Sage SalesLogix v7.2 Receives Product of the Year Award From Customer Interaction Solutions Magazine


SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwire - December 5, 2007) - Sage Software announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®)'s Customer Interaction Solutions® magazine (www.cismag.com) has named Sage SalesLogix v7.2 a 2007 Product of the Year Award winner. TMC editors recently issued their award evaluation results citing Sage Software for vendor vision, leadership and attention to product detail.

"The release of Sage SalesLogix v7.2 earlier this year marked the product's tenth anniversary and introduced significant customization, mobility and Web client advancements that are changing the way our customers can offer a unique buying experience to their customers," said David van Toor, senior vice president and general manager for Sage CRM Solutions. "This award is a result of all the effort our product engineers, Sage CRM Solutions business partners, and customers have put into making Sage SalesLogix the most functional and flexible CRM system available."

The 10th Annual Product of the Year Award winners will be featured in the January 2008 issue of Customer Interaction Solutions magazine.

"Sage Software has proven they are committed to quality and excellence in solutions that benefit the contact center experience as well as ROI for the companies that use them. I am pleased to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative Sage CRM Solutions in the future," said Nadji Tehrani, Executive Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Customer Interaction Solutions. "For 10 years, Customer Interaction Solutions magazine has been recognizing companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements."

Sage SalesLogix

With more than 300,000 users at over 8,500 companies, Sage SalesLogix is the leading CRM solution for small to medium-sized businesses and divisions of larger enterprises, and is part of the Sage Software family of integrated business management solutions.

Sage SalesLogix is a full-featured, multi-client CRM solution that provides users with sales force automation (SFA), customer service and support, and marketing capabilities, as well as interactive dashboard and reporting functionality. Sage SalesLogix enables rich customization capabilities, high levels of end-user adoption and low total cost of ownership across all deployment methods. Optional mobility and business analytics tools are also available. For more details, visit www.sagecrmsolutions.com or call 800-643-6400.

About Customer Interaction Solutions

Since 1982, Customer Interaction Solutions (CIS) magazine has been the voice of the call/contact center, CRM and teleservices industries. CIS magazine has helped the industry germinate, grow, mature and prosper, and has served as the leading publication in helping these industries that have had such a positive impact on the world economy to continue to thrive. Through a combination of outstanding and cutting-edge original editorial, industry voices, in-depth lab reviews and the recognition of the innovative leaders in management and technology through our highly valued awards, Customer Interaction Solutions strives to continue to be the publication that holds the quality bar high for the industry. Please visit www.cismag.com.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and IMS Magazine. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. Ranked in the top 6,000 most visited Web sites in the world by alexa.com*, TMCnet serves as many as three million unique visitors each month. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, and Call Center 2.0 Conference and Green Technology World Conference. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com. (*alexa.com is an amazon.com company that ranks Web sites by their traffic levels. Neither alexa.com nor amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.) For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

About Sage Software

Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of nearly 2.8 million small and mid-sized business customers in North America through easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and services for small and mid-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and the Group now has 5.5 million customers and employs over 13,900 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.

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