CiviCRM hosting

CiviCRM is a constituent relationship management solution. CiviCRM is an open source and web-based software which has been specifically designed for meeting the needs of the non-governmental and non-profit groups. It is a free solution that has been integrated and deployed with both the Joomla and Drupal content management systems which gives the user both; the tools to connect and communicate as also activate the supporters and the constituents.

CiviCRM is actually a customer relationship management but is usually referred to as a constituent relationship management. CiviCRM is a powerful CRM perfect for fundraising as well as organizing constituent information and the history of contact with them. CiviCRM hosting is an eCRM system which allows the users to manage and record all the information about the various constituents such as the activists, volunteers, donors, employees, vendors etc. It also allows the user to track and execute the donations, transactions, and conversations with clients, events or any type of association with the constituents and store everything together in a manageable and accessible source.

CiviCRM has been developed by an open source community which has been coordinated by the CiviCRM LLC, and the non profit Social Source Foundation. CiviCRM hosting also receives input as well as guidance from the Community Advisory Board.

System Requirements for CiviCRM Hosting:

CiviCRM hosting is a web based project which runs on the users own web server.

• CiviCRM hosting is resource intensive. It is recommended that the users make use of Virtual Private Servers (VPS) or the shared hosting or the (semi) dedicated hosting.
• Apache 2.0 or higher
• PHP 5.2.1 or greater (PHP 5.3 is supported starting with CiviCRM hosting software version 3.2)
• MySQL 5.1.x or higher which has a InnoDB support
• Drupal versions of 6.x or 7.x
• Joomla versions of 1.5.x or 1.6.x
• Server cronjobs
• The recommended memory limit is 128mb PHP
• The multilingual features of CiviCRM hosting need the TRIGGER and CREATE VIEW privileges

The various advantages of the CiviCRM hosting:

• Information Storage – CiviCRM hosting lets the user keep a track of the information about the various your constituents such as the supporters, donors, volunteers, vendors, employees, customers etc. it also lets you keep a database of the past relating to these constituents.
• Segmentation – It allows the user to organize constituents into groups. These segmentation can be made easily as per the convenience of the user.
• Cost – being an open source project, CiviCRM hosting is free of  license fee and enjoys support from a huge group of volunteers.
• Extensible – The optional CiviCRM components CiviMail, CiviEvent, CiviContribute and CiviMember provide many other resources for the purpose of fundraising and easy interaction with the constituents.
• Easy Integration – CiviCRM hosting integrates into the two most popular content management systems; Joomla and Drupal.
• Import & Export – It helps in maintaining a database information quickly and it also removes duplicate contacts.
• Multilingual – CiviCRM is multilingual and supports a large number of languages.