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Two Sage Software Customers Win Technology ROI Awards From Nucleus Research
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) IRVINE, CA, June 25 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Sage Software today announced that its
customers, the American Lung Association (ALA) and BaySystems Spray
Insulation and Roofing Materials, are 2008 recipients of Technology ROI
Awards from Nucleus Research. Technology ROI Awards recognize companies
whose skillful deployment of IT solutions has produced a positive,
bottom-line financial return on investment (ROI). Based on Nucleus Research
measurements, the ALA achieved 636% ROI in two months using Sage Software's
Sage MIP Fund Accounting, and BaySystems recorded 947% ROI in four months
using the ACT! by Sage contact and customer management solution.
"The American Lung Association and BaySystems case studies are model
examples of how IT investments closely aligned to business goals can
deliver significant ROI; in this instance, by taking full advantage of Sage
Software business applications," said Rebecca Wettemann, vice president,
Nucleus Research. "The impressive metrics tallied by each company made
their technology implementations clear choices for our award program this
year."
The American Lung Association, a century-old nonprofit organization devoted
to fighting respiratory ailments, previously used different accounting
systems across 120 local and 19 regional offices. The various systems made
it difficult for ALA's national office in New York to generate reliable
reports. ALA selected Sage MIP Fund Accounting for its budget projecting
capabilities and ability to manage encumbrances, endowments, and other cash
gifts unique to nonprofit fundraising.
ALA deployed Sage MIP Fund Accounting, with the aid of Sage Nonprofit
Solutions, at a third-party commercial data center in New York. All
financial data from each office is housed at the center. Employees access
data via a Web browser over a Citrix-based thin client network. ALA cites a
centralized financial process and improved staff productivity among
benefits contributing to its 636% ROI.
BaySystems Spray Insulations and Roofing Materials, a Phoenix-based
manufacturer and supplier of high performance insulation, roofing, and
coating products, previously relied on manual sales processes and had no
centralized system to keep data current. Additionally, there was no
reliable way to measure payback on the company's marketing campaigns, and
when salespeople left the company, there was risk they could take critical
customer information with them.
BaySystems selected ACT! for its ease of use, low maintenance cost, data
security, lead management features, and reporting capabilities. BaySystems'
in-house sales people access ACT! via a Citrix thin client network, and
remote employees carry a lightweight copy of the ACT! database on their
hard drives to synchronize via the Internet. BaySystems cites increased
sales revenue and improved sales productivity among benefits contributing
to its 947% ROI.
For more than 25 years, Sage Software has been helping nonprofit
organizations further their missions and better serve constituents through
the use of technology, by offering Sage MIP Fund Accounting and a range of
Sage Fundraising product choices, including Sage Fundraising 50, Sage
Fundraising 100, Sage Fundraising 100-Rainbow Edition, Millennium, and Sage
Endowment Management, so that nonprofit organizations of all sizes can
select solutions best fitting their budget and program needs. For more
information about Sage Software's Nonprofit Solutions, please visit
www.sagenonprofit.com or call 800-647-3863.
ACT! established the Contact Management software category in 1987 and,
today, is the number-one selling contact and customer management solution
and preferred choice of over 2.8 million registered users and over 43,000
additional corporate customers to organize, access and manage their
customer information. ACT! delivers powerful capabilities that support a
full range of desktop, laptop, Web browser and handheld device access
methods that can work seamlessly with a centralized database to help
individuals, selling teams and corporate workgroups improve productivity
and increase sales. For more ACT! information, please visit www.act.com or
call 866-903-0006.
About Nucleus Research
Nucleus Research is a global provider of IT research and advisory services
that provides CFOs, CIOs, and their staffs with the real-world information
they need to maximize the business returns from their technology
investments, including successfully executing their IT deployments and
determining the business value of their initiatives. Nucleus Research is
the only technology research firm that is registered with the National
Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). For more information,
visit www.NucleusResearch.com.
About Sage Software
Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of nearly 2.9
million small and medium-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 business management software and services
to small and medium-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on
the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage Group now has 5.7 million customers
and employs over 14,800 people worldwide. For more information, please
visit the web site at www.sagesoftware.com or call (866) 308-2378.
? 2008 Sage Software, Inc. All rights reserved. All other brands are
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Contact:
Ryan Zuk
Sage Software, CRM Solutions
480-368-3818ryan.zuk@sage.com
Cynthia Sutton
Sage Software, Nonprofit Solutions
703-793-2700, x3032cynthia.sutton@sage.com
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