Products & Solutions

ACT! Premium solutions are for sales professionals who need an easy-to-use, feature-rich solution that streamlines daily functions, so they can focus on selling rather than administrative tasks. ACT! Premium solutions enable sales professionals to centralize contact data, track and report on sales opportunities, manage daily responsibilities, and effectively communicate with customers and prospects. ACT! Premium solutions can be personalized² to suit individual needs, including defining Priority, History, and Activity types, to capture actionable, business-critical information. In addition, ACT! Premium solutions offer flexible deployment access options, including Windows®, Web, and mobile, so users always have accurate opportunity information close at hand.

Why Should You Choose ACT! Premium Solutions?

• Keep important contact details in one place with ACT! Premium solutions so you have quick access to the information you need.
• Manage your daily responsibilities so important calls, meetings, and to-dos don’t slip through the cracks.
• Communicate more effectively with your contacts to build stronger relationships.
• Get up and running quickly because ACT! Premium solutions are easy to learn and use.
• Use ACT! Premium solutions as-is or highly customized² to fit your needs.
• ACT! Premium solutions with everyday applications, including Office, so you can work the way you’re accustomed.
• Forecast and track sales opportunities for insight into your pipeline.
• Get a comprehensive view of your top priorities and sales opportunities with dashboards and take action immediately, plus provide managers with the reports they frequently request.
• Access critical information while mobile³ or remote so you have ACT! data with you at all times.

^{1. Published minimum system requirements are based on single user environments. Actual scalability and number of networked users supported will vary based on hardware and size and usage of your database. Sage Software scalability recommendations are based on in-house performance tests using the recommended server system requirements found at: www.act.com/2008systreq to ensure your system meets these requirements. You must purchase one license of ACT! per user.}

^{2. In ACT! Premium for Web, this operation must be performed on the Web server.}

^{3. This feature is not available in ACT! Premium for Web.}

ACT! Premium solutions are for managers who need a comprehensive, cost-effective solution that enhances sales teams’ efficiency and productivity and measures performance. ACT! Premium solutions deliver high end-user adoption because they’re easy to learn and use, and can be personalized² by a salesperson while still providing the customer data and reports that managers require. The graphical Dashboard delivers an elegant, comprehensive snapshot of the business, easy results reporting, and all the tools managers need for successful leadership. ACT! Premium solutions are scalable , delivering low overall total cost of ownership (TCO), and high return on investment (ROI), with flexible deployment options, including Windows®, Web-based, and mobile access, so sales teams can work wherever they are and always have accurate opportunity information close at hand.

Why Should You Choose ACT! Premium Solutions?

• Streamline daily functions so your sales team can focus on selling, not administrative tasks.
• Ensure user adoption because ACT! Premium solutions are easy to learn and use.
• Implement as-is or highly customized² to fit your sales team's expectations, while allowing you to get the reports you need.
• Integrate with applications your sales team uses every day.
• Get an accurate view of your sales team’s performance with the dashboards and Opportunity reports to improve sales predictability and results.
• Centralize contact information to enhance data integrity, best practices, and reporting accuracy with ACT! Premium solutions.
• Access contact information from the office, when mobile³, or when working remotely, so your sales team can always be productive.
• Get robust, feature-rich functionality at a low total cost of ownership (TCO).

^{1. Published minimum system requirements are based on single user environments. Actual scalability and number of networked users supported will vary based on hardware and size and usage of your database. Sage Software scalability recommendations are based on in-house performance tests using the recommended server system requirements found at: www.act.com/2008systreq to ensure your system meets these requirements. You must purchase one license of ACT! per user.}

^{2. In ACT! Premium for Web, this operation must be performed on the Web server.}

^{3. This feature is not available in ACT! Premium for Web.}

ACT! Premium solutions are for IT professionals who need robust, scalable solutions for their sales organization. ACT! Premium solutions can be implemented immediately or easily customized² to suit business requirements, driving adoption and ensuring customer information is retained as a company asset. ACT! Premium solutions deliver flexible deployment options, including Web clients, Windows® clients, and Citrix®/Terminal Services support³, so you can accommodate a broad spectrum of users within your organization, without taxing critical IT resources. ACT! Premium solutions also deliver key functionality such as centralized administration, automatic database synchronization, backup and maintenance², and multiple security options that facilitate your administration of the software, while keeping critical company information secure.

