Analysts on Hosted Solutions

“For a company with 1,000 users, the three-year TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) for hosted messaging can be 40% less than the cost of an in-house solution—$16.45 per user per month for a hosted solution vs. $27.51 per user per month for an in-house approach. For a 2,000 user organization, the per user messaging security services costs can be 23% less than the internally managed solution.”

“SaaS (Software as a Service) has penetrated mainstream companies.”

“Subscription-based applications provide a low-cost entry point for smaller growing companies and also suit those needing a technology exit strategy and relief from upgrade headaches.”

“People should think about data privacy with their service provider in the same way as they think about privacy with their telephone company—for most of us, it’s simply not a concern.”

“By leveraging a services model, customers are not only able to save money on the total cost of ownership of an email security solution, but are able to increase security and scale their deployments more linearly than by purchasing software or appliance solutions that are installed at the customer location.”

“Hosted or on-demand messaging is becoming more and more popular as customers increasingly choose the reliability, convenience, and efficiency of a hosted solution over traditional in-house solutions. The hosted approach is particularly interesting for small- and medium-sized businesses which may lack the resources to manage messaging as well as they would like to, or that have other initiatives to which they would like to dedicate staff.”