[Typo3-typo3org] Groupware solution helping instrument

[Jörg-Alexander Roth]

Hi,

I would recommend vTiger (www.vtiger.com) as full OpenSource-Version (it 
is based on SugarCRM, www.sugarcrm.com), because the benefits are way 
better than with OpenGroupWare, eGroupware, moreGroupWare and so on. 
I've been determining about 20 different solutions from OpenSource to 
very expensive License stuff and vTiger made it. It is more than just a 
plain CRM. Maybe you take a closer look to the online-demo. It also 
comes along with several Plugins for Outlook, Office and Mozilla, so 
exchange will be very easy.

@Juergen:
Did you already check out the SuSe Linux OpenExchange (SLOX) solution? 
Well, it's not completely "free" but worth the 1.500 EUR. It migrates 
all the isle-solutions of an enterprise to one system. There are of 
course some elements missing (like a larger projectmanagement) but you 
are able to expand the system on your own.

In other "news" I'm currently planning and developing a CRM-Package for 
Typo3. My (and others) intention is to expand or replace the Doc-Module. 
The extension-plan includes customer management, time management, 
project management, document-management (filesys) and related components 
from the ECM specifications (AIIM). So you will get another milestone to 
raise Typo3 into the ECM-Market and on the other hand you get a neat 
intranet-solution. Long-term goals are possible unified API's for ERP 
and PPS to get a 'one-click-solution' for a wide field of enterprise 
activities. I wouldn't call it "SAP for free", but a large number of 
Typo3 users could take advantage from it. To give a project-state: 
Concept in review, started planning with Jude (UML).

Regards,

Jörg

Sven Wilhelm schrieb:
>>Up to now I haven't seen anything like exchange in the OSS world and I
>>priorize a working solution I can base my company on over some half
>>baken stuff.
> 
> You're right, and that's why I choosed OpenGroupware.org
> The Webinterface is fine, the system-design great and there are projects
> around to implement stuff that's necessary.
> * Basic Evolution Integration
> * Outlook Integration
> ...
> 
> 
>>Of course it's up to everyone himself to pick the right tool for the
>>right job - I see Typo3 as an CMS, not a groupware solution.
> 
> Also full ack, not in the core. But it's nice if you can use it as a
> small webinterface to some feature of your groupware :)
> 
> cheers sven