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- Canton, MA, May 1, 1992 -- International Solutions, Inc. announced the
- latest release of Impulse! Professional V2.6, a powerful contact
- management software package. The product is used by the sales & marketing
- professional to track information that is vital to their business. This
- information includes client profiles, comments, activity logbooks,
- schedules and expenses. Impulse! is used in all phases of lead generation,
- marketing, customer support and information management.
-
- A number of new features have been added to the latest release and previous
- features have been significantly enhanced. As a result Impulse!
- Professional V2.6 is easier to use and more powerful than ever before. One
- of the biggest enhancements that has been made to the program is the pull
- down menu system. This new user interface makes it easier for first time
- users to learn about the program, its many features and the keystrokes
- necessary to access them.
-
- Experienced users will like the fact that most of the day-to-day feature
- have 'hot-key' options which allow information to be accessed through a
- single key-stroke. As a result, this design will enable these users to
- rapidly use these features without being limited or slowed down by
- traditional pull-down menu overhead.
-
- Another feature that has been enhanced is the logbook-scheduler option
- which tracks communications with a client by showing the date, purpose and
- results of a call, letter or meeting. This feature is used for maintaining
- reliable and consistent communications with the client through historical
- information and follow-up reminders.
-
- The memory resident/swap out option is one of the most exciting features
- available in the package. It provides the user with the ability to swap
- between other software applications and Impulse! with the touch of a key.
- This feature enables the user to access client information without having
- to first exit a word processor, spreadsheet or accounting package and then
- load Impulse!. While in memory resident mode, the program now takes up
- only 15-20 K of RAM (it used to require 20-30K).
-
- Another feature that has been enhanced is the statistics option which helps
- management better understand the demographics of their contact database.
- This demographic/statistical feature totals the number of records which
- meet a set criteria. For instance, the user may want a breakdown of the
- number of contacts per city and state. Impulse! will tally up all the
- records and then print a summary showing how many people are in each city
- and state.
-
- To help the user maintain information vital to his organization, Impulse!
- is highly customizeable through its 1000 user-definable fields. For
- instance, a real estate agent would want to keep track of the selling
- price of a property, the number of bedrooms, baths, etc. While an
- insurance agent would want to track policy number, coverage and expiration
- date.
-
- Another powerful feature of the program allows the user to target a
- specific subgroup of contacts for telemarketing, direct mail programs or
- reminders. Impulse! also allows the user to create, customize and design
- their own labels, reports and letters. The program comes with over 30
- predesigned formats which can be used as-is or edited to the user's needs.
- The user can use the letter generator to create a 'custom' looking letter
- and envelope to send to the client.
-
- Impulse! is also equipped with a built-in word processor and spell checker,
- pop-up calculator, multiple client databases, expense organizer, country
- calling codes, statistics, time zones, currency chart and a telephone
- dialer. There is even a conversion utility for those users who want to
- convert their current information to Impulse! from ASCII or dBASE formats.
- These options and many others make Impulse! the "information manager."
-
- The Impulse! Professional is available through local computer resellers or
- directly from International Solutions, Inc. and is competitively priced at
- $295 for the network ready package which allows up to one user. Each
- additional user is $99. Inventory, sales entry, survey research and help
- desk add-ons are available. The system operates under MS-DOS version 3.3
- or higher, requires a minimum of 640k and a hard disk drive. For more
- information call (617) 575-0290. Or write to International Solutions, Inc.
- at 52 Tolman St., Canton, MA 02021.
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