StreetSmart is the logical
choice when looking to: - Reduce costs in your company's IT department
- Set up a new collaboration network
- Replacing existing software
or hardware
The StreetSmart product suite consists of several online
collaboration tools that companies of any size need to exist in today's competitive
business climate. Tools such as Company Email, Shared Calendar, Document Management,
Work Flow Management, just to name a few. The StreetSmart two-part philosophy
is one that stems from over ten years of developing collaboration software and
working with companies to achieve their businesses requirements. -
"Why build technology when you can license it at a
fraction of the cost" Let's face it, companies are faced with far
more important business challenges then having to worry about building or installing
information technology and collaboration tools. Many businesses feel it is easier
and less expensive to set up a company network and purchase collaboration software
to achieve a company Intranet or collaboration system. This just isn't so. Our
research shows that most new companies of 5 to 25 employees spend on average anywhere
from ten thousand to fifty thousand dollars within the first year of business
setting up email, online calendars, etc. Even more startling is established companies
spend this amount and more about every three years on hardware and software licensing
upgrades.., not to mention the training of IT personnel when installing new systems.
With StreetSmart, you can start with no up front investment, deliver cutting edge
online tools to your employees or group for just pennies per day. -
"Free
your IT department and let them show you how great they are" Most
companies have an over burdened IT department that spends most of its time chasing
Internet access issue, user email complaints, etc. As a result, the IT staff cannot
use their industry specific knowledge and core competency to create an Information
Technology structure that gives the company a competitive advantage by leveraging
online automation. With StreetSmart, companies benefit from a foundation of IT
functions, such as user management tools, access control, email and virus protection,
local and remote email service, document management and more, are provided in
an easy to manage user friendly online software service. With StreetSmart, your
IT staff can spend their time in creative ways specific to their industry and
rest assured that StreetSmart will maintain the company productivity by managing
the company's general IT services. No need to worry about loss in productivity,
or worse missing data after a hard drive crashes with no backup and recovery strategy
in place. | What
Is StreetSmart Exactly? | Top |
StreetSmart is a powerful yet low cost alternative to larger
more costly Groupware systems like Exchange, GroupWise and Lotus, just to name
a few. StreetSmart provides a complete suite of integrated applications, including
features such as Email Server, Web-mail Software, Personal Calendar, Shared Calendars,
Personal File Sharing, Document Library, Personal News Portals, Address Book,
Mailing Lists, Web Publisher, Personal Account Management Tools and Administrator
Site Management Tools. Provided as a web-based system, StreetSmart
does not require a large up front investment, and can be securely managed Online.
A complete suite of IT applications are available to your staff wherever they
have access to the Internet. StreetSmart delivers the greatest
return on investment for business. By consolidating individual network
services into one online Intranet site companies dramatically reduce their IT
operating expense. Also, by employing a managed service, companies eliminate costly
application management and network management rolls. The best part however is
through outsourcing you will eliminate future hardware purchases and software
upgrades. The ROI table below shows how much of a cost savings your company
can attain by employing StreetSmart. The ROI calculation is based on a small company
with 25 employees. Information Source CDW Jan, 2007.
| Expense Item |
Description |
1st Year Cost |
| Hardware |
1 mid-range network server |
$ 3,000.00 |
| Software - Windows 2003 |
Operating System | $
1,600.00 | | Software
- Exchange | Collaboration,
email, calendar, file sharing, addressbook. | $
1,632.00 | | Software
- Terminal services | Remote
access software | $ 679.00 |
| Software
- Virus Protection | Symantec
Anti-Virus | $
429.00 | | Software
- Firewall | Microsoft
Internet Security | $
1,449.00 | | Personnel
- IT Manager | 50% Duty Network
Administrator | $ 40,000.00 |
| |
| | Total Annual Cost on Average |
$ 48,789.00 |
| | | |
Total Annual Cost of StreetSmart |
$ 1,710.00 |
| Here's
What You Get With StreetSmart: | Top |
| Standard StreetSmart
Applications This consists of the standard services such as Email, Calendar,
Address Book, and Document Management. | StreetSmart
Also Gives You: Email
Hosting Server A complete corporate email
hosting service with Webmail email client, virus protection, spam filtering tools
and email archiving, auto responders and more. |
Included |
$ 0.0 | |
Outlook and Palm Synchronization Synchronize
your StreetSmart Calendar, Tasks, and Address book with Outlook, Palm and other
