drack@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Dave Rackley) (06/06/91)
A co-worker asked if I had heard of a database called 'ACT' or sounding like 'ACT'. She thinks it runs on a PC, but wasn't sure. If you've heard of this product or used it, would you let me know? Thanks in advance, -- DISCLAIMER: I, hereby, disclaim any disclaimer except this disclaimer. +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ | David Rackley | Now comes the really weird part...You know | | Applied Research Laboratories | the part where I know how to tap dance, but | | The University of Texas | only while wearing golf shoes... | | Austin, TX. 78758 | ...Ponderous, man, really ponderous! | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+
dhartung@chinet.chi.il.us (Dan Hartung) (06/07/91)
drack@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Dave Rackley) writes: >A co-worker asked if I had heard of a database called 'ACT' or sounding like >'ACT'. She thinks it runs on a PC, but wasn't sure. ACT, or more properly, ACT!, is a contact-management program with a lot of nifty features. (Associates and Contacts Tracker, I think.) It can develop a database of names addrsses and phones for all your clients/ suppliers/whatever, and you just keep it humming alongside your work space as you go about your work, calling leads, etc. and with a minimum of keystrokes you can record actions taken, agreements made, etc. All the small lookup tables can be customized for your uses. If you have form letters to generate -- e.g. "I enjoyed our talk today, here is the brochure you requested" you can punch 'em out with a keystroke or two. I've seen it demo'ed, it is very impressive. If you are a salesman or someone else who simply has to deal with a large number of people throughout the day, with a limited number of standard actions and responses, it could be an invaluable productivity booster. As for general database management, phoo, forget it. It can't be programmed. -- Daniel A. Hartung | "What's the difference anyway, between being dhartung@chinet.chi.il.us | safe and being rad, the joke's on us, we've Birch Grove Software | all been had." -- John Wesley Harding
lugnut@sequent.UUCP (Don Bolton) (06/07/91)
In article <DRACK.91Jun5133254@diablo.titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu> drack@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Dave Rackley) writes: >A co-worker asked if I had heard of a database called 'ACT' or sounding like >'ACT'. She thinks it runs on a PC, but wasn't sure. > >If you've heard of this product or used it, would you let me know? > > >Thanks in advance, > Several years ago like over 3, I was still a user, a telemonkey to be more precise (telemarketer). I had a copy of a packaged software called ACT, it was a sales reps package, with some neat features, like it "buzzed" you for scheduled calls etc.. I also heard of annother I believe database product by that name when I first came aboard here but.... Anyways the canned ACT was a PC based pkg. Don "reformed telemonkey" Bolton