· 1986 Conductor Software (Mike Muhney and Pat Sullivan) developed QuotePro in Lotus Symphony. When this failed to be successful, they came up with another idea...

· 1987 ACT! for DOS 1.0 (April 1st) - previously codenamed YES!. An acronym for "Yes, Everybody Sells!"
ACT! originally was also an acronym - first for "Activity Control Technology" and later "Automated Contact Tracking", before becoming just "ACT!"

· 1988 Conductor Software renamed to Contact Software International

· 1990 ACT! for DOS 2.0 (August) - first version with network support

· 1991 ACT! for Windows 1.0 - CodeBase IV engine compatible with dBase

· 1992 ACT! for Windows 2.0 - Added network support for the Windows product

· 1992 ACT! for HP95LX - the first mobile version for PDAs

· 1992 ACT!PAK! - first add-on for ACT! developed by Oakhurst Systems

· 1992 1st ACT! - cut down version for OEMs and single users.

· 1993 Symantec purchased Contact Software International

· 1993 First On-line support forums on CompuServe

· 1993 ACT! for MAC - compatible database with 2.0 for Windows

· 1994 ACT! for Newton

· 1995 ACT! Mobile Link - two way sync for remote users

· 1996 ACT! for Lotus Notes - later sold to original developers, ErgoTech

· 1997 ACT! 3.0 (June) - Windows 95 product with added ability to run on Windows 3.1

· 1998 ACT! 4.0 - Added support for Windows 98

· 1998 ACT! PalmPilot Link (later ACT! Palm Link)

· 1998 ACT! for Psion

· 1999 Symantec sold ACT! to SalesLogix (later Interact Commerce Corporation) - headed by Pat Sullivan, original co-founder of ACT!

· 2000 ACT! 2000 (5.0) - Windows XP support added

· 2002 QuickBooks Link for ACT! - the first accounting link developed by Terry McKiernan of PinPointTools

· 2002 Interact Commerce Purchased by Sage Group Plc (Best Software in North America)

· 2002 ACT! for Palm OS

· 2003 ACT! for Web 1.0 for ACT! 6.0 - originally by dbDynamics

· 2004 ACT! by Sage 2005 (7.0) - Complete re-write with .Net 1.x and MS SQL 2000

· 2005 ACT! by Sage 2006 (8.0)

· 2006 ACT! by Sage 2007 (9.0) - Changed to .Net 2.0 and MS SQL 2005

· 2007 ACT! by Sage 2008 (10.0) - MS Vista and Office 2007 support. Also added ability to add custom sub-tables via the SDK.

· 2008 Launch of Community.act.com site (Jan)

· 2008 ACT! by Sage 2009 (11.0) - Significantly improved Outlook integration and major improvements in stability, reliability, ease of install and speed.

· 2009 ACT! by Sage 2009 (11.1) - Expected in Feb?

· 2009 ACT! by Sage 2010 (12.0) - Expected to add more links to social media sites and accounting products as well as ability to share with other Sage CRM solutions.