millions of end-users to achieve their dreams and aspirations, Sage is excited to see businesses of all shapes and sizes rapidly adopting ACT! Premium capabilities which are specifically designed to help sales teams and other customer management teams maximize their organizational performance," explained Joe Bergera, ACT! senior vice president and general manager for Sage Software. "In order to continue providing the industry's most compelling value proposition for our expanding addressable market, we built ACT! 2007 with the most diverse set of deployment options, application integrations and feature enhancements in its 19 year history."
ACT! Premium tier products are designed to offer teams and workgroups additional functionality in the areas of centralized administration, advanced opportunity tracking and advanced data security.
"There is no process more intimate to an organization than its sales process," said Mary Wardley, Vice President of Enterprise Applications and CRM Software research for IDC. "In an economy of ever increasing competition and decreasing margins, internal efficiencies and productivity within the sales function are under scrutiny. Implementing a tool such as ACT! at the corporate level introduces the concepts of shared customer data management and process automation at a time when they are well needed."
ACT! can be customized for specific business environments and also offers turnkey integration with common business applications such as Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes®, Peachtree by Sage, Sage MAS 90 ERP, Sage MAS 200 ERP, QuickBooks®, and Palm OS, Pocket PC and BlackBerry® handheld devices, among others. Select new and improved features for the standard and Premium-tier ACT! 2007 products include:
Direct Integration with Outlook
Use Outlook E-mail While in ACT!: ACT! opens the Outlook new e-mail message form when users want to send e-mail, send a letter in e-mail, conduct an e-mail mail merge, or send an e-mail by clicking on hyperlinks. Users can also send e-mail to an ACT! Group or Company.(1)
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Populate E-mail Address and Create an ACT! History from Outlook: When sending e-mail using Outlook, ACT! will automatically populate the e-mail address in the To, CC, and BCC fields and attach a history to the matching ACT! contact.(2)
Automatic Outlook Calendar Sync: Automate when Outlook calendar synchronization occurs, even when the database is not open.(3)
Create ACT! Contact from Outlook E-mail Message: Contact Name and E-mail Address fields are automatically filled in. Populate 10 additional pre-defined fields such as Company, Address, and Phone Number. ACT! checks for duplicates.(2) (ACT! Windows products only)
User Productivity
Split-Panel Note Preview: View entire contents of a Contact, Group, or Company Note while scrolling for another note using the option of a split-panel within the Notes tab.
Specify Linked Contact/Company Fields: Specify which fields are linked between Contact and Company Records. When a field changes on the Company Record, ACT! prompts users to change that field for all contacts linked to the company.(4)
Last E-mail Field: Identify last e-mail send date from Contact Detail view. Last E-mail field updates any time an e-mail history is created whether using the ACT! E-mail Client integrated with Lotus Notes or Outlook Express, or through direct integration with Outlook.(5)
Advanced Keyword Search: Go to the exact location of a keyword. Locate and highlight terms in Contact, Group, and Company Detail views, and, open notes, history, activities, or opportunities in which they are contained. (ACT! Windows products only)
Administration and Data Security
Password settings: Set rules such as Password Expiration Options, Password Complexity and Password Re-use to help protect valuable contact information.
Field-level security: Restrict access by user or team and grant read-only access or no access to certain fields. Add users to a team and permissions are updated.(6) (ACT! Premium products only)
Secure Notes, History and Opportunities en Masse: From the Contact Record change security access of notes, history, and opportunities en masse. Select multiple notes, history, and opportunities and make them all public or private.
Sage Software today also announced 36 ACT! Add-on solutions to further extend ACT! functionality with marketing, shipping, mapping and synchronization capabilities, among others. (See today's "Sage Software Announces 36 Add-on Solutions For New ACT! by Sage 2007 (9.0) Product Family" press release for further details).
About ACT! by Sage
ACT!, first introduced in 1987, is the preferred choice of over 2.6 million registered users and more than 35,000 corporate customers to organize, access and manage their critical customer information. ACT! delivers powerful contact and customer management capabilities with flexible deployment and customization options to help individuals, selling professionals and corporate workgroups improve productivity and increase sales.
ACT! Premium for Workgroups - Ideal for small to mid-sized businesses and corporate sales teams. Available by contacting ACT! Corporate Licensing at 888-855-5222 and from more than 600 ACT! Certified Consultants located at www.act.com/certifiedconsultants ($399.99 MSRP, upgrade $259.95 MSRP)
ACT! Premium for Web - Enables remote, traveling and on-premise user access to centralized ACT! data via a Web browser. Available by contacting ACT! Corporate Licensing at 888-855-5222 and from more than 600 ACT! Certified Consultants located at www.act.com/certifiedconsultants ($399.99 MSRP, upgrade $259.95 MSRP)
ACT! - Ideal for individuals and small teams of up to ten networked users. Available at popular software retailers, e-tailers and direct resellers or by contacting Sage Software at 888-855-5222 or www.act.com/estore ($229.99 MSRP, upgrade $149.95 MSRP)
ACT! for Palm OS - Native application that enables ACT! capabilities on Palm OS handheld devices. Available at popular software retailers, e-tailers and direct resellers or by contacting Sage Software at 888-855-5222 or www.act.com/estore ($99.99 MSRP)
ACT! by Sage is part of Sage CRM Solutions, the only family of CRM products designed specifically for the needs of small and mid-sized businesses that also includes Sage CRM, SageCRM.com and Sage CRM SalesLogix. For more details, visit www.sagecrmsolutions.com or call 888-855-5222.
About Sage Software
Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of more than 2.5 million small and mid-sized business customers in North America through easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of accounting practices and the construction, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading international supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and services for small to mid-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and the Group now has 5.0 million customers and employs over 10,500 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.
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(1) During setup, users must select if they want to access Outlook e-mail through the ACT! E-mail client or direct integration with Outlook.
(2) Requires Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002, or 2003. ACT! must be added as an address book to use this feature.
(3) Requires Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002, or 2003.
(4) Not all fields can be linked and linked field types must be compatible.
(5) Requires Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002, or 2003. Requires Lotus Notes 6.5. Requires Outlook Express 5.5 or 6.0.
(6) Only certain fields can be designated as read-only or no access.
Contact: Ryan Zuk Sage Software 480-368-3818 ryan.zuk@sage.com
Shana Keith Porter Novelli 404-995-4557 shana.keith@porternovelli.com
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