Gouda 19 oktober 2009 – Forrester Consulting heeft op van verzoek van a&o’s partner Mimecast ® een onderzoek uitgevoerd naar de ‘Total Economic Impact (TEI)’ van de invoering van Mimecast. Het onderzoek toont aan dat Mimecast op de lange termijn, maar ook op de korte termijn een uiterst positieve “Return On Investment” (ROI) heeft.
Mimecast Unified Email Management, is een eenvoudig te beheren geïntegreerde Software as a Service (SaaS) oplossing voor business e-mail waarbij veiligheid (spam, virus, data leak prevention), 100%-continuïteit, geen dataverlies, opslagreductie, naleving van regelgeving (compliance, policy) en archivering voorop staan. Mimecast Unified Email Management neemt de alsmaar groter wordende risico’s en complexiteit van e-mail weg.
Hieronder is het originele persbericht van Mimecast opgenomen.
Independent Study Finds Mimecast Unified Email Management Offering Delivers Long-term ROI
A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Mimecast to investigate the
Total Economic Impact (TEI) of Mimecast’s
Unified Email Management 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’s Unified Email Management delivers complete ROI within just seven months and longer term value for the full 5 year period.
According to
Forrester’s TEI framework, Mimecast’s Unified Email Management eliminates the complexity of managing email by providing a single platform to enable global policies, automate
email archiving and manage security. Additionally, its enhanced
continuity of email service ensures
email 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
email security, archiving and continuity infrastructures.
Peter Bauer, Mimecast CEO said, “The scale and technical complexity of managing email continues to grow. Coupled with the increasing compliance requirements around email, this provides 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 percent 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.
Peter Bauer, Mimecast CEO continued, “The Forrester Consulting study has found that Mimecast’s offering provides the advanced features and capabilities of on-premise email 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”.
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 organization to highlight the benefits Mimecast’s Unified Email Management service can deliver to a $1 billion business services firm with 5,000 users.
Over a&o systems + services
a&o systems + services is een zelfstandig onderdeel van a&o group, een grote ICT dienstverlener in Europa. a&o richt zich met haar portfolio op grote en middelgrote bedrijven en heeft in Europa ongeveer 2.500 medewerkers. a&o dringt de beheerinspanning, de complexiteit en de kosten van de ICT-omgeving blijvend terug. a&o verhoogt de beschikbaarheid van applicaties voor eindgebruikers en zorgt dat de organisatie ruimte (tijd, geld) krijgt voor innovatie. a&o vertegenwoordigd Mimecast in de Benelux.
Over Mimecast
Mimecast delivers SaaS-based enterprise email management for archiving, discovery, continuity, security and policy. By unifying disparate and fragmented email environments into one holistic solution that is always available from the cloud, Mimecast minimizes risk and reduces cost and complexity, while providing total end-to-end control of email. Founded in the United Kingdom in 2002, Mimecast serves more than 2,000 customers worldwide and has offices in the United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Scandinavia, the Middle East and the Channel Islands.