SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 15, 2007 -- Sage Software announced today that it will
present an ACT! Add-on Partner Program Webinar Tuesday, February 13th from
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST for interested third-party software developers.
Attendees will learn about sales, marketing and software development tools
available for ACT! Add-on Partner Program members. ACT! add-on solutions
extend the utility of the ACT! contact and customer management product
family by offering users a diverse selection of value-added applications.
The ACT! user base consists of over 2.5 million registered users and 35,000
additional corporate license accounts.
Webinar attendees can register by visiting
https://sagesoftwareevents.webex.com and selecting "February 13th ACT!
Add-on Partner Program."
"Sage Software built the ACT! Add-on Partner Program to serve ACT! users'
unique functionality needs and to fully support the development community
that designs applications to meet these needs," explained Paul Little, ACT!
add-on program manager. "ACT! users are interested in add-ons that are
reviewed by Sage Software and adhere to ACT! design standards. They also
operate in nearly every industry and have many business process
requirements that skilled application developers can help support."
ACT! add-on partners address a multitude of business needs spanning 13
categories: Addressing/Shipping, Data Management, E-mail/Direct Mail
Marketing, Faxing, Graphics/Mapping, Handhelds/PDAs, HelpDesk/Support,
Import/Export, Phone & Web Conferencing, Project Management,
Queries/Quotes/Reports, Sales Management and Utilities/Accessories.
Sales And Marketing Tools
The ACT! Add-on Partner Program offers partners a variety of sales and
marketing support tools including product listings on the ACT! eStore,
opportunities to exhibit at Insights and Summit which are Sage Software's
annual partner and customer conferences, plus opportunities to advertise in
the ACT! Solutions Guide.
"We benefit significantly from the program's marketing activities which
have helped increase awareness of our Swiftpage e-mail marketing service,"
said Bob Ogdon, CEO of Swiftpage, an ACT! add-on partner. "The sizable ACT!
customer base alone warrants our participation in the program and provides
a platform for showcasing how Swiftpage can integrate easily into a user's
or organization's ACT! arsenal."
Software Development Kit
The ACT! by Sage Software Development Kit (SDK), available to all
interested developers at www.act.com/partners/addonpartners/sdk, includes
sample code and documentation for building add-on applications that
integrate with ACT!, ACT! Premium for Workgroups, ACT! Premium for Web and
ACT! Premium for Real Estate. ACT! Add-on Partner Program members also
receive access to dedicated ACT! SDK support staff, the ACT! SDK
Knowledgebase and a partner newsgroup. Thousands of individuals have
downloaded the ACT! SDK to develop applications for personal, corporate or
commercial availability.
"The ACT! SDK provides a flexible development environment that has allowed
me to create six different ACT! add-on products that help users customize
their data fields, tabs and layouts," said Patricia Egen of Patricia Egen
Consulting, LLC, an ACT! add-on partner. "Straight-forward development code
and the available documentation have aided me in rapidly developing these
complementary solutions, and I plan to create others."
ACT! by Sage
ACT!, first introduced in 1987, is the number one selling contact and
customer management solution and preferred choice of over 2.5 million
registered users and more than 35,000 corporate customers to organize,
access and manage their critical customer information. ACT! delivers
powerful contact and customer management capabilities with flexible
deployment and customization options to help individuals, selling
professionals and corporate workgroups improve productivity and increase
sales.
ACT! 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 SageCRM, SageCRM.com and Sage SalesLogix. For more details,
visit www.sagecrmsolutions.com or call 888-855-5222.
Interested developers can learn more about the ACT! Add-on Partner Program
by visiting www.act.com/partners/addonpartners. ACT! add-on products are
available at www.actsolutions.com.
About Sage Software
Sage Software supports the needs, challenges, and dreams of more than 2.7
million small and
mid-sized business customers in North America through easy-to-use, scalable
and customizable software and services. Our products support accounting,
operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time
tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of the construction,
distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate
industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading
international supplier of accounting and business management software
solutions and related products and services for small and mid-sized
businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange
in 1989 and the Group now has 5.2 million customers and employs over 13,000
people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at
www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.
© 2007 Sage Software SB, Inc. All rights reserved. The Sage Software logo
and ACT! are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sage Software SB, Inc.,
or its affiliated entities. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Contact Information: Contact:
Ryan Zuk
Sage Software
480-368-3818
ryan.zuk@sage.com
Shana Keith
Porter Novelli
404-995-4557
shana.keith@porternovelli.com