You already know that building strong customer relationships is critical to your long-term growth and success. Satisfied customers remain loyal, continue to purchase your products and give your business a competitive edge. But for many companies, gathering relevant customer information into one centralized system in order to bridge the communication gap between your sales force and back office accounting personnel can be a challenge. To address this challenge, Sage Software has released an upgrade to the integration between ACT! by Sage and your Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200 system. The new ACT! Link Version 1.1 creates a seamless connection between the latest version of ACT! and your MAS 90 or MAS 200 system. This bi-directional integration allows transactions to smoothly pass between systems while ensuring that data is synchronized to provide accurate, real-time customer information to your sales force. As salesperson enters a new order directly into ACT!, that information is automatically transferred into your MAS 90 application. This eliminates the need for duplicate data entry, frees up time for your back office personnel and ensures complete accuracy of the order. This salesperson can also use ACT! to review important customer information such as invoice history, open orders and returns without having to navigate MAS 90 or ask back office staff to run a report. Key Benefits of the ACT! Link for MAS 90 & MAS 200 Reduce overall operating costs and improve efficiency by minimizing duplicate data entry and eliminating costly back-office order processing errors. Keep critical contact and customer information organized and easily accessed from one central location. More accurately track and forecast revenue from sales opportunities. Provide better service and support to your customers based on a complete view of all communication, transactions and history with your company. Key Features Configurable Integration – flexible and customizable configuration options enable you to control how the integration will behave for your specific company including control over the data that will flow between the two systems. You can also map fields to account for customizations, control synchronization and display of data, establish password protection to prevent unauthorized changes to data, connect multiple MAS 90 companies to a single ACT! database and much more. Refresh Inventory Items – to ensure that salespeople have current pricing and other inventory information before placing an order, a “Refresh Inventory” task enables ACT! to synchronize with current MAS 90 or MAS 200 inventory data. View, Edit and Update – One of the most important features of the ACT! Link is the ability for salespeople to view, edit and update important customer file information directly from within ACT! They also have access to accounting data such as Invoice History, Sales Orders, Open Invoices, Payments, Return Orders, Item Sales and Purchase History, Job Cost information and Work Orders. Processing Orders – Streamline your sales process by allowing your salespeople to enter new customers, along with billing and shipping information, directly into ACT!. That information is then transferred into MAS 90 or MAS 200 without the need for duplicate data entry. A quote or sales opportunity within ACT! can then be passed into MAS 90 or MAS 200 to automatically create a new sales order. Availability and Pricing ACT! Link for Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200 version 1.1 is scheduled for release in late September 2006. A special price of $90 is offered to existing MAS 90 or MAS 200 customer on a Maintenance Plan and is free to customers on a Maintenance Plan that own the current ACT! link. Contact Us for more detail or to register for a Pre-recorded web demonstration The New ACT! Link Bridging the Gap Between Sales and Your Back Office MAS 90 and MAS 200 Newsletter The New ACT! Link Remote Access to Your MAS 90 or MAS 200 System LoJack for Your Laptop In This Issue: Remote Access to Your MAS 90 or MAS 200 System Conducting business and staying productive while on the road or simply away from the office has become more practical with advances in technology and the widespread availability of high-speed internet connections (coffee house, hotel, airport, or home). Business is no longer confined to the four walls of your office. Sage Software Partners with Citrix Sage Software has partnered with Citrix Online to provide MAS 90 and MAS 200 customers with a solution that offers your personnel the ability to work from anywhere using GoToMyPC Pro – the award-winning web-based remote access solution. To access a computer from anywhere, you simply log on to the Citrix site using GoToMyPC Pro, select the computer you want to access, and immediately connect to your desktop. GoToMyPC Pro offers bullet proof security and is firewall-friendly. You can now leave sensitive files and financial data safely at the office and use GoToMyPC Pro to securely access them from any Web browser in any location. Exclusive Offer Visit www.gotomypc.com/SageMAS90 to learn more about an exclusive 25% discount offer for Sage Software customers or to take advantage of a 30-day free trial. LoJack for Your Laptop Using a laptop outside your office in order to stay productive, whether at home or on the road, has become a very common business practice. However the increase in popularity and public presence of laptops has made them the target of theft. If your laptop is stolen, your company can be exposed to a significant security threat and potential loss of sensitive data. Interestingly, there are now programs that can track and report the location of your laptop should a theft occur. They are activated when the laptop connects to the internet and can report its exact physical location. What’s more, some solutions offer invisible security software that will retrieve files and delete sensitive information after a theft has occurred. A few solutions include zTrace Technologies, LoJack for Laptops, and CyberAngel. ACT! by Sage 2007 Product Family Sage Software has unveiled the new Act! 2007 product family. New features include direct integration with Microsoft® Outlook®, enhanced user productivity, simplified administration and field-level data security. What to Do if Your Laptop is Stolen Change your network password to prevent access to corporate servers. Report the theft to the police as well as your IT department. If customer data was on your laptop, contact the appropriate person at your company to take action and potentially notify the customer. 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