Comments on: The Case for Google Apps (gmail) V’s Microsoft Exchange http://finbarrmccarthy.com/2009/07/the-case-for-google-apps-gmail-vs-microsoft-exchange/ Cloud Computing & Social Media (Technologies of The Future) Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Finbarr McCarthy http://finbarrmccarthy.com/2009/07/the-case-for-google-apps-gmail-vs-microsoft-exchange/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Finbarr McCarthy Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:12:38 +0000 http://finbarrmccarthy.com/?p=110#comment-126 Ant, good point raised. My guess is that over the next year or so there will be a good deal of large companies make the decision to move on financial grounds alone. Google are currenlty hitting up CEO's and CFO's (and not the CTO's) in a marketing campaign that puts a very powerful saving argument in front of them. Lets wait and see. Ant, good point raised. My guess is that over the next year or so there will be a good deal of large companies make the decision to move on financial grounds alone. Google are currenlty hitting up CEO’s and CFO’s (and not the CTO’s) in a marketing campaign that puts a very powerful saving argument in front of them. Lets wait and see.

]]> By: Ant Galvin http://finbarrmccarthy.com/2009/07/the-case-for-google-apps-gmail-vs-microsoft-exchange/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Ant Galvin Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:28:50 +0000 http://finbarrmccarthy.com/?p=110#comment-125 Excellent post Finbarr. I am all for Google Apps and use it in my own businesses. Of course these are all very small - But scalability isn't an issue for Google. So is the product any worse than the MS standard, definitely not! In my experience, there is an adjustment to be made by users, with increased productivity there after. The main deal-breaker is Trust. As it is with all Cloud based systems. Who in a large organisation will make such a gutsy decision. 0.1% downtime will always be blamed on the Cloud, and the much larger downtimes with MS will be conveniently forgotten. Or at least overlooked, because the perceived control over the down time is gone. Great blog, looking forward to reading more. Excellent post Finbarr. I am all for Google Apps and use it in my own businesses. Of course these are all very small - But scalability isn’t an issue for Google. So is the product any worse than the MS standard, definitely not! In my experience, there is an adjustment to be made by users, with increased productivity there after. The main deal-breaker is Trust. As it is with all Cloud based systems. Who in a large organisation will make such a gutsy decision. 0.1% downtime will always be blamed on the Cloud, and the much larger downtimes with MS will be conveniently forgotten. Or at least overlooked, because the perceived control over the down time is gone.

Great blog, looking forward to reading more.

]]> By: Finbarr McCarthy http://finbarrmccarthy.com/2009/07/the-case-for-google-apps-gmail-vs-microsoft-exchange/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Finbarr McCarthy Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:47:43 +0000 http://finbarrmccarthy.com/?p=110#comment-38 Paul, TCO for hosted exchange is approx $20/Month according to Forrester compared with $8/Month for google apps (based on circa 15,000 users). Forester puts a comparable cost for in-house exchange at $25/Month (again for 15,000 users). However I am basing much of my assumption on our in-house experience with approx 800 users and the cost for this is approx $50/User/Month (€38). I imagine in a smaller environment the cost climbs pretty rapidly. Finbarr Paul, TCO for hosted exchange is approx $20/Month according to Forrester compared with $8/Month for google apps (based on circa 15,000 users). Forester puts a comparable cost for in-house exchange at $25/Month (again for 15,000 users).

However I am basing much of my assumption on our in-house experience with approx 800 users and the cost for this is approx $50/User/Month (€38).

I imagine in a smaller environment the cost climbs pretty rapidly.

Finbarr

]]> By: Paul http://finbarrmccarthy.com/2009/07/the-case-for-google-apps-gmail-vs-microsoft-exchange/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Paul Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:17:42 +0000 http://finbarrmccarthy.com/?p=110#comment-37 Finbarr, I was wondering were your number for exchange based on MSFT hosted exchange, as I am very curious about how they would compare to Gmail. Paul Finbarr, I was wondering were your number for exchange based on MSFT hosted exchange, as I am very curious about how they would compare to Gmail.

Paul

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