Sage Business Solutions Launches ACT! by Sage 2008
Marking 20 Years of Helping Australian Customers Connect and Succeed
Sydney – 31 August 2007
Sage Business Solutions, one of the world’s leading suppliers of business software, today announced the launch of ACT! by Sage 2008 (10.0) in Australia and New Zealand. ACT! by Sage offers base-line contact management and customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities to individuals and small businesses. ACT! 2008 introduces improved search functionalities, enhanced administration capabilities and greater freedom of choice in deployment options. For example, in ACT! 2008 customers can now quickly access a complete history of customer interactions across the entire business via the ‘dashboard’ - a single, graphically represented view, easy to understand and digest.
Today’s launch marks the 20th anniversary of ACT! in the ANZ market, reinforcing demand for contact management solutions as well as the product’s position as the number one contact and customer relationship manager in the world with 2.5 million users. “For every business, communication is essential to sustain its lifeblood – revenue. The key is streamlining and automating the administration associated with this communication and contact management in order to free-up time for business development,” said Mike Lorge, Managing Director, Sage Business Solutions Australia and New Zealand.“The new features and deployment options built into ACT! 2008 make this process easier for businesses by providing a single view of their customer interaction, allowing them to effectively manage, forecast and report quickly on all phases of the business,” Lorge said. ACT! 2008 delivers a range of new features and enhancements including:
- A new interactive dashboard allowing organisations to monitor and manage critical activities and opportunities in a single, graphical view
- Increased mobility and deployment options allowing users to choose the best fit for their access scenario: Windows, Web or PDA
- Improved search functionality for faster and easier access to the information businesses need when they need it
- Direct integration with Microsoft Outlook email and calendars
- Compatibility with Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista
- Improvements to sales opportunity tracking
- Improvements to Group and Company management
The flagship feature in ACT! 2008 is the interactive dashboard, providing customers with a quick ‘pulse check’ of their business relationships. The graphical representation of customer interaction includes bar, pie and gauge charts with all key information in ACT! represented in a single view.
Designed for both on-premise and web deployment, ACT! 2008 also gives ANZ businesses increased flexibility and freedom to choose the deployment option that best suits their business. This gives sales and service professionals instant access to key contact and customer information along with the ability to manage and prioritise activities and track all contact related communications, increasing productivity.
ACT! 2008 will be available in three editions in Australia; ACT!, ACT! Premium and ACT! Premium for Web. The Premium editions offer additional benefits such as increased scalability and synchronisation designed to meet the needs of larger teams of networked users.
ACT! by Sage 2008 is competitively priced, allowing small businesses and individuals to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by customer and contact management.
For more information please contact Kate Hines at n2n Communications on +61 2 9213 2311 or email khines@n2n.com.au
About ACT!
The #1 contact and customer manager for the past 20 years, ACT! by Sage enables individuals and organisations involved in selling or other contact-driven roles to Make contact, Build relationships, and Get results.
With ACT!, you can instantly access detailed contact and customer information, manage and prioritise activities, and track all contact-related communications to help you build productive business relationships.
ACT! is easy to learn and use, customisable, and affordable for small businesses. With more than 2.5 million individual users and 38,000 corporate accounts in 25 countries, ACT! continues to lead the industry in helping customers connect and succeed.
ACT! Premium 2008
ACT! by Sage is a feature rich, robust contact and customer manager ideal for individuals and small teams of up to ten networked users, while ACT! Premium is a very scalable solution that offers a host of functionality specifically designed to meet the needs of larger teams of networked users. ACT! Premium 2008 enables teams of selling and service professionals to instantly access key contact and customer information, manage and prioritise activities, and track all contact-related communications to increase team productivity.
ACT! for Web 2008
ACT! Premium for Web provides contact and customer management users with anytime, anywhere access to centralised, secure data – enabling remote, traveling, or office-based users access to information in real time through a Web browser.
About Sage
Sage Business Solutions is part of the Sage Group plc, the LSE-listed business software vendor. With over 5.4 million customers in 140 countries worldwide, Sage is a global leader in mid-market business software. Sage Business Solutions has offices in Sydney and Melbourne and more than 140 business partners throughout the Australia / New Zealand / Pacific Island region.
We offer true freedom of choice with our end-to-end suite of world-class ERP and CRM solutions. Designed for businesses of all shapes and sizes, we don’t believe in a one-size fits all kind of business solution. We can provide any business with a comprehensive, integrated and complete solution that is uniquely tailored to their needs and requirements.
