ACT! by Sage Selected Over Salesforce.com as Sales/CRM Product of the Year by Small Business Computing Readers

"Pioneering" Contact and Customer Management Solution Noted for Expanded Productivity Capabilities, Receives Honor for Second Straight Year

Sage Software today announced that ACT! by Sage 2006 has received Small Business Computing's Excellence In Technology 2006 Award for Sales/CRM software. The publication polls its readership annually to select the "outstanding products of the year that help small businesses increase efficiency and improve productivity." Small Business Computing readers selected ACT! over Salesforce.com during voting for this year's awards. This is the second straight year ACT! has received the publication's product excellence honor.

"ACT! has a loyal and discerning base of more than 2.5 million registered users and over 30,000 corporate accounts that helps guide our development of enhanced productivity capabilities for small and mid-sized businesses," explained Joe Bergera, ACT! senior vice president and general manager for Sage Software. "We are honored that many of our users consistently name ACT! as their preferred contact and customer management solution. ACT! delivers robust and flexible features at a lower total cost of ownership than most alternatives, which encourages many organizations and sales teams to implement the ACT! solution that is most ideal for their business."

Small Business Computing editors cited ACT! as "a pioneer in the contact management field," calling out new group and company tree view features and referencing ACT! Add-on solution capabilities that extend business productivity with specialized marketing, shipping and handheld device synchronization functions, among others.

The award continues a trend of Sage CRM Solutions being selected over market alternatives. Network Computing magazine recently named SageCRM.com its "Editor's Choice" over Salesforce.com and others in a hosted CRM product comparison review, noting SageCRM.com's full-service capabilities and competitive pricing. Additionally, Forrester Research, Inc. reported strong performance of Sage CRM Solutions in its Forrester Wave™ Midmarket Sales Force Automation Q4 2005 report, referencing that over 25% of technology decision makers at U.S. small and mid-sized businesses begin by considering an ACT! by Sage solution(1) when assessing sales force automation.

ACT! by Sage Product Family

ACT! is the preferred choice of over 2.5 million registered users and more than 30,000 corporate customers to organize, access and manage their critical customer information. ACT! delivers powerful contact and customer management capabilities with flexible deployment options to help improve productivity and increase sales.

ACT! by Sage 2006 - for individuals and small teams of up to ten networked users, available at popular software retailers, e-tailers and direct resellers or by contacting Sage Software at 888-ACT-2006 or www.act.com/estore ($229.99 MSRP, upgrade $149.95 MSRP).

ACT! by Sage Premium for Workgroups 2006 - for workgroups of up to 50 networked users(2) available by contacting ACT! Corporate Sales at 888-855-5222 and from more than 600 ACT! Certified Consultants located at www.act.com/certifiedconsultants ($399.99 MSRP, upgrade $259.95 MSRP).

ACT! by Sage Premium for Web 2006 - for remote, traveling and on-premise user access to real-time and centralized data, available by contacting ACT! Corporate Sales at 888-855-5222 ($399.99 MSRP, upgrade $259.95 MSRP).

ACT! Handheld Links - ACT! 2006 and ACT! Premium for Workgroups 2006 each include ACT! Link for Palm OS and ACT! Link for Pocket PC to synchronize data with many popular handheld devices.

ACT! Accounting Links - ACT! 2006 and ACT! Premium for Workgroups 2006 offer the capability to integrate with Sage BusinessWorks 50 Accounting, Peachtree by Sage, Simply Accounting by Sage and QuickBooks Pro/Premier.

ACT! Add-on Solutions - ACT! Add-on solutions extend database functionality to help businesses run more cost efficiently.(3) A complete list of ACT! Add-on solutions and pricing is available at www.actsolutions.com. Developers interested in the ACT! Add-on Partner Program are encouraged to visit www.act.com/partners/addonpartners.

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 2.5 million small and mid-sized business customers in North America. Its parent company, The Sage Group plc (London: 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) Forrester Research, Inc. Business Technographics® June 2005 United States SMB Software And Services Benchmark Study.

(2) Actual number of users and contacts supported will vary based on hardware and size and usage of your database. The 50 user limit is based on performance tests using minimum hardware requirements and is a recommendation. You must purchase one license of ACT! per user.

(3) ACT! add-on products may not work with ACT! Premium for Web 2006. Customers should check with the add-on vendor for compatibility.

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