ACT! Buyer's Guide

10 reasons why ACT! is the market leader

• ACT! centralizes all contact information into 1 database. Every detail about every contact is easily available in one place so time isn't wasted hunting for information.
• Easy of use. All key ACT! features are highly intuitive so the software is easily accessible to new users.
• Calendar and scheduling tools help users stay on top of their workload and make best use of their time.
• Versatility. With customizable fields, layout options and group tools, ACT! meets the needs of businesses over a huge range of industries.
• Better communication. ACT! handles mail/email merges for personalized communications. With direct integration with Microsoft Outlook, users can easily work in either ACT! and Outlook to send emails while still retain a copy in sent items and the ACT! contact history.
• Effective sales management. Use ACT! to log opportunities to make sure potential sales don’t get missed and run reports to manage the sales pipeline and check performance.
• Access contact information remotely. Work offline from a laptop or a PDA device and synchronize the changes you make. Or use ACT! Premium for Web for online access.
• Flexibility of deployment. ACT! solutions provide support from individual users up to corporate teams within multi-national organizations and include options for Windows, Web-based and mobile access.
• Secure customer data through user permissions to regulate access and ensure valuable information stays protected.
• Low cost of ownership. Compared with other contact management and high-end CRM systems, ACT! is an easily accessible system allowing users to achieve a rapid return on their investment.

Overview of ACT! editions

• Supports from 1 to as many as 10 users sharing a database.
• Organize all customer information in one place to track business relationships.
• Places a strong emphasis on ease of use and is relied upon by small office/home user & small/medium businesses.
• Can be upgraded to ACT! Premium for Workgroups and ACT! Premium for Web.

• All the core functionality of ACT! 2007.
• Extended tools for database security including field level security and team based management.
• Extra database synchronization method.
• Automated database maintenance.
• Customize sales opportunity fields.
• EX Edition: Support from 5 to around 30 users. Supplied with Microsoft SQL 2005 Express.*
• ST Edition: Supporting larger teams with up to as many as 50 or more users. Supplied with MS SQL 2005 Standard Edition & MS SQL 2005 Express Edition to leverage dual processors and Server OS optimization.*

• Can operate as a standalone system or in combination with ACT! Premium for Workgroups (EX or ST Editions).
• Real time access to live contact data through a web browser - no local installation required.
• Data is held within firewalls on clients server.
• EX Edition: Support from 5 to around 30 users. Supplied with Microsoft SQL 2005 Express.*
• ST Edition: Supporting larger teams with up to as many as 50 or more users. Supplied with MS SQL 2005 Standard Edition & MS SQL 2005 Express Edition to leverage dual processors and Server OS optimization.*

General ACT! information

• All applications in the ACT! product family are licensed on a named user basis. You must hold 1 licence per user.
• For client installations of ACT! 2007 and ACT! Premium for Workgroups (EX/ST Editions) we strongly recommend each PC/laptop possesses at least 1GB of RAM.
• If you already use an earlier version of ACT! you are entitled to upgrade user licences on a like-for-like basis.