A client has asked me to look into such a system. This will be for managing the company wide contact database, sales information as in which salespeerson has sold what to who and when, possibly invoicing, expenses and the list goes on but too much to list here.

At the moment they use ACT which is fairly limited from my experience and as they are synchronising data between their head office in Dubai and a regional office in Paris not very flexible either.

Looking at the large amount of CMS solutions out there the majority seem to be aimed at large corporations and fiendishly expensive to buy and "personalise" to their requirements.

So what I am looking for is any pointers towards systems aimed at small business (they are approximately twenty users in all), which are flexible and can be adapted to suit their personal needs.

I am also considering a purpose built web based solution that would eliminate the need to sync as all data is on one secure web server. I already work with a company that could build and develop such a system around their requirements and looking at prices from the traditional vendors of CMS software think that this may be a better approach to take.

Any thoughts appreciated.

emr