Intranet services

[Peter Freeman]

 > - Shared calendaring
 >   - To be accessed via web and, if at all possible, Outlook
 > - Shared address book
 >   - accessible/updatable via Outlook and web
 >   - (I know this can be done pretty easily with LDAP)
 > - Basic CRM functions - record of communications
 > - File sharing, both locally (SMB) and over the web (webdav perhaps?)
 > - Email
 >   - To be accessed via Outlook and Webmail, and PDAs/phones
 >   - (I know this can be done pretty easily with IMAP)
 > - Syncing of email/contacts/calendar with Pocket PC PDAs
 > - Need to be able to add accounts for the above functions

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 >If I could  just install one product with a minimum of configuration 
 >from me, that would save money for them and heartache for me.

If they're willing to go commercial (recommended since it sounds like 
you don't want to be tinkering too much), I'd recommend Open-Xchange 
Advanced Server, only run it on Redhat EL not Microsoft, I mean Novell 
Suse ;)

I say OX Advanced Server because that can run the Samba OXtender (OX 
term) to integrate Windows PCs and users into the OX LDAP directory that 
the groupware uses.

Openexchange sell bundled options with the above OSes.

Your client will most likely spend less than the Windows/SBS setup, and 
the functionality and flexibility (not to mention security...) you can 
provide is streets ahead.

The only thing I'm not sure OX provides from your list above is CRM, but 
it certainly has document management which may do just fine for what 
they're after.   Besides, since you'd most likely be running it on top 
of a standard Redhat install, you can probably find something suitable 
out there to suit your needs.

http://www.open-xchange.com/EN/

HTH