Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Press Release: Sage Asia Launches ACT! 9 by Sage Enabling Anywhere/Anytime Access To Contact And Customer Data
Announcement of ACT! 9 contact and customer management products for Windows? Web, and Workgroups
Offers flexible deployment choices and new capabilities for corporate sales teams, small businesses and individuals
Singapore, - September 19, 2006 - Sage Software Asia Pte Ltd will unveil in the month of October 2006, 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) and ACT! by Sage Premium for Web 2007 (9.0) for Asia.
Sage Asia, 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 and Web browser. 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.
ACT! Premium capabilities which are specifically designed to help sales teams and other customer management teams maximize their organizational performance. To continue to provide the industry's most compelling value proposition, ACT! 2007 was built 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.
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
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.
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! BY Sage Premium for Workgroups
Ideal for small to mid-sized businesses and corporate sales teams SRP: Express Version US$371 (up to 30 users) SRP: Standard Version US$464 (up to 50 users)
ACT! By Sage Premium for Web
Enables remote, traveling and on-premise user access to centralized ACT! data via a Web browser. SRP: Express US$371 (up to 30 users) SRP: Standard Version US$464 (up to 50 users)
ACT! Standard By Sage
Ideal for individuals and small teams. SRP: US$216 (up to 10 users)
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.
About Sage Asia
Sage Software Asia, a subsidiary of The Sage Group, plc, provides small-and-medium sized businesses with a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to help customers enhance their competitive advantage. The Sage Group plc is a leading international supplier of accounting and business management software solutions. It delivers easy-to-use, scalable and customizable applications through its portfolio of leading solutions. It's products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, and the specialized needs of accounting practices, distribution and manufacturing.
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.
Copyright ?2006 The Sage Group plc. All rights reserved. Sage, the Sage logo, ACT! and any Sage product and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of The Sage Group plc and/or it's affiliated entities in the United Kingdom and other countries. All other marks are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.
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.
