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    Sage has announced a strategy revamp which it hopes will take the CRM debate beyond hosted-versus-on-demand.

  • Sage takes a shot at medical software

    Accounting software company Sage Group said on Wednesday that its parent company is venturing into the health care field with the $565 million acquisition of Emdeon Practice Services, which makes software for doctors' offices.

  • Oracle fuses CRM with OpenSocial, BlackBerry

    Oracle hopes its customers will combine the company's latest On Demand CRM solution with social networking sites to close more deals. It also announced support for the BlackBerry and iPhone.

  • Sage makes bold SME play

    Financial software giant Sage has announced aggressive plans to make an impact on the Australian small and medium enterprise market.

  • Buy IT today, pay tomorrow

    IBM, Microsoft and others look to lure tech buyers with new financing programs.

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  • Raising the mid-market ICT bar

    There are as always exceptions, but most ICT vendors are simply not doing the right thing by the thousands of SME customers in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Oracle/BEA: 12 months on

    In the heady days of January 2008, database maker Oracle had finally captured the prize that it had been courting for many months, BEA, and in an instant became the largest middleware player in the market. But are the real results yet to appear?

  • Contact management packages reviewed

    We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.

  • The retiring brain boom

    Baby boomers are retiring and the experience they will take with them represents a huge potential loss for Australian businesses. ZDNet Australia investigates how this know-how can be retained.

  • IT pros protect against Slammer

    System administrators' role in protecting Australian enterprises against vulnerabilities has come to the fore with the outbreak of the recent SQL Slammer worm.

Reviews (8)

  • ACT! by Sage 2009

    Small businesses seeking robust, powerful and affordable CRM software will find that ACT! by Sage 2009 fits the bill perfectly.

  • Sage Instant Accounting 98

    As far as features are concerned, Instant Accounting is a reasonably accomplished package. The lack of purchase requests is a shortcoming that can be addressed by purchasing the next level up in Sage's extensive accounting software range. However, its ease of use lags behind the other packages we reviewed and if you are a novice in this field then we would suggest you look elsewhere.

  • Actinic Business v7

    Actinic Business v7 is a scaleable out-of-the-box e-commerce solution that allows both individuals and companies to start selling online.

  • Contact management packages reviewed

    We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.

  • Death, taxes and accounting software

    Need some help with your taxes this year? While they won't take the sting out of tax time entirely, some of the most recent accounting software offerings are designed to do more than just arithmetic.

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