Hi there,
here is my Setup for a small Company with low budget.
This is work in progress so please be gentle.
Serverbased on http://www.zentyal.org/. Comes with everything preconfigured. Uses ubuntu as OS.
Hardware depends on your budget. I used these services
- Mailserver
- Fileserver (Samba)
- E-Groupware as CMS and Resources/Projektmanagement (ZARAFA is the new default Groupware, but i haven't tried it yet)
- LDAP for usermanagement and adresses
- OpenRadius (Optional if you want authentification) - Disabled as we don't use wireless.
Website Outsourced to hoster. This ist simply too complex to handle ourselves.
Clientsside:
Used Laptops (IBM T42 or T60) for around 200-300€ each.
Software:
- Win XP preinstalled. Ubuntu might be an alternative.
- OOO for normal work.
- Firefox/Thunderbird for Mail/Web using LDAP for Contacts
- File-syncing with Toucan
- E-groupware on the server for Calendar/Mail/Ressourceplaning
For the Clients using cheap used laptops means, you can buy newer ones every year. Broken ones are just replaced.
I use Funambol to Sync mobile phones Contacts with the LDAP server. IMAP for Mail. If you want Push services you can look into Z-Push, wich is part of ZAFARA.
I just started, so some parts are still under testing.
Hope this gives you some Ideas.
Greets
Metasepp