We are delighted to announce that SpeedFiler 2.0 is now available.

SpeedFiler 2.0 delivers new and innovative features that make SpeedFiler even faster and more powerful than ever, representing a major step up in productivity from version 1.0.

Feature Highlights

• One-Click Filing - SpeedFiler knows where you want to file your messages! Using SpeedFiler's new Intelligent Folder Suggestions feature, you will be able to file a high percentage of your messages with only a single click!
   
• Auto-file Original Message When Replying - when you reply to an unfiled message, you can file both the outgoing reply and the original message at the same time.
   
• Improved Folder Selection Dialog - supports the new Intelligent Folder Suggestions feature, as well as providing easier access to recently used folders, and offering a new "Send & Delete" button.
   
• Significantly reduced load time - the folder structure is now scanned in the background, rather than at Outlook start-up.
   
• There are many more improvements. For more details, see What's New In SpeedFiler 2.0 and the SpeedFiler 2.0 Release Notes.

Pricing Structure Updated

SpeedFiler 2.0 is available in two variations:

• SpeedFiler Personal: a lightweight version for personal use, priced at $24.95.
• SpeedFiler Professional: a beefed-up version intended for heavy business use, priced at $39.95.

Multi-User License Value Packs will provide significant savings to businesses who are deploying SpeedFiler Professional across the company.

New Support Offerings

We are instituting a Priority Support & Upgrade Coverage plan, which can be purchased together with software licenses and includes:

• Telephone support
• Priority email support
• Assistance with large scale deployments and automated roll-outs
• Major and minor upgrades at no extra cost

In addition, we have reorganized our support and FAQ pages into a single online support knowledgebase. Many of the articles have been augmented with "how to" screenshots, and the path to a solution or an answer is now shorter.

Eligibility for Upgrades

• Licensed users of SpeedFiler 1.x may upgrade at discounted prices.
• Customers who purchased SpeedFiler 1.x very recently will automatically receive a complimentary upgrade via email.

SpeedFiler 1.1.2 contains minor feature improvements and addresses a number of issues discovered recently.

New Features, Improvements & Changes

• Single character search strings match beginnings only
  In the folder selection window, SpeedFiler displays all folders whose names contain the search text. If only a single character is entered, SpeedFiler will now list all the folders whose names begin with that character. This is much more useful than showing all the folders with names containing that character.
   
• Reduced memory footprint
  SpeedFiler's internal data structure has been improved, significantly reducing the amount of memory that SpeedFiler consumes.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Outlook 2007 would occasionally offer to disable SpeedFiler when shutting down.
• Fixed: The "File In" and "SpeedFiler" buttons would occasionally disappear from SpeedFiler's main toolbar.

See the release notes for further details.

Eligibility for Upgrade

• Licensed users of SpeedFiler 1.x may upgrade to SpeedFiler 1.1.2 at no additional cost.

SpeedFiler has an exciting future ahead. In preparation for this, we have invested in improving its infrastructure and in fixing bugs, resulting in today's release of SpeedFiler 1.1.

New in SpeedFiler 1.1:

• Outlook 2007 support, including Outlook 2007's new Ribbon toolbar.
• Windows Vista support.
• Customizable toolbars.
• Improved performance, reduced memory consumption and increased stability.
• Optional prompt when replying to a previously filed message.
• Bug fixes.

See the release notes for further details.

Eligibility for Upgrade

• Licensed users of SpeedFiler 1.0 may upgrade to SpeedFiler 1.1 at no additional cost.

Tel-Aviv, Israel -- January 8, 2007 -- Claritude Software has released SpeedFiler™ 1.1, an update to its flagship SpeedFiler™ for Outlook product. SpeedFiler 1.1 boasts support for Microsoft's newly released platforms, Outlook 2007 and Windows Vista, as well as improved performance and stability.

SpeedFiler is a productivity enhancing add-in for Microsoft Outlook, that is designed to help busy people cope with email overload, by keeping their email inboxes free of clutter. SpeedFiler does this by using a patent pending method to streamline the process of filing incoming and outgoing email messages, without forcing users to change the way they work.

SpeedFiler is proving especially popular with law firms, as it facilitates effortless filing of outgoing messages in the corresponding client and matter folders, rather than letting them accumulate in the Sent Items folder.

"With the recent tightening of regulations regarding email retention and discovery, we are seeing a sharp rise in the number of companies that are deploying SpeedFiler in order to encourage their employees to file their messages appropriately," said Itzy Sabo, Claritude Software's founder.

Key Features of SpeedFiler:

SpeedFiler's streamlined File In Folder and Go To Folder windows are much faster than those provided by Outlook. As you type the name of a folder, only the matching folders are displayed, irrespective of where they may be in the tree. This significantly shortens the time taken to file a message or navigate to a folder, and minimizes the effort involved.

SpeedFiler also makes it easy to file outgoing messages as you send them. When you are composing a message, SpeedFiler makes it easy to predetermine the folder in which it will be filed after sending. This ensures that outgoing correspondence related to a particular issue is kept in the same folder as the incoming messages, and not in the catch-all Sent Items folder.

Availability

SpeedFiler costs $24.95 per copy. Volume licensing is available. A 30-day evaluation version of SpeedFiler is available for download at http://www.claritude.com

About Claritude Software

Claritude Software was founded in 2005 with the mission of helping busy people to increase their productivity, by providing tools to manage their email, tasks and commitments more effectively.

