Sage SalesLogix Receives SearchCRM.com 2007 Product of the Year Award in CRM Suite - SMB Category

Judges Recognize Sage SalesLogix for Distancing Itself From Competitors With Functionality, Ease of Use, Innovation, and Value


SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwire - January 24, 2008) - Sage Software today announced that Sage SalesLogix v7.2 has received the SearchCRM.com 2007 Product of the Year Award in the CRM Suite - SMB category. Awards were judged by the SearchCRM.com editorial staff in conjunction with a team of users, industry experts, analysts, and consultants. Products were evaluated based on innovation, performance, ease of integration into existing environments, ease of use and manageability, functionality, and value.

Sage SalesLogix is featured in SearchCRM.com's awards roundup article, and is recognized by judges for distancing itself from competing solutions with functionality, ease of use, innovation and value. In the article, judges also cite Sage SalesLogix for its innovative Web client, extensive customization features, and mobile functionality.

"SearchCRM.com is an authority on covering the CRM market and evaluating the vendor solutions that compete within it," said David van Toor, senior vice president and general manager for Sage CRM Solutions North America. "Receiving this award is a high honor that speaks volumes to our product team's efforts to deliver a superior CRM solution."

Sage SalesLogix

With more than 300,000 users at over 8,500 companies, Sage SalesLogix is the leading CRM solution for small to medium-sized businesses and divisions of larger enterprises, and is part of the Sage Software family of integrated business management solutions.

Sage SalesLogix is a full-featured, multi-client CRM solution that provides users with sales force automation (SFA), customer service and support, and marketing capabilities, as well as interactive dashboard and reporting functionality. Sage SalesLogix enables rich customization capabilities, high levels of end-user adoption and low total cost of ownership across all deployment methods. Optional mobility and business analytics tools are also available. For more details, visit www.sagecrmsolutions.com or call 800-643-6400.

About SearchCRM.com

SearchCRM.com is the Web's most relevant and extensive guide dedicated to Customer Relationship Management (CRM) decision makers. CRM is a business process that requires a special combination of customer-centric strategy and technical know-how and SearchCRM.com provides original daily news, expert tips, discussion forums, Webcasts and customized research that will help organizations develop, design and implement CRM initiatives. More information can be found at www.SearchCRM.com.

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About Sage Software

Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of nearly 2.8 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 global 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 5.5 million customers and employs over 13,900 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.

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