popular PDA devices. | Included |
$ 0.0 | |
Personal Portals Stream News, Weather, Sports,
Press Releases. Customize you own desktop, start page or executive dashboard. |
Included |
$ 0.0 | |
Knowledge Management Archive vital company
knowledge for products, projects, policies and procedures. Comes with powerful
search engine. | Included |
$ 0.0 | |
Content Management Publish and manage content,
create department Web pages, and portal content using Web based publishing tools. |
Included |
$ 0.0 | |
Instant Messaging Collaborate in real-time
with employees inside or outside of the office. StreetSmart IM also works with
other popular IM software. | Included |
$ 0.0 | |
Employee Directory List and display company
phone numbers and extensions, cell phone numbers, email addresses, etc. |
Included |
$ 0.0 | |
Workflow and Task Management Assign project
tasks, document work processes and employee performance. Each task is ticketed
and has email notification. | Included |
$ 0.0 | |
Company Library Share common files and document,
access control aids in allowing or restricting access to data based on employee
type. | Included |
$ 0.0 | |
Access Control Control your Intranet's access
for users, data, and applications. Grant viewing to specific users, groups and
even the general public in a safe and secure fashion. |
Included | $
0.0 | | Online
Help Library Easy access to system help information and How-To examples,
site configuration and setup and content publishing. |
Included | $
0.0 | | Site
Management Tools Extensive site management tools that allow site administrators
full control over configuration, access and behavior of the site. |
Included | $
0.0 | | Backup
Rest easy that your Intranet or Extranet site is safe from data loss. All
StreetSmart sites are backed up every 24 hrs. |
Included | $
0.0 | | |
| Annual
Net Cost | $
1,710.00 |
| How Does StreetSmart
Work? | Top | StreetSmart
is comprised of an online operating system or platform and a suite of applications
that facilitate group interaction and collaboration for any size company. StreetSmart
reduces overhead costs, streamlines processes, and facilitates communication.
Users are no longer bound to a specific computer or a specific location.
StreetSmart applications are web-based and users can access their data such as
mail, calendar appointments, files, tasks and more from any computer with a browser.
In effect StreetSmart provides a Desktop in the Sky to users. Although
StreetSmart is offered as a complete suite with a variety of applications, features
can be operated standalone or as a group. Administration of StreetSmart is also
completely web-based. Administrators can configure features or completely turn
them on or off with a few clicks of a mouse. Deployment
Methods StreetSmart is offered as a fully managed ASP service or as a fully
managed StreetSmart server that can be placed in your company's data center or
in the StreetSmart data center, StreetSmart servers are dedicated to only your
company and is not a share hosting environment.
StreetSmart ASP - Hosted And Managed StreetSmart ASP is a 100% hosted and
managed service that allows companies to deploy a fully functional Intranet, Extranet
or Community site without having to purchase expensive hardware and software.
Not to mention hiring IT personnel. StreetSmart ASP offers the following
benefits. - Low licensing cost, as little as $.10 per user per
day.
- No hardware to purchase.
- No software to set up.
- Platform independent.
- Rapid deployment, usually within a couple of days.
- No IT staff required
to manage.
- Works with other ASP services.
- Secure.
StreetSmart
Server - In-House The StreetSmart In-House server is a dedicated system that
can be installed inside the company data center or at an off-site ISP collocation.
The system can be managed remotely by InfoStreet offering many of the StreetSmart
ASP advantages, and can also be managed by your in-house IT staff. As with all
StreetSmart server solutions integration with in-house software, third party applications
or the creation of custom StreetSmart based features is available. StreetSmart
In-House server offers the following benefits. - Very Low licensing
cost, as little as $.05 per user per Day.
- Minimal setup fee.
- No software
to set up.
- Rapid deployment, usually within 30 days.
- Easy integration
with existing internal applications.
- Secure, can be place behind your company
firewall.
StreetSmart Server - Off-Site StreetSmart
Off-Site server is a dedicated system similar to our In House server however it
is hosted within the InfoStreet/StreetSmart data center. This approach offers
many advantages over StreetSmart ASP and In House. Companies can enjoy the same
dedicated server benefits as a Black Box system but with the addition of having
a fully managed Intranet or Extranet service as with StreetSmart ASP. StreetSmart
Off-Site server offers the following benefits. - Very Low licensing
cost, as little as $.10 per user per day.
- Minimal setup fee.
- No software
to set up.
- Rapid deployment, usually within 30 days.
- Easy integration
with existing internal applications.
- Secure, sensitive internal data remains
behind your firewall.
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