Copyright © 2007 Claritude Software. All rights reserved. Claritude and SpeedFiler are trademarks of Claritude Software. All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners.

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We are pleased to announce that we have just released a maintenance update for SpeedFiler, which fixes several minor issues.

Details of the issues that have now been addressed can be found in the Release Notes.

How to obtain SpeedFiler 1.0.1

• If you have already installed a previous version of SpeedFiler, download and install the upgrade package.
   
• If you have not yet installed SpeedFiler, download and install the full installation.

Tel-Aviv, Israel (PRWeb) January 24, 2006 -- Claritude Software has released SpeedFiler™ 1.0, a productivity enhancing add-in for Microsoft Outlook, that is designed to help busy people cope with email overload. SpeedFiler does this by using patent pending technology to make it quick and easy to organize and file incoming and outgoing email messages, without forcing users to change the way they work.

"An ever-increasing number of people are suffering from email overload," said Itzy Sabo, Claritude Software's founder. "The organizing capabilities provided by email software such as Microsoft Outlook have not changed significantly since the 1990's. Innovation is needed in order to help us cope with the sharp increase in email volume we have experienced in recent years."

Many Microsoft Outlook users find that its message filing features are not practical for use with tens or hundreds of folders. In addition, Microsoft Outlook saves outgoing messages in a catch-all Sent Items folder, rather than making it easy to file them in more suitable folders. Seamlessly integrating with Outlook, SpeedFiler improves the way these features are presented to the user, allowing both incoming and outgoing email to be filed quickly and intuitively.

In his bestseller "Getting Things Done", productivity expert David Allen says, "The first time you pick something up from your in-basket, decide what to do about it and where it goes. Never put it back in 'in'." SpeedFiler encourages this habit by making it much easier to file messages where they belong, reducing the temptation to let them drop back into the inbox.

SpeedFiler's beta testing phase encompassed a diverse group, including managers, engineers, CEO's, CFO's, lawyers and accountants. Malcolm Isaacs, a software team leader at a leading technology company, was one of the first to take the plunge, and his comments typify many users' experiences. "I was dreading the initial clean-up of my inbox," he said, "but SpeedFiler made that almost pleasurable, in no small measure due to the totally intuitive File In Folder feature. SpeedFiler helps me organize my emails in real-time without having to think about it."

Key Features of SpeedFiler:

SpeedFiler's streamlined File In Folder and Go To Folder windows are much faster than those provided by Outlook. As you type the name of a folder, only the matching folders are displayed, irrespective of where they may be in the tree. This significantly shortens the time taken to file a message or navigate to a folder, and minimizes the effort involved.

SpeedFiler also makes it easy to file outgoing messages as you send them. When you are composing a message, SpeedFiler makes it easy to predetermine the folder in which it will be filed after sending. This ensures that outgoing correspondence related to a particular issue is kept in the same folder as the incoming messages, and not in the catch-all Sent Items folder.

Availability

SpeedFiler costs $19.95 per copy. Volume licensing is available. A 30-day evaluation version of SpeedFiler is available for download at http://www.claritude.com

About Claritude Software

Claritude Software was founded in 2005 with the mission of helping busy people to increase their productivity, by providing tools to manage their email, tasks and commitments more effectively.

Copyright (c) 2006 Claritude Software. All rights reserved. Claritude and SpeedFiler are trademarks of Claritude Software. All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners.

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We have just made SpeedFiler 1.0 Release Candidate 1 available for download, and are now on the verge of releasing a commercial version.

Unlike the previous Beta builds, Release Candidate 1 does not have a hard-coded expiration date -- it will expire 30 days from when SpeedFiler was first installed. In recognition of their participation in the Beta program, Beta users who have provided their email addresses will receive an activation code extending their evaluation period until the end of January.

How to obtain Release Candidate 1

• If you have already installed a previous version of SpeedFiler, download and install the Upgrade Package.
   
• If you have not yet installed SpeedFiler, download and install the full installation.

We have just released an update to the SpeedFiler public beta version, which incorporates very enthusiastic feedback we've received from the growing number of SpeedFiler users.

The improvements are designed to make SpeedFiler even easier and more intuitive to use, and range from improved audio cues to a direct link to a customer support form. The full details are listed in the release notes.

How to obtain the updated version

• If you have already installed a previous version of SpeedFiler, download and install the Upgrade Package.
  Note: this requires a pre-existing installation of SpeedFiler.
   
• If you have not yet installed SpeedFiler, download and install the full installation.

The past few months of beta testing have significantly improved SpeedFiler's quality and user experience.

During this time, we took steps to protect the intellectual property that forms the heart of the SpeedFiler concept, and SpeedFiler is now "Patent Pending".

We are therefore now ready to take SpeedFiler to a wider audience, and are happy to announce that the latest beta version of SpeedFiler is now available to the public, free of charge.

In anticipation of the expansion of the SpeedFiler limited Beta into a public Beta, we have launched the Claritude website.

This website replaces the old speedfiler.com  website that was used during the pre- and early Beta phases over the last few months, and now contains much new content.

The content that was available to Beta participants continues to be available, from its new home on the Beta Program page.

In addition to the Beta News RSS feed, there is now also a general Claritude News RSS feed.