Access any contact anytime, anywhere with ACT! Professional for Web. New for 2006

ACT! Professional for Web delivers anytime, anywhere access to centralized data enabling remote, travelling or office-based users to access contact information in real time through a web browser. Simple installation on your internal servers allows for easy roll-out to users and provides your organisation with the security of knowing that critical customer data stays within your firewalls.

ACT! Professional for Web can be deployed as a standalone product or in conjunction with ACT! Professional for Workgroups giving you the freedom to choose the implementation model that works for your business.

With a low overall total cost of ownership, ACT! Professional for Web provides all the benefits associated with a hosted web-based solution but without the recurring cost of monthly fees! Other key features of ACT! Professional for Web include:

• No Client Installation
• Access to live contact detail
• No Synchronisation
• Your contact database remains inside your firewall
• No need for mobile users to carry local database copies
• Database is centrally managed and administered

ACT! Professional for Web can operate in a mixed environment with some users accessing the database through ACT! for Web, other users logging in directly over LAN connection with other remote users synchronising with the main database using ACT! Professional for Workgroups.

Try the online demonstation to see ACT! Professional for Web for yourself visit www.act.com/webdemo and login to the 'ACT!8demo' with the following: Username: 'chris huffman' with the password left blank.

Centralise critical contact and customer information – and stay organized
Track and manage complete customer information online including contact details, relationship history, appointments, documents and sales opportunities to increase productivity and stay organized.

Manage and grow business relationships through top-notch communications
Communicating with prospects and customers and tracking the results has never been easier!

• Perform mail merges using ACT! for Web’s in-built Word Processor and track a history on each contact record.
• Create, send and track email to contacts using an SMTP server (Microsoft Exchange, Internet Mail or SMTP).

Prioritize your day to stay on top of appointments and tasks
ACT! Professional for Web provides features such as at-a-glance calendar views, activity alarms and the ability to roll incomplete tasks over to the next day so you never miss a trick!

• Share calendars between users for group scheduling.
• Utilize calendar pop-ups for an at-a-glance view of each activity.
• Filter calls, meetings and to-do items by priority, date range or user, even displaying totals for each activity type for a complete view of your day.

Forecast and track sales opportunities for improved bottom line results
Track opportunities from an initial enquiry through to closure using either a standard sales process or one customised to suit your organisation. View and report on all your open opportunities so you always know where you stand!

• See all your opportunities from within one list view and filter by users, estimated close date, sales stage, amount or probability of close.
• Change opportunity field names and field types to capture the most accurate information.
• Utilize the product list feature to easily enter repeated products or services and automatically fill in information such as name, item number, cost and price.
• View graphical sales pipeline graphs for an insight into sales trends.
• Choose from 18 pre-formatted sales reports or export to Excel with one click for further analysis.

Access contact information quickly for a complete view of customer interactions

Instantly access every important contact using the ACT! Professional for Web, Quick Searches Advanced Lookups or Keyword searches. At the end of the week or month, its easy to report on activity or milestones with one of the 38 in built reports that come with ACT! Professional for Web or use the report designer to create your own.

Enable team collaboration for increased productivity
ACT! Professional for Web was developed to work either as a standalone product or in conjunction with ACT! Professional for Workgroups. Equipping users with ACT! Professional for Workgroups provides them will a full-featured offline client for those times when they don’t have an Internet connection and allows them to synchronize information to PDA devices.

Securely administer and deploy to large workgroups and teams
ACT! Professional for Web is installed on a server and no end-user software installation is needed. With the software centrally managed and administered, remote employees have access to the most recent product updates as well as all the layouts and reports consistent with the main office.

• Layouts and reports can be created once and accessed by both Windows and Web users instantly, saving valuable time. ACT! Professional for Web maintains the same easy-to-use ACT! Windows experience thereby requiring less training and support time to get users up and running quickly.
• When administering for Windows and Web users, sync times can be set and managed between remote and master databases and the frequency and location for database backup can be scheduled.
• Centralized administration makes it easy to grant contact access to individuals and teams as well as mark selected contacts in the database as public, private or limited access.

With ACT! Professional for Web installed on your company sever - behind your firewall - you can rest assured that your data is secure and you will always be able to access it.        

Buying Guide

	Immediate, real-time access to contact information through a web browser avoiding the need for database synchronisation.
	Keep all your valuable contact information within your firewalls and prevent users from taking local copies or exporting data to their laptop.
	Mobile users have the flexibility to access the ACT! database from any PC or laptop which has an internet connection using their user name and password combination.
	An internet connection is required in all instances. Mobile users who require offline access should be equipped with ACT! Professional for Workgroups.
	ACT! Professional for Web largely replicates the functionality of ACT! Professional for Workgroups though there are differences between the two products: Contact look-ups are carried out from the a quick look-up feature on the navigation bar Reports can be created in HTML only. Only the ACT! word processor is available with ACT! Professional for Web ACT! Professional for Web does not include a monthly calendar. While using ACT! for Web, users will be unable to access Internet Explorer's View Source function and the right-click menu
Next Step

Try the online demonstation to see ACT! Professional for Web for yourself visit www.act.com/webdemo and login to the 'ACT!8demo' with the following: Username: 'chris huffman' with the password left blank.  See our ACT! Professional brochure (pdf 2MB) for a features tour and ACT! software screenshots.    Check the System Requirements and learn more about how ACT! Professional for Web is deployed.     Preact can help you choose the right ACT! software application for your immediate and future needs. As accredited ACT! consultants we help you plan an ACT! implementation, configure the database in line with your business needs, transfer existing data, deliver user training and provide telephone ACT! software help. Call us on 0870 382 5000 to discuss your requirements.