Why Should You Choose ACT! Premium Solutions?

• Install and administer ACT! Premium solutions easily with Silent Install⁴ and automatic database functions to reduce the burden on your IT organization.
• Reduce support requests with ACT! Premium solutions because they're easy to learn and use.
• Implement as-is or highly customized⁵ to fit the needs of your organization.
• Integrate with existing applications so you can leverage existing technology investments.
• Enable users to access ACT! Premium solutions from anywhere - whether it’s in the office, from a remote location through the Web or Citrix®/Terminal Services², or from the road.
• Centralize and secure critical contact information with ACT! Premium solutions to ensure this data is retained as an organizational asset.
• Get a robust, feature-rich solution for your organization at a low total cost of ownership (TCO).

^{1. Published minimum system requirements are based on single user environments. Actual scalability and number of networked users supported will vary based on hardware and size and usage of your database. Sage Software scalability recommendations are based on in-house performance tests using the recommended server system requirements found at: www.act.com/2008systreq to ensure your system meets these requirements. You must purchase one license of ACT! per user.}

^{2. In ACT! Premium for Web, this operation must be performed on the Web server.}

^{3. Citrix and Terminal Services require specific configurations. Citrix is supported using Presentation Server 3.0 and 4.0.}

^{4. Delivered as an MSI package. Software to distribute MSI package is not included. Silent Activation on machines requires Internet access. Users must be machine administrators in order to activate. Silent Install on Windows Vista requires additional configuration. See ACT! online Help for more detail.}

^{5. In ACT! Premium for Web, this operation must be performed on the Web server.}

With ACT! Premium solutions you have multiple deployment options available to your organization. You can select either Windows or Web access for your users or you can provide both for each user with ACT! Premium Dual Access based on their needs.

ACT! Premium Dual Access enables users to access critical contact information from the office, home, or from the road using either a Windows application or via a Web browser for one low price.

Additionally, your ACT! Premium Dual Access purchase includes ACT! Business Care², an exceptional maintenance service plan that includes priority access to senior product support specialists, and product upgrades and updates³, all ensuring the best possible experience for your organization.

^{1. Published minimum system requirements are based on single user environments. Actual scalability and number of networked users supported will vary based on hardware and size and usage of your database. Sage Software scalability recommendations are based on in-house performance tests using the recommended server system requirements found at: www.act.com/2008systreq to ensure your system meets these requirements. You must purchase one license of ACT! per user.}

^{2. Your ACT! Business Care Plan (which includes product upgrades, product updates and customer support) will be renewed automatically each year on the anniversary date of your purchase, at the then current renewal price, unless you terminate your agreement prior to that date. Renewal is not required for continued access to product updates.}

^{Product upgrades include an upgrade to ACT! by Sage Premium and ACT! by Sage Premium for Web for one year from the date of purchase. Access to support is available for one year from the date of purchase. See www.act.com/support/DualAccess for more information.}

ACT! is a feature rich, robust contact and customer manager ideal for individuals and small teams of up to 10 networked users² while ACT! Premium solutions offers a host of functionality specifically designed to meet the needs of larger teams of networked users³. Compare ACT! Features.

^{1. In ACT! Premium for Web, this operation must be performed on the Web server.}

^{2. You must purchase one license of ACT! per user.}

^{3. Published minimum system requirements are based on single user environments. Actual scalability and number networked of users supported will vary based on hardware and size and usage of your database. Sage Software scalability recommendations are based on in-house performance tests using the recommended server system requirements found at: www.act.com/2008systreq. You must purchase one license of ACT! per user.}