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Hey guys,

I`m new to the community, not sure if it has been talked about yet, but just had a few questions on web-collaboration software. I run a small business and I`m looking for some type of IT infrastructure. Shared calendering, instant messaging, database, webmail, portals, etc. But it must be affordable, I`ve looked into salesforce.com, however they are charging close to 70$ per user. I`ve also looked at "sugarcrm", and used the free edition, which wasn`t enough, and again, the enterprise version is over my budget. The software may but does not have to include a CRM application, but if the price is right, i wouldn`t mind using it.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
I would appreciate the feedback.

-Amores

Maybe www.Zoho.com would work for you.

You may also want to check out Base Camp - www.basecamphq.com.
I`ve seen that used really well in small & large organizations.



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Hey Sheryl,
Appreciate the feedback. I looked at Zoho and signed up for an account but had questions about access control for sharing among my employees. We are a small company but still need to be able to partition files, schedules, etc. within the office. I could not easily see how this could be done with their service so I contacted them and did not get a quick response. I`m aware that this product is created and supported from India, which is not good for me, i need local/ US support. This is very important to our small company as well is I`m sure most companies in the US. But we`ll give them another try.

While searching I was intrigued by two other companies, intranet connection and streetsmart by Infostreet.com. Both have integrated tools, US base support, low cost, and is private labeled with my company logo, look, etc. I`m new to online software as are my employees, so i need to select something that is easy to use, friendly, won`t confuse people, and of course good support.

Thanks for the comment, regarding the other post on basecamp, but it`s primarily calender and tasks, and i need more than that.

Thanks,
-Amores.

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New Mexico Candle Co.
http://www.nmcandleco.com

Amores — not sure exactly what all you need, but Google Apps might have enough to get you through til you can afford Salesforce or something similar: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/business/applications.html

Their apps list includes:

• Gmail
• Google Talk (instant messaging)
• Google Calendar
• Google Docs
• Google Sites
• a dashboard page for all these things
• an API for building this stuff into your own IT infrastructure down the road

I can`t vouch for Google Apps personally, but it`s really affordable and it`s Google so it undoubtedly rocks when it works right. The standard edition is free and the enterprise level edition is only $50/yr per user account.

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