Sage Software Australia - Media Facts at a Glance 2007

Operating Company	Markets/Channel	Products/Brands
Sage Software Australia Sage Software Australia is part of The Sage Group plc, one of the world’s largest providers of business management software and services, with more than 5.4 million customers worldwide. Sage in Australia and New Zealand supplies accounting, CRM, payroll and people management, tax and practice management software to small, medium and large businesses. Locally, Sage incorporates the following divisions: Sage Business Solutions Sage HandiSoft Sage MicrOpay There are a number of Sage global brands that are represented by independent distributors in Australia, this includes Sage Pastel and Sage Line. Head office: Chatswood, Sydney Australian Offices: NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, NT, ACT, Tas URL: www.sagesoftware.com.au	Small, medium and large enterprise. Offices throughout Australia and New Zealand. Direct and channel depending on solution (refer below)	(Refer to entries for operating companies on following pages.)
Sage ACCPAC (part of Sage Business Solutions) Business management applications including accounting, business intelligence, EDI, ERP hosting services, manufacturing, service and warehouse management, point of sale, sales force automation and webstore. URL: www.sagebusiness.com.au	Targets medium sized businesses in Australia and New Zealand Sells 100 per cent via the channel	• Sage ACCPAC • Sage Pro ERP • Timberline
Sage CRM (part of Sage Business Solutions) Sage CRM operates four flagship products: ACT!, customer and contact management solutions for SOHOS and SMBs, SageCRM and SageCRM.com, on-premise and hosted solutions for SMBs, and SalesLogix, a customer relationship management solution for medium to large sized businesses. URL: http://www.sagebusiness.com.au/	Sells 100 per cent via the channel across Asia Pacific	• ACT! by Sage • SageCRM.com • SageCRM • Sage SalesLogix
Sage HandiSoft A leading supplier of professional practice management, client accounting and taxation software. Specialist provider of a comprehensive suite underpinned by a single database. URL: http://www.sagehandisoft.com.au/	Australian accountants and taxation agents	• Practice Manager • Best Practice • Time+Billing • HandiLedger • HandiTax • HandiRegister • HandiBiz • HandiAsset • HandiTrust • Wage Easy
Sage MicrOpay Sage MicrOpay is the Australian market leader in the development and supply of payroll and human resource management software solutions and services URL: www.sagemicropay.com.au	Small, medium and large business in Australia	• MicrOpay Meridian • MicrOpay Ingenuity • Wage Easy • MicrOpay Recruitment • MicrOpay Outsourcing • MicrOpay Education • MicrOpay Consulting • MicrOpay Printed Products

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