Did you know that Google provides a TCO calculator to determine how much Google Apps can save your business over your current messaging solution? While it does a head to head comparison between Google Apps Premier Edition vs. Microsoft Exchange server, the concept and pricing should be similar for Notes or other messaging systems.
With no up-front costs other than configuration labor, you can save $14,000 right up front over the cost of purchasing hardware and software licensing for an Exchange server as well as the configuration labor cost (assuming your IT manager’s time is worth $69/hour).
On an annual basis they assume that you’ll save over $620 per user! Punch in the numbers for yourself and see how much money (and headache) you can save by moving your business Into The Cloud!
What has your experience been? Have you seen these types of savings or do you feel the numbers are wrong? Let us know your thoughts using the comments below…
At Over The Top and Exhibit A Communications, I've programmed solutions for Google as well as at least one other company that was later acquired by Google.
I've been CTO of an Internet SaaS company and spent my time pretty evenly between guiding the future technical strategy of the company, architecting software solutions for my dev teams, designing and running a data center to service our clients world-wide as well as being a technical evangalist/sales engineer to our media clients large and small.
I've also been Chief Photographer of the Daily Sun/Post newspaper back when it was a 5-day a week daily newspaper.
I also spent a great many years as a beach lifeguardfor the City of San Clemente as well as Jr. Lifeguard instructor and then as it's program coordinator.
Bragging rights
Private Pilot with Instrument rating and proud husband of soon to be 25 years (and counting).
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