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ACT! by Sage 2009--New Features

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ACT! 2009 delivers a range of exciting new features as well as enhancements to existing features, all focused on making ACT! easier to use and more feature-rich, resulting in greater efficiency and productivity for you.

Work More Effectively, Maximize Productivity, and Better Serve Your Contacts. – You receive powerful new features and significant enhancements to areas of the product that you use every day, such as Microsoft® Outlook® integration, calendar and activity visibility, and search functionality. All this enables you to work more effectively, become more productive, and better serve your contacts.

Tighter Outlook Integration Provides Options for Tracking and Organizing E-mail - New and improved Outlook integration features afford you the flexibility to track and organize e-mails in ACT! en masse or on a case-by-case basis. Or, automate these functions so you can set them once and forget about them. Calendar integration features enable you to create ACT! activities from Outlook for tracking important action items received via e-mail, and copy your ACT! and Outlook calendars automatically or with just one click.

Greater Calendar and Activity Visibility Help You Stay On Top of Your Day - Improvements to calendar printing and viewing make it easy for you to get relevant snapshots of your schedule and give you a heads up on your scheduled activities at-a-glance. This way you can stay on top of your day and realize maximum productivity gains.

Powerful Lookups and Search Functionality Quickly Give You the Details You Need- Lookups and search functionality have been streamlined, helping you find the particular contact or contact details you need quickly, in one lookup-friendly place. Build the most basic or complex searches using a tool that has been simplified and enhanced. And easily recall recent lookups to save time in your day.

More Database Functions2 and Automation Options Help Maintain ACT! Details - With more database functions and automation options, you can spend time managing what is most important to your bottom line and feel confident your ACT! details are fully maintained. Now, ACT! automatically handles periodic database maintenance tasks and provides you with a variety of options for tailoring maintenance to fit your needs. Additionally, know exactly how your ACT! sync is progressing with the streamlined progress bar, reduce the size of your backup files by excluding attachments, and more.

and even more new features in midyear release (March 2009) 11.1

ACT! by Sage 2009 Data Sheets

ACT! by Sage 2009 (11.0) - Datasheet (pdf)

ACT! by Sage 2009 Premium (11.0) - Datasheet (pdf)

ACT! by Sage 2009 (11.0) Solutions Feature Comparison Chart for upgrading ACT! users

ACT! by Sage 2009 (11.0) System Requirements (pdf)

Which version should I choose?--ACT! by Sage 2009 Features Chart by Version (pdf)

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What's New

August 2010
Sage BusinessWorks 2011 Alpha version gives preview of new features.

July 2010
Northbrook Consulting Group and Sage Team preview Sage ACT! 2011 at "Roadshow". Enhanced Outlook integration, Smart Tasks, among highlighted new features.

May 2010
Sage releases ACT! by Sage for Real Estate 2010 and ACT! by Sage for Financial Professionals 2010

April 2010
Handheld Contact for ACT! is now available for iPhone with special price promotion.

April 2010
Sage Peachtree announces new features for Sage Peachtree 2011 and Sage Peachtree Quantum 2011. Watch VIDEO

February 2010
Don Joseph featured speaker on Drip Marketing to Midwest Society of Professional Consultants

January 2010
Northbrook Consulting Group has first-ever installation Sage KnowledgeSync Business Activity Montoring software with Sage BusinessWorks client to insure response to key business events.

December 2009
Don Joseph discusses ACT! 2010 new features with Larry Ritter, Sage senior vice president and general manager of CRM Applications, at ACT! by Sage Townhall (Chicago)

November 2009
Sage BusinessWorks 2010 is released with exciting new features.

July 2009
Northbrook Consulting's Don Joseph receives Swiftpage Silver Drip Marketing Consultant Certification

May 2009
Don Joseph presents "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the ACT / Sage BusinessWorks Link and More" to Sage Partners as part of annual Sage Insights 2009 in Nashville