Sage ACT! 2011: Reviews and awards
Reviews
ACT! 2009 review – IT Reviews (March
2009)
"Close integration
with Microsoft Office has helped make ACT! one of the most popular
contact management packages around."……."It goes on getting better,
with plenty to tempt new buyers and upgraders in the recent 2009
update."
Visit the IT Reviews website
to read the
full article
First Look: Sage ACT! 2009, written by
Dave Bailey on VNUnet.com - October 2008
"Sage smartens up its ACT and adds a host of new features to the
popular CRM package."
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read the full article.
ACT! by Sage 2009 product review by Jack
Weber in PC Pro – September 2008
Rating: 5 stars out of 6
Verdict:
Improvements to Office integration, search and database maintenance
make this new version of ACT! a worthwhile update.
Doesn't it make a difference when you call a company and the
person you're speaking to immediately has your details on the
screen in front of them and knows how to proceed with your
enquiry?
In large organisations, this ability derives from the use of
specialist Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software provided
by heavyweight software vendors such as Oracle or SAP. Small
businesses need this kind of information every bit as much, but
their software requirements, and their budgets, are very
different.
One product that has been filling this niche for over twenty
years is ACT!. Unlike those enterprise-level CRM solutions, ACT! is
specifically tailored to small operations - anything from one to
ten staff (though a scaled-up version called ACT! Premium is
available for larger companies).
It was previously owned by Symantec, but for some years now has
been part of the stable at Sage, which produces a wide range of
accounting and other business software.
Visit the PC Pro website to read
the full article.
Sage ACT! review by David Longworth in
Real Business - August 2008:
Sage ACT!, the much-updated version of the age-old contact
management system, is a must for any sales team. There was a time
when a contact management system was just that – a computerised
version of the Rolodex that sat on every sales person’s desk
throughout the seventies and early eighties.
It literally recorded names, phone and fax numbers and didn’t do
much else. It was around this time that ACT! was born. Twenty-one
years later, and now owned by Sage, ACT! has truly come of age.
And today it does a lot more than just keep contact details.
Everything in ACT! 2008 – and the new 2009 version, which is due to
be released this August – is designed to help you get your hands on
sales information and manage the way your team sells.
It walks your sales team through the sales process, from initial
communication and sales presentation to deal closure and
fulfilment.
Visit the Real Business website to
read the full article.
ACT! shortlisted for Software Satisfaction
Awards 2008 – August 2008:
The Sift Media Software Satisfaction Awards were established in
2006 to reward high standards from software application providers
serving UK businesses.
We're proud to say that the awards are based on the views of
genuine buyers and end-users of business software applications -
not those of a judging panel.
This means that the awards act as a valuable guide to any
business taking the decision to purchase new software
applications.
In 2006, the awards were issued to vendors of accounting and tax
software applications - in 2007, and again for 2008, the awards
cover 19 categories across the business disciplines of: accounting
& finance; human resources; training; CRM; and customer
management.
Visit the Software Satisfaction Awards website to
read the
full article.