Sage Software Delivers ACT! by Sage Premium for Web 2006 To Further Extend Its Adoption Among Small And Mid-Sized Businesses
Seamless online and offline contact and customer management solution enables shorter sales cycles, higher close rates and better sales force productivity
Scottsdale, Ariz. ?January 3, 2006 ?Sage Software today announced availability of the new ACT! by Sage Premium for Web 2006 contact and customer management solution. ACT! Premium for Web can be installed on a company server and deployed easily to remote and on-premises users, with no end-user client software installation required, to provide real-time Web access to centralized customer information. ACT! Premium for Web can also be used in conjunction with ACT! by Sage Premium for Workgroups 2006 to enable dual-use environments that equip sales teams with online and offline access to ACT! data.
New ACT! Premium for Web 2006 features include customizable opportunity fields, custom user permissions, en masse contact access settings and scheduled automatic database backup, among others.
Strong user adoption of ACT! Premium products has helped increase registered ACT! corporate accounts to over 30,000, significantly outpacing market alternatives.
?CT! Premium for Web offers a highly favorable total cost of ownership that is driving strong market demand for the solution,?explained Joe Bergera, ACT! senior vice president and general manager for Sage Software . ?owever, we are most excited about our users?double-digit productivity improvements and quick return on investment.?/p>
ACT! Premium for Web is ideal for small businesses, functionally-defined workgroups and divisions of larger organizations that want to implement Web-based sales force automation without recurring monthly user fees. Balmar, Inc., a Virginia-based printing company, implemented ACT! Premium for Web for 30 traveling sales representatives, creating an additional 10 percent of selling time per week for the organization.
?ach of our reps have added two additional business appointments per week. We have closed accounts that we previously did not have time to focus on and these have turned out to be valuable accounts,?said Patrick Peyton, technical director for Balmar, Inc.
End-User Web Benefits
#1 selling feature set ?ACT! Premium for Web provides a feature set similar to the ACT! Windows product used by more than 2.5 million individuals worldwide.
Anytime, anywhere data access ?Remote, traveling and office users can access, update and share centralized data with no synchronization required.
Robust offline client ?ACT! Premium for Workgroups can be used as a full-featured offline client 1 to perform all Web functions in the Windows environment and synchronize ACT! data to Palm OS ?and Pocket PC handheld devices.
User productivity ?All users can access the same ACT! features and remote users are always up to date with immediate access to product updates, layouts, and reports with no individual software updates required.
Administrator Web Benefits
Easy rollout ?Central server installation eliminates the need for end-user client installation, configuration and set-up.
Centralized administration ?Layouts and reports can be created once and accessed by all Web and Windows users.
Custom user permissions ?Set per-user ability to access, add, delete and export data to the centralized server.
Reduced training and support time ?Similar, easy-to-use Web and Windows environments enable users to get up and running quickly.
Data secured behind firewall ?On-premises server installation ensures data remains in-house and securely behind company firewall.
ACT! Premium for Web is available for $399.99 (upgrade $259.95) by phoning 888-855-5222 or by locating an ACT! Certified Consultant at www.act.com/certifiedconsultants. ACT! Premium for Workgroups is also available for $399.99 (upgrade $259.95).
ACT! by Sage
ACT! offers powerful contact and customer management capabilities to help companies improve productivity and increase sales.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.
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