Quick Pitch: Relenta is an email-based contact and task management platform.
Genius Idea: More often than not our to-dos and notes are associated with the email we send and receive, so wouldn't it make sense if we could get a thread-like view of tasks, notes, documents, and contacts associated with our email contacts? We think so, and Relenta's service does just that by wisely focusing on email relationships to automatically link together communication, tasks, notes, and files in a people-centric activity stream.
Relenta's contact activity stream combines all related activity around a particular contact and displays it all in a convenient chronological thread so that users have an immediate way to access shared information and upcoming tasks. The platform also allows for email and task management with a myriad of tools that make it a smart service for professionals.
Features include shared email with multiple users, the ability to organize information with folders, labels, or tags, custom filters and auto-responders, and one-click task creation that you can assign to co-workers from within the inbox. Relenta also comes packed with a calendar, file management with sharing and contact association features, and tools for quicker email marketing campaigns.
If you think Relenta is great as is, just wait. Founder Dmitri Eroshenko promises that they are, "developing Relenta into a universal, open communication platform upon which other businesses can be built. My vision is to merge the distant galaxies of CRM, collaboration and social networks into one hybrid communication channel that will accept as its own email, microblogs, RSS, SMS texts, voice, video, and whatever else comes along tomorrow morning."
Just because it's genius doesn't mean it's free. After the 14 day free trial, Relenta will cost you either $25/mo or $25/quarter for 1 GB and 2,500 contacts.
Sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark