I saw pod3.tv's recent innovation award in the Courvoisier Future 500 - well done Neil and the team!

It seems incredible that it's been nearly a year since we won our Deloitte technology Fast 50 ranking as the 8th fastest growing software company in the UK and 35th fastest growing technology company overall.

It's great to see another startup company doing well whilst competing against much bigger and more established players. We know the feeling!

Alex Bellinger's SmallBizPod podcast about UK small business is always worth a listen. It also has a companion small business blog at SmallBizPod, which should start to get even better as Guy Clapperton and David Tebbutt have both just joined the writing team. Guy is an excellent freelance writer, mainly on small business, technology and Dr Who. David Tebbutt is a veteran IT journalist who is always worth a read.

Softalk Organizer 2.0 is now in beta and can be downloaded from here. Alternatively, why not try out Softalk Organizer online at http://www.softalkltd.com/organizer. Just enter the username guest with no password.

When we release the final version 2.0 of Softalk Organizer, it will work seamlessly with Softalk Share Server. This means that you will have access to your live Outlook data from within Softalk Organizer.

For example, if you send an email or add an appointment or change a contact from within Softalk Organizer, the change will instantly show up in Outlook, and vice versa. This includes any changes you make to colleagues folders or public folders that you have access to.

Softalk Share Server has been recommended by the editors at Personal Computer World. It received an overall 4/5. For more details, see:

http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/software/2202379/softalk-sh...

We've been working hard on a new version of Softalk Organizer and are currently testing what is looking to be a nice version update. We've included come of the features you've been asking for, such as:

* Drag & drop
* Updated user interface based on AJAX
* Option to avoid popup windows

The screenshots show what the new version will look like. We anticipate this will be available within a couple of weeks.