ACT! for Palm OS(R) 2006 Delivers Comprehensive Contact Management Functionality That Leverages Mobile Benefits of Handheld Devices

Market Wire, March, 2006

Sage Software announced today the new ACT! for Palm OS 2006 product for use as a mobile productivity tool with the ACT! by Sage 2006 and ACT! by Sage Premium for Workgroups 2006 contact and customer management solutions. ACT! for Palm OS operates as a native application on an individual's Palm OS handheld device to enable access, adding and updating of pre-defined and custom data fields,(1) notes and history, activities, calendar information and sales opportunities. Users can also set up a snapshot view of their ten most regularly accessed data fields and view their most critical information by color code prioritization.(2)

"ACT! for Palm OS was designed with on-the-go sales professionals in mind," explained Larry Ritter, vice president of ACT! product management for Sage Software. "For sales professionals, having valuable customer details always at hand, whether in the office or while traveling, is a business necessity. Enabling comprehensive ACT! functionality for the versatile Palm OS handheld device provides a valuable mobility option for those who rely on quick data access to drive their business relationships."

Critical Customer Information Anytime, Anywhere

ACT! for Palm OS delivers key capabilities to the handheld device that many ACT! desktop users rely on to easily access customer information and improve their productivity including a linked calendar and task list, the ability to go directly to a contact record from a scheduled appointment, and the ability to view every customer interaction from the contact record.

Additionally, ACT! for Palm OS allows individuals and mobile sales professionals to:

--  Synchronize complete ACT! information with Palm OS handhelds and map
    more than 50 pre-defined ACT! fields and up to 15 custom fields to the
    device;
--  Use sales management features to enter new opportunities on the
    device;
--  Use the Opportunity List View to read and filter current opportunities
    on the device, as well as select and add products from existing product
    lists to an opportunity;(3)
--  View Group and Company membership information on the device whether
    contacts were manually added or dynamically added based on defined
    criteria;(4)
--  Schedule activities from the device using custom activity types pre-
    defined in the ACT! desktop product;(5)
--  Track time spent on business activities including calls, meetings and
    to-dos;
--  Save time entering data on the device by adding multiple contacts to a
    note or history from the desktop or from the device;(6)
--  Add, update and delete secondary contacts from the device to associate
    related contacts with a main contact.
    

ACT! for Palm OS is available for $99.99 (upgrade $69.95) by phoning (866) 333-0990 for individual users, (866) 421-7752 for five or more users or by locating an ACT! Certified Consultant at www.act.com/certifiedconsultants . ACT! 2006 is available for $229.99 (upgrade $149.95) and ACT! Premium for Workgroups 2006 is available for $399.99 (upgrade $259.95).

ACT! by Sage

ACT! is the preferred choice of over 2.5 million registered users and more than 32,000 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 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

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 (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.

© 2006 Sage Software SB, Inc. All rights reserved. The Sage Software logo and the Sage Software product and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sage Software SB, Inc., or its affiliated entities. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Important Note: ACT! for Palm OS does not enforce certain preferences and permissions defined in ACT!, including the "Allow history editing" preference, the "Allow notes editing" preference, the "Delete Records" user permission, and the "Allow editing" field definition. As a result, ACT! for Palm OS users may edit contact history, edit contact notes, delete records, and edit read-only fields and these changes will be reflected in ACT! after the next two-way synchronization.