Written by Ken Quigley

August 29 2020

Dr Spock once opined that the needs of the many should reliably outweigh the needs of the few.  I'm not sure if Swiftpage had this Spockian principal in mind when they recently decided to prioritize product development over technical support, but it would make sense if they did. Read more about this support policy change HERE The truth...

Written by Ken Quigley

August 28 2020

Swiftpage has announced a major change in their technical support policy, and customers should take note as these changes will impact those who do not have a paid support plan in place. Here is the policy statement below: As part of our commitment to deliver a consistent, streamlined support experience to all of our customers, we are introducing...

Written by Ken Quigley

August 28 2020

When we released the original Act4outlook five years ago, we had no idea it would become the highest selling Act! add-on of all time. Along the way we had to contend with SDK (Software Development Kit) limits in trying to support 32 and 64-bit versions of Office, and then Act! V22 came out, and we were able to leverage changes in that version to...

Written by Ken Quigley

August 21 2020

After completing a successful beta in conjunction with many Act! Certified Consultants, Swiftpage is pleased to announce the release of Act! v22.1 Update 4 on Friday, August 21 to all environments. Desktop download link Cloud: Act! servers will be undergoing scheduled maintenance at 2:00A. EDT, Saturday, August 22nd to upgrade users to Act...

Written by Ken Quigley

August 07 2020

Custom tables is a technology that is better appreciated in action, than in concept, so we thought it would be useful to illustrate some standard industry use cases based on professions. Custom tables make it possible to bring complex data sets, unique business processes, and specialized industry practices together inside of Act! to help better...

Written by Ken Quigley

August 06 2020

We are pleased to announce the winning names of our "Name our Mascot" contest, and they are "Klem" and "Mandy" - male & female respectively. While we received over one hundred submissions, this play on Clementine and Mandarine was too good to resist, and we can humbly say we couldn't have come up with better names on our own - so the contest...

Written by Ken Quigley

August 03 2020

As we head into the last month of the summer, we''ve decided to launch a new tradition called the "Keystroke Featured Product of the Month". There is nothing new about this concept, except that we'll be centering all our marketing, promotions and free training webinars around each month's featured product, while offering a 25% off that product.

Written by Ken Quigley

July 10 2020

If you’ve visited our website recently, www.keystroke.ca, you’ve no doubt noticed some new orange characters sprinkled across most of the home page sliders. These new characters were introduced to illustrate the features of the programs and services we offer, as we transition from promoting their branding to showing actual screenshots of their...

Written by Ken Quigley

June 30 2020

As most of our customers know, the Keystroke Team is comprised of approximately 60% Canadians, 30% Americans, and about 10% International. This week is a special one for the North American staff in that there are separate statutory holidays for both Canada and the Unite States, July 1st (Canada Day) and July 3rd (Independence Day). On July 1st...

Written by Ken Quigley

June 29 2020

Anyone in sales right now will acknowledge business leads are becoming increasingly scarce during this pandemic, which is why it’s more important than ever to convert what few leads there are, as quickly as possible. And while many may debate what constitutes a good lead or the best source for them, there is no disputing the fact that people...