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ACT! Premium For Web

ACT Premium 2009 (v11) now includes the Web Client at no extra cost. This provides contact and customer management users with anytime, anywhere access to centralised data – enabling remote, travelling, or office-based users access to information in real time through a Web browser. The simple server installation allows for easy roll-out to users and provides organisations with the security of knowing that critical customer data stays within their firewalls, not on individual user PC’s.

ACT Premium (v11) Web Client delivers all of the benefits of hosted Web-based solutions, without the recurring cost of monthly fees!

ACT Premium (v11) Web Client helps organisations:

  • Centralise critical contact and customer information and stay organised.
  • Grow business relationships through managed and scheduled communications.

  • Prioritise activities each day to stay on top of appointments, tasks and critical events.

  • Forecast and track sales opportunities for an improved bottom line.

  • Access and report on information quickly for a complete view of customer interactions.

  • Enable team collaboration for increased productivity.

  • Securely administer and deploy to large workgroups and teams.

  • Rest assured knowing critical customer data resides securely behind their firewall.

ACT Premium (v11) Web Client is not just for remote or travelling users – it’s for office based organisations that desire a Web product as well.

ACT Premium (v11) Web Client:

  • Meets the needs of both standalone Web users as well as those that wish to use the locally installed and fully featured ACT Premium for Workgroups.

  • Enables users to move seamlessly between the Web and Windows products when used in a complementary fashion.

  • Provides a rich, intuitive user experience similar to Sage ACT! Premium 2009.

  • Allows clients to easily transfer layouts, templates, reports and user administration from Windows to the Web product.

  • Offers a solution to organisations who would prefer not to upgrade PC hardware to meet the minimum system requirements for the Windows solution.

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Key features:

  • The updated interface with enhanced design makes ACT Premium (v10) Web Client easier to use

  • Instant access to contact and customer information

  • Store company records

  • Forecasting and sales opportunity tracking

  • Scheduling events and resources

More features »

Covering all your contact and customer management needs ACT Premium (v10) Web Client:

  • Provides a user-friendly tool to manage your customer and contact information that will grow with your business

  • Keeps track of all communications with your customers and contacts

  • Improves your bottom line with tools for forecasting, tracking and reporting on sales opportunities

  • Has pre-defined templates to choose from, with the ability to customise, saving time and effective reporting

  • Enables you to gain greater customer insight by accessing, organising and managing contact details.

  • Helps you to manage time more efficiently by scheduling calls, meetings, and to-do items

  • Allows you to easily share contact information across your enterprise

  • Lets your remote workers take important contact information with them by working with Blackberry, Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds.

Who will benefit from using ACT Premium (v10) Web Client?

  • Sales professionals can keep track of customers and business associates

  • Business owners and managers can accurately analyse their revenue potential, improve visibility of future orders, increase average revenue per sale and increase number of sales

  • Marketing professionals are able to manage their contacts and customers, improve campaign visibility and ROI

  • Customer and support functions can ensure customer loyalty and increased customer satisfaction by providing a holistic view on the customer through the customer notes and history

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ACT Premium (v10) Web Client helps deliver ultimate flexibility

ACT Premium (v10) Web Client now incorporates Sage 50 ACT! Premium 2008. Web users may access the database via a web browser; office-based desktop users may access the database via a LAN and even remote laptop users may synchronise with the same database from a remote location.

 

What are the minimum system requirements for ACT Premium (v10) Web?

Web Server Installation Requirements *

 

Operating System:

 

Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express/Standard Edition: 32 Bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, SBS 2003, Windows Vista.

 

Sage recommends employing separate Web and Database servers for more than 25 users. Concurrent User Limits: Windows XP Home 5 users, Windows XP Professional 10 users, Windows Vista 10 users. Please ensure that the latest Windows updates are installed. Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks.

 

Additional Server Requirements:

 

• 2Ghz or equivalent processor

• Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.1. 6.0 or 7.0

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

• CD - ROM drive

• Network Interface Card (NIC)

• Static IP address (recommended)

• 1GB free hard drive space, plus space for ACT! database and datastore

• VGA or higher monitor resolution

• High speed Internet and/or TCP/IP connection (Internet is optional, but required for ACT Premium (v10) Web Client access outside of the company's network)

 

Database Server Hardware and Software Minimum System Requirements

 

Operating System:

 

Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express/Standard Edition: 32 Bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, SBS 2003, Windows Vista.

 

Sage recommends employing separate Web and Database servers for more than 25 users. Concurrent User Limits: Windows XP Home 5 users, Windows XP Professional 10 users, Windows Vista 10 users. Please ensure that the latest Windows updates are installed. Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks.

 

Additional Server Requirements:

 

• 2Ghz or equivalent processor

• Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.1, 6.0 or 7.0

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

• CD - ROM drive

• Network Interface Card (NIC)

• Static IP address (recommended)

• 1GB free hard drive space, plus space for ACT! database and datastore

• VGA or higher monitor resolution

• TCP/IP connection

 

Web & Database Server Hardware Requirements:

 

Servers

Users

Server Speed

Applicable Product

Memory (RAM)

1

1-10

Pentium® IV 1.8 GHz

ACT! Premium for Web 2008 ACT! Premium for Web 2008 (ST Edition)

1 GB

1

11-30

Pentium IV 2.8 GHz Server

ACT! Premium for Web 2008 (EX Edition)

1 GB

1

31-50**

Pentium IV 2.8 GHz Server

ACT! Premium for Web 2008 (ST Edition)

2 GB

 

* Sage recommends employing separate Web and Database servers for more than 25 users.

 

** For a user count above 50, add 15 MB for the application and 10MB to SQL Server of RAM memory per user.

 

Remote User PC Web Client Requirements:

 

Minimum Requirements:

 

An IBM® compatible computer with a 75MHz (or equivalent processor)

256Mb RAM

500Mb of free disk space

32 Bit versions of Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, SBS 2003, Windows Vista

Microsoft® Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 - 6.0

High speed Internet and / or TCP / IP connection (Internet is optional, but required for ACT! Premium for external Web access)

Recommended Specification:

 

An IBM® compatible computer with a 1.8Ghz (or equivalent processor)

1GB RAM

1GB of free disk space

32 Bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, SBS 2003, Windows Vista

Network Users only: 1Gbps network cards and switches with Microsoft Windows networking

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