As the post states, for the better part of the last week I have been looking for a good CRM program I can use for my office of <10 people.
I work for a company that utilizes Exchange server 07 (so far so good w/SL), however I want to bring the following into my product environment:
Real time calendar sharing
Contact Sharing/as well as categories (I.E. public where all can see and edit)
Lead management to assign to a team member without having to forward e-mails with instructions.
**Integration/syncing with Exchange server 07 a must
Now, I have tried Daylite (and I am not too far in to it) but a shortcoming along with all others I have investigated have not picked up on the Exchange module w/ SL; and honestly I have no idea why.
My employees do not have Mobile Me like I do-- But maybe I should buy the office that (but again is there an all in one solution for that?).
I tried this new (Really cool) web based app called Elements; however... NO exchange server support, only a beta of an IMAP plugin; and that's a killer. We have to connect SSL, period.
So, my challenge is.. Can anyone out here help me find a solution? I am not too familiar with Mac software in this category; but I am slowing switching all of my office over to iMacs, and when my IBM server dies, SBS is going with it. I am going to get an Xserve.
I would really appreciate anyones expertise in this, as I cannot for the life of me find a nice (and reasonably priced) solution. I think Daylite is close, but honestly I am not even too fond of their layout and not having mail as a part of the program is stupid IMO (without a separate plugin that is.)
Thanks to anyone in advance.
I work for a company that utilizes Exchange server 07 (so far so good w/SL), however I want to bring the following into my product environment:
Real time calendar sharing
Contact Sharing/as well as categories (I.E. public where all can see and edit)
Lead management to assign to a team member without having to forward e-mails with instructions.
**Integration/syncing with Exchange server 07 a must
Now, I have tried Daylite (and I am not too far in to it) but a shortcoming along with all others I have investigated have not picked up on the Exchange module w/ SL; and honestly I have no idea why.
My employees do not have Mobile Me like I do-- But maybe I should buy the office that (but again is there an all in one solution for that?).
I tried this new (Really cool) web based app called Elements; however... NO exchange server support, only a beta of an IMAP plugin; and that's a killer. We have to connect SSL, period.
So, my challenge is.. Can anyone out here help me find a solution? I am not too familiar with Mac software in this category; but I am slowing switching all of my office over to iMacs, and when my IBM server dies, SBS is going with it. I am going to get an Xserve.
I would really appreciate anyones expertise in this, as I cannot for the life of me find a nice (and reasonably priced) solution. I think Daylite is close, but honestly I am not even too fond of their layout and not having mail as a part of the program is stupid IMO (without a separate plugin that is.)
Thanks to anyone in advance.