SME Open Source IT Solutions: flexibly customizable and licensecost-free


Package with Digital Engineering,

IT- and SME-Practice

Licensecost-free open source software or paid software?

Companies such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft make massive use of open source software and benefit enormously from it.

So there are good reasons for SMEs to also use open source software. The license cost free SME open source package offers a wide range of powerful applications such as office software, ERP, CRM, artificial intelligence, document management and much more.



Flexibility and Independence for your Business: The SME Open Source IT Package

SME-Opensource Package

Every company has its own starting position and individual working methods and goals, which can also change over time. This should not result in any dependencies.

The SME open source package is the flexibly expandable basis that supports exactly that, free of license costs, and accompanies companies during development. 

This includes business planning (ERP), customer management (CRM) and much more.

The Services "Strategy + Planning" and "Timeboxed Innovation" can be used to set this up to suit the company appropriately. 

As an independent solution partner for customers, Tolksdorf.digital is happy to help with the procurement of software licenses and coordination with the respective providers.

Reference SRW-Ulm

Use Case

How the company SRW-Ulm introduced the KMU-Opensource package and which modules are currently being used. 


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System Brief

 



Guiding principle: Freedom and Reliability in the digital Transformation

Free choice of computers

 
Free choice 
of computer


Our solutions run on computers that users like and chose freely

  • PC,  Notebooks
  • Apple Mac 
  • Chromebook 
  • Smartphones and Tablets

Free choice of operating system (OS)

 
Free choice 
of operating system


Our solutions run on operating systems that IT and users like to use

  • Windows 
  • Apple MacOS, IOS 
  • Linux 

Free choice of work place and device

 
Free choice of
operating location


The servers run where management and IT consider it right and secure

  • Own IT environment in the company
  • In the data center (own private cloud)
  • In a public cloud

Architecture, processes, applications

Server-Platform 
  • Completely license cost free solution
  • proxmox virtualization, Docker, Portainer, backup
  • Reverse Proxy (Cloudflare, Caddy, Apache) 
  • Linux Operating System (Debian, Ubuntu)
  • Nextcloud Hub 
  • Private Mailcow E-Mail Server (Option)
  • Integration Cloud (Google, Microsoft) and Data Storage
  • Internet domain management with Cloudflare or Hetzner (not opensource)
  • Virtual workplaces


Operating-Platform
  • Completely license-free solution
  • LibreOffice and onlyoffice (compatible to Microsoft Office)
  • Apps for Nextcloud Hub: Intranet, CRM, Projects, Collaboration, etc.
  • e-Learning (Academy)
  • odoo as one ERP solution for two locations in Kreuzlingen (CH) and Konstanz (DE) incl. Swiss SMB- and German SKR04-chart of accounts (alternativly  SKR03),
    >> Overview
    >> CRM, Website, Newsletter-Marketing, Lead-Management
    >> Project Management, Warehouse, Timesheets
    >> Wages, banking, taxes and receipts in extra solutions


Processes, applications, customizations

 
Server-
Platform


Secure - Connected - Expandable

Operation always under your own control at your premises or at the data center 

License-free open source software

Including documentation and access for independent administration

  • Linux: Debian and Ubuntu as lean, extremely reliable operating systems for servers and clients

  • Univention Corporate Server (UCS) for managing IT infrastructure and domains

  • Nextcloud Hub: Secure base for data storage and collaboration without compliance and security risks

  • Proxmox und TrueNAS: Provide data and applications securely, networked and scalable

  • n8n: Automation, Workflows and Integration

  • AirByte: Data Integration, artificial intelligence
     
  • Mailcow: private Mailserver 

 
Operating-
Platform


Collaboration + Corporate Management

Cohesively designed standard apps and applications that users love

License-free open source software

Including documentation and access for independent administration

  • LibreOffice or onlyoffice docs as
    license cost free MS-Office alternative

  • Digital market cultivation 
    Easy to use odoo - solution for CRM, Marketing, Newsletter, Sales, e-Commerce, Service, Projects, Websites and e-learning

  • Business management usind license cost free
    odoo Community Ressource Planning (ERP)

    >> Digital market cultivation

    >> Finance and general ledger

    >> Projects and Production

    >> Portal and Collaboration

    >> Internet of Things (IoT)

    >> odoo-App-Store 


Adaptations, 
Digital Engineering


Tailor made Orchestration of Solutions

Individual Developments and Addons for special Requirements

Paid-Upgrades on Opensource Software

Including Development Documentation and Installation Instructions

  • Fullstack Lowcode Addons using Appsmith, Baserow, Budibase and n8n

  • Mobile and Portal-Solutions

  • Paid odoo standard apps, odoo Enterprise or Online Edition

  • Agile, cost-efficient individual projects:
    odoo developments, marketplaces, platforms and ecosystems from mindset.swiss for more growth

Digital Engineering Tools

Use Case: Open Source Navigator from Tolksdorf.digital

Opensource Navigator
​An SME innovation project by Rainer Tolksdorf
  • Purpose: Proof of the suitability of Free Open Source Software (FOSS) for everyday business and innovation
  • uses the server and operating platform with artificial intelligence (opensource and chatGPT[1]  )
  • Uses the Blog Feature of odoo
  • Hosting as a private cloud solution from Tolksdorf.digital GmbH at Hetzner in Germany
  • Was created by Rainer Tolksdorf with license-free opensource software
[1] This functionality is used in the publicly inaccessible parts of odoo and nextcloud.

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Independence through open documentation

Documentation
  • Projects and solutions are described briefly and transparently so that you or your partners can use and manage the IT systems independently.


Tolksdorf.digital supports and uses open source software

Tolksdorf.digital and opensource
  • Strengthening independence
  • Significant advantages such as stability and low costs


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Planning and Implementation Services

So that the solution provides benefits in everyday business

  • Finding solutions that suit your company with Innovation Engineering
  • Implementing solutions safely with digital engineering and project management
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