A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Mimecast to investigate the total economic impact (TEI) of Mimecast's Unified Email Management (UEM) has found that it delivers long-term benefits as well as rapid return on investment (ROI).
The study, which covers a five-year period, found that Mimecast^1s UEM delivers complete ROI within just seven months and longer term value for the full five-year period.
Peter Bauer, Mimecast CEO says, “The scale and technical complexity of managing e-mail continues to grow. Coupled with the increasing compliance requirements around e-mail, it can be a significant drain on IT resources, both financially and intellectually.
“This study demonstrates for the first time the importance of cloud services as an integral part of IT strategy and long-term execution. In a recent survey of 250 UK IT managers, 48% dedicate the majority of their time to managing existing systems instead of directing IT strategy and policy.”
The Forrester Consulting study found that in the long-term, cloud-based services can give IT greater leverage to get more projects done, accelerate deployments and eliminate back-office IT clutter.
Overall, companies switching to cloud applications can lower costs with a predictable pay-as-you-go model that beats on-premise hardware and software costs.
Bauer continues, “The Forrester Consulting study has found that Mimecast's offering provides the advanced features and capabilities of on-premise e-mail solutions in a cost-effective SaaS delivery model.
“This represents a shift away from industry preconceptions that SaaS is a short-term fad and highlights the strategic significance cloud computing offers as part of the enterprise technology portfolio.”
According to Forrester^1s TEI framework, Mimecast UEM eliminates the complexity of managing e-mail by providing a single platform to enable global policies, automate e-mail archiving and manage security.
Additionally, its enhanced continuity of e-mail service ensures e-mail availability during planned and unplanned downtime.
Because of this, the offering enables IT managers to spend less time actioning helpdesk calls and maintaining numerous point e-mail security, archiving and continuity infrastructures.
Forrester used its TEI framework to evaluate investment based on benefit, cost, risk and flexibility. The research firm interviewed five global Mimecast customers operating in: facilities management, healthcare, financial services, construction and property management. Based on these interviews, the analyst firm created a composite organisation to highlight the benefits Mimecast^1s Unified Email Management service can deliver to a $1 billion business services firm with 5 000 users.
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Mimecast delivers SaaS-based enterprise e-mail management for archiving, discovery, continuity, security and policy.
By unifying disparate and fragmented e-mail environments into one holistic solution that is always available from the cloud, Mimecast minimises risk and reduces cost and complexity, while providing total end-to-end control of e-mail.
Founded in the UK in 2002, Mimecast serves 2 500 customers worldwide and has offices in Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East and the Channel Islands. http://www.mimecast.co.za
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