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Is ACT! by Sage right for me?

ACT! by Sage 2010 helps you build business relationships, track your marketing performance, store important customer information and organise your diary.  In short, it's a vital member of your sales and marketing team.

ACT! allows you to send the right message to the right customer at the right time, offering detailed insight into your customers with dashboards and reports for informed decision-making.

You can maintain contact details, notes, history, activities and opportunities, and ensure you effectively target prospects and convert them into loyal customers.  ACT! centralises all your contact information, tracks sales leads and helps you manage targeted marketing campaigns.

What’s new for 2010?

• Improved navigation: related tasks, “easy-click” buttons, instant search and new Welcome page.
  
• Social media integration: capture data from LinkedIn®, Facebook, Google Maps™ and more.
  
• ACT! E-marketing: integrated e-mail and drip marketing solution (additional charge applies).
  
• Customisable: add custom fields, products, services, and personalise layouts.
  
• New dashboards & Reports: 9 new dashboards, 13 new reports and streamlined Reports view.
  
• Easy integration: with Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, Windows Live, Lotus Notes, Eudora and many more.

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Is this right for me?

• New look for 2010:
  New navigation with related tasks, simple “easy-click” buttons, instant search and new Welcome page with resources, tips, help and news.
• Target New Prospects:
  Analyse historical sales trends, understand the profile of your best customers and plan effective marketing and sales campaigns
• Generate Leads:
  Use existing information or import bought-in data for use in all your communications
• Convert Leads to Sales:
  Track communications with your prospects, ensuring maximum service levels are maintained through the sales cycle
• Make Decisions with Confidence:
  Gauge the performance of your business using dashboards and reports, so you can manage your time and measure results successfully.
• Track Sales Opportunities:
  Accurately forecast where you sales are coming from, when they are coming and for how much, enabling you to plan more effectively
• ACT! E-marketing:
  Integrated e-mail and drip marketing solution (additional charge applies)
• Easily link to Sage Accounting Software:
  Links with Sage Instant Accounts and Sage 50 Accounts (via additional free software)
• New Dashboards and Reports for 2010:
  9 new dashboards, 13 new reports and streamlined Reports view
• Customisable Opportunities:
  New Opportunity Detail view with ability to add fields, customise products and services, personalise layouts and track activities and history
• Work Remotely:
  Take your contacts with you when you are out of the office
• Expert Training:
  Courses at venues around the country to give you the skills to use ACT! to its full potential
• Comprehensive Support:
  Giving you access to our award-winning support via our telephone help line and email.
• Social media integration:
  Captures and integrates data from LinkedIn®, Facebook, Google Maps™ and more with ACT! Contact Records
• Compatibility with iCalendar and vCard:
  Integration with commonly used Business Systems – Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, Windows Live, Lotus Notes, Eudora and more.
• Upgrade Path:
  ACT! by Sage 2010 is Sage's entry level CRM software but can be upgraded to ACT! by Sage 2010 Premium for additional functionality and scaleability (up to 100+ users). Call 0800 694 0569 to find out more.
  

ACT! by Sage Technical Requirements

Important note: In a networked environment, ACT! by Sage 2010 has a maximum of 10 users. If you require more users you must purchase ACT! by Sage Premium 2010. Call 0800 694 0569 to find out more.

Recommended system requirements

• An IBM® compatible computer with a 1.8 GHz (or equivalent processor); 1GB RAM; 1GB of free disk space;
• 32 Bit versions of Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008;
• 64 Bit versions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008.

Notes

• Network Users only: 1Gbps network cards and switches with Microsoft Windows networking
• Works with Microsoft Office 2002/XP and all later Editions
• Concurrent User Limits: Windows XP Home and Vista Home Basic 5 users, Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise or Ultimate 10 users

Additional software

• Microsoft Outlook® 2002, 2003, and 2007 (SP3 recommended for Outlook 2002/2003)
• Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 SP2
• Lotus Notes® 6.5, 7.0.2, and 8.0
• Eudora® 5.2
• Internet Mail SMTP/POP3
• Microsoft Office 2002, 2003, and 2007 (SP3 recommended for Office 2002/2003)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer® 6.0 and 7.0
• Adobe Reader® 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0
• VMWare® Workstation 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0; VMWare Server 1.0.1

Palm OS® minimum device requirements

• Palm OS 3.5-5.4
• Minimum 33 MHz or higher processor
• Minimum 8 MB or higher memory
• Minimum 500K free memory plus 1K for each contact
• HotSync® Manager 3.5 and 4.1.0

Pocket PC minimum device requirements

• Pocket PC 2000/2002/Phone Edition (Windows CE 3.0); Windows Mobile 2003 (Windows CE 4.0 and 4.20.0); Windows Mobile 2005/5.0
• Minimum 133 MHz or higher processor
• Minimum 16 MB or higher memory
• Minimum 500K free memory plus 1K for each contact
• Microsoft ActiveSync® versions 3.5 - 4.5 (XP operating systems only)
• Windows Mobile Device Center (Vista operating systems only)

Apple Mac compatibility

Sage software is not compatible with Apple Macs, unless you are running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 via Apple’s Boot Camp utility