"You Lie!" Google

by Joe Gleinser 20. January 2010 18:00

In the pile of junk mail today was a damnable claim by Google that a 10 person company can save $35,000 per year by using Google Apps. Huh? If I bought 10 new PCs with Office EVERYTHING and backed them up and formatted/reinstalled them 37 times, it wouldn't come close to $35,000!!! I seriously hope this is a typo. If not, I'm willing to sign up today.

The flash on the phone's camera obscures some text. It reads "Number of employees in company."

 

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1/21/2010 7:53:59 PM #

Nope, that is not a typo.  That is what Google is claiming a 10 user Exchange deployment costs over 3 years.

www.google.com/.../savings_calculator.html

They don't seem to detail where or how they come up with their administrator labor assumptions.  They look a little high to me.  Smile

cy | Reply

1/21/2010 9:25:29