For business reasons that are more involved than it's worth getting into, I need to have an in-house email server. Agreed that hosted providers provide better security than I can at a much lower price than I can but that is a non-starter for my clients.
Exchange is an obvious candidate but it gets expensive, especially when I think about running two installations for failover/HA purposes. I'm seeing quotes of $600 for Exchange plus $40/person for cal licenses (I will have several people using this). It also requires Windows Server, which is another $1000 or so. Double this for running on a redundant server for HA purposes. It's a lot.
After doing some web research, some potentially viable solutions appear to exist. Zimbra and Kerio Connect have come up a few times and offer Outlook integration. Their pricing is better although I haven't tested them yet.
Are there any really good alternatives to Exchange that don't require Server2012? I don't mind paying $$$ but would rather not pay $$$$$$.
Edit: I should also mention that I have an interest in having SharePoint functionality due to a particular software package I want to run that operates on SharePoint; again, I can't host that in the web, so I must have SharePoint or preferably a compatible alternative (e.g., Alfresco).
Thanks
Dave
Exchange is an obvious candidate but it gets expensive, especially when I think about running two installations for failover/HA purposes. I'm seeing quotes of $600 for Exchange plus $40/person for cal licenses (I will have several people using this). It also requires Windows Server, which is another $1000 or so. Double this for running on a redundant server for HA purposes. It's a lot.
After doing some web research, some potentially viable solutions appear to exist. Zimbra and Kerio Connect have come up a few times and offer Outlook integration. Their pricing is better although I haven't tested them yet.
Are there any really good alternatives to Exchange that don't require Server2012? I don't mind paying $$$ but would rather not pay $$$$$$.
Edit: I should also mention that I have an interest in having SharePoint functionality due to a particular software package I want to run that operates on SharePoint; again, I can't host that in the web, so I must have SharePoint or preferably a compatible alternative (e.g., Alfresco).
Thanks
Dave