New Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ACT! Link Provides SMBs Tight Integration Between Front and Back Office Operations

NASHVILLE, TN -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 6, 2006 -- Sage Software announced today the Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ACT! Link, which combines the company's best-selling ERP package with the number one selling contact and customer management system worldwide. The release enables small and mid-sized business owners to tightly integrate front and back office processes, providing comprehensive visibility into an organization's business resources. Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ACT! Link provides complete integration with ACT! by Sage 2007 and ACT! by Sage Premium for Workgroups 2007 (9.0) launched this September, as well as full compatibility with ACT! by Sage 2006 and ACT! by Sage Premium for Workgroups 2006.

"Empowering employees with greater visibility into customer information improves everything from customer service to profitability," said Jim Portner, Sage Software vice president and general manager of Sage MAS ERP products. "The new Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ACT! Link delivers a seamless integration that streamlines the transition between front and back office processes."

Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ACT! Link enables sales and other front office personnel to access critical back office data to better manage customer relationships and improve customer service. With ACT! 2007, users can instantly access key contact and customer information, manage and prioritize activities, and track all contact-related communications to help grow productive business relationships. Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 anchor an automated "end-to-end" business management solution, providing deep accounting functionality, comprehensive vertical market modules, powerful business intelligence tools and seamless integration with other award-winning business automation products from Sage Software.

Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ACT! Link uses the strengths of two industry-leading products to improve information sharing and efficiencies. The bi-directional Link enables two-way data sharing between sales and accounting, which eliminates duplicate data entry, improves data integrity and reduces overall operational costs. Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ACT! Link also provides the hallmark ease-of-use customers expect from Sage MAS 90, Sage MAS 200 and ACT!, featuring familiar screens and commands as users easily access front and back office functions.

Sage Software Integrated Business Solutions for SMBs

Sage Software offers the broadest range of integrated business management software and services, enabling small and mid-sized business (SMB) owners to improve operational efficiencies and increase profitability. With front office and back office solutions, many with hosted and on-premise deployment options, Sage Software gives customers the freedom of choice to select the best integrated solutions for their business needs. Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ACT! Link is one integrated application being announced from the Sage Summit customer conference taking place in Nashville, Tennessee this week. Also being announced is the Sage TimeSheets - MAS 90 Edition, an integration of two other popular business management solutions from Sage Software.

Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ACT! Link is generally available now through authorized Sage Software business partners and is priced at $450.00 (USD). ACT! by Sage product licensing is an additional fee. For more information, contact your local Sage Software business partner, call Sage Software sales at 800-854-3415 or visit www.sagemas.com.

About ACT! by Sage

ACT!, first introduced in 1987, is the preferred choice of over 2.5 million registered users and more than 35,000 corporate customers to organize, access and manage their critical customer information. ACT! delivers powerful contact and customer management capabilities with flexible deployment and customization options to help individuals, selling professionals and corporate workgroups 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 MAS 90 & Sage MAS 200

Recommended by more CPAs than any other business management applications in their class, Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 feature an unmatched combination of accounting functionality with comprehensive vertical market modules. The award-winning solutions automate core accounting and e-commerce and provide business intelligence tools with powerful financial reporting. Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 anchor an end-to-end business management system with seamless support for ACT! -- the world's #1 contact management application -- plus award-winning HR, Fixed Asset and payroll applications. Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 boast robust project management, manufacturing and wholesale distribution capabilities that help small and mid-market business owners automate inventory management, bill of materials management and job costing. For more information visit www.sagemas.com or call 800-854-3415.

About Sage Software

Sage Software supports the needs, challenges, and dreams of more than 2.6 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 international 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 5.0 million customers and employs over 10,500 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.

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Contact Information: Press Contacts: Stephen Moore Sage Software (949) 790-2040 stephen.moore@sage.com Ryan Zuk Sage Software (480) 368-3818 ryan.zuk@sage.com