Described as part Twitter, part Facebook and part CRM, Bantam Live CRM is one of the new breed of social CRM tools (aka CRM 2.0), along with Jive, Socialcast and Cubetree, making their debuts. Bantam CRM is designed for online, web based business teams and collaborative sales environments. You can start an online workspace with Bantam CRM to communicate, share information, and manage relationships both inside and outside your company with its real-time activity stream. Some of the features of Bantam Live CRM are: Real-Time Dashboard: See team activity and contact updates in stream Microblogging: status updates to team and social networks Team Commenting: Reply to updates and business activity Messaging: Send and receive inter-office messages Notifications & Email Alerts: Ensure colleagues know what's happening Contact Management: Manage contacts and social profiles in one place Social Network CRM: Search, monitor, engage customers and partners Task Management: Assign activity and share to-do lists Deal Tracking: Manage business opportunities Project Tracking: Set up special plans to get work done Calendaring & Invites: Share and coordinate events File Uploads: Store and share files in one place SSL Security & Backup: Your data is secure and backed-up You can sign up for the public Beta version of Bantam CRM for free here: