We get this question a lot, so I thought it would be a good idea to document it here. You have several options with Act! Premium. You can self-host your database - which is what is called Act! Premium for Web, or you can pay to host your database "in the cloud." In this article, I'm just going to cover security precautions we recommend for clients running Act! Premium for Web and allowing Internet access to their Act! database.  If you are using Act! Premium for Web solely inside your

Chattanooga, TN, May 6, 2019 – Patricia Egen Consulting, LLC is pleased to announce that Tom Najemy, owner of Squad 16, will join us as a Senior Consultant. Tom has had an act! consultancy business for 20 years.  His office in East Windsor, CT hosts a training center providing hands-on training on copies of client’s databases.   Tom has been a power user of ACT since 1993 when he ran his own entertainment booking agency.   In 2000 Tom switched careers to became an

Business Process Automation, also called Workflow Automation, is more accessible now than it ever has been with most businesses using some SaaS (software as a service) or web-enabled software. Automating routine processes can make you more efficient, improve accountability and standardize your customer interactions. Where do you start? Practice Kaizen...start by making one small, impactful change. Determine one process you think is (1) time consuming, (2) time-sensitive, (3) requires

We have been notified today about an issue with the third-party software component that supports the licensing of all Act! versions between Act! 2005 and Act! v20. This may affect your ability to take certain common actions with the Act! software and your future ability to access your Act! database. First off, please see the official announcements from SwiftPage.  These are specific to the versions of Act! being addressed. For currently supported versions v19 and v20, go here.

This is the official statement regarding the third-party licensing software used in Act! and is addressing current users of Act! v18.   In accordance with the Act! Support Obsolescence Policy, support for your version of Act! - Act! v18 - ends on November 30, 2018.  After this date, no further Service Packs, Hotfixes, or compatibility updates will be delivered for Act! v18.x products, and you will no longer be eligible to receive support for any issues encountered with your

This is the official statement regarding the third-party licensing software used in Act! and is addressing current users of versions 19 and 20.   We have recently been informed that an embedded third-party software component of Act! that facilitates licensing services is being discontinued by the manufacturer at the end of this year.  Because our records show that you are using a supported version of Act!, a new licensing component will be introduced for your version.  View the&

This is the official statement regarding the third-party licensing software used in Act! and is addressing current users of versions Act! 2005 to and including v17.   Our records show that you are running an unsupported version of Act!.  In accordance with the Act! Support Obsolescence Policy, you are no longer eligible to receive critical updates and enhancements that ensure your product continues to run optimally. Important Notice: We have recently been informed that an

20 years ago, I went out on a limb, cut the cord with corporate America and started our company. It's been fun, and at times, pretty much an up hill journey with some years being better than others. But we are still here thanks to a really wonderful staff of people holding us up alive and well. It's our customers that have made us successful.  And our vendors and products.  We have written products people love.  We support products people love.  One product in particular is