Sage Software Delivers ACT! by Sage Premium for Web 2006 to Further
Extend Its Adoption Among Small and Mid-Sized Businesses

Seamless Online and Offline Contact and Customer Management Solution
Enables Shorter Sales Cycles, Higher Close Rates and Better Sales
Force Productivity


SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/03/06 -- Sage Software today
announced availability of the new ACT! by Sage Premium for Web 2006
contact and customer management solution. ACT! Premium for Web can be
installed on a company server and deployed easily to remote and
on-premises users, with no end-user client software installation
required, to provide real-time Web access to centralized customer
information. ACT! Premium for Web can also be used in conjunction with
ACT! by Sage Premium for Workgroups 2006 to enable dual-use
environments that equip sales teams with online and offline access to
ACT! data.


New ACT! Premium for Web 2006 features include customizable
opportunity fields, custom user permissions, en masse contact access
settings and scheduled automatic database backup, among others.


Strong user adoption of ACT! Premium products has helped increase
registered ACT! corporate accounts to over 30,000, significantly
outpacing market alternatives.


"ACT! Premium for Web offers a highly favorable total cost of
ownership that is driving strong market demand for the solution,"
explained Joe Bergera, ACT! senior vice president and general manager
for Sage Software. "However, we are most excited about our users'
double-digit productivity improvements and quick return on
investment."


ACT! Premium for Web is ideal for small businesses, functionally
defined workgroups and divisions of larger organizations that want to
implement Web-based sales force automation without recurring monthly
user fees. Balmar, Inc., a Virginia-based printing company,
implemented ACT! Premium for Web for 30 traveling sales
representatives, creating an additional 10 percent of selling time per
week for the organization.


"Each of our reps have added two additional business appointments per
week. We have closed accounts that we previously did not have time to
focus on and these have turned out to be valuable accounts," said
Patrick Peyton, technical director for Balmar, Inc.


End-User Web Benefits



-- #1 selling feature set - ACT! Premium for Web provides a feature set

similar to the ACT! Windows product used by more than 2.5 million

individuals worldwide.

-- Anytime, anywhere data access - Remote, traveling and office users can

access, update and share centralized data with no synchronization required.

-- Robust offline client - ACT! Premium for Workgroups can be used as a

full-featured offline client(1) to perform all Web functions in the Windows

environment and synchronize ACT! data to Palm OS(r) and Pocket PC handheld

devices.

-- User productivity - All users can access the same ACT! features and

remote users are always up to date with immediate access to product

updates, layouts, and reports with no individual software updates required.



Administrator Web Benefits



-- Easy rollout - Central server installation eliminates the need for end-

user client installation, configuration and set-up.

-- Centralized administration - Layouts and reports can be created once

and accessed by all Web and Windows users.

-- Custom user permissions - Set per-user ability to access, add, delete

and export data to the centralized server.

-- Reduced training and support time - Similar, easy-to-use Web and

Windows environments enable users to get up and running quickly.

-- Data secured behind firewall - On-premises server installation ensures

data remains in-house and securely behind company firewall.



ACT! Premium for Web is available for $399.99 (upgrade $259.95) by
phoning 888-855-5222 or by locating an ACT! Certified Consultant at
www.act.com/certifiedconsultants. ACT! Premium for Workgroups is also
available for $399.99 (upgrade $259.95).


ACT! by Sage


ACT! offers powerful contact and customer management capabilities to
help companies improve productivity and increase sales. ACT! by Sage
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 Sage CRM, SageCRM.com and Sage CRM SalesLogix. For
more details, visit www.sagecrmsolutions.com or call 888-855-5222.


About Sage Software (formerly Best Software)


Sage Software offers leading business management software and services
that support the needs, challenges and dreams of more than 2.4 million
small and mid-sized business customers in North America. Its parent
company, The Sage Group plc (LSE: SGE.L), supports 4.7 million
customers worldwide. For more than 25 years, Sage Software has
delivered easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software for
accounting, customer relationship management, human resources, time
tracking and the specialized needs of accounting practices and the
construction, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate
industries. For more information, please visit the Web site at
www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.


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(1)To access ACT! Premium for Web 2006 data through an offline client
requires licenses of both ACT! Premium for Web 2006 and ACT! Premium
for Workgroups 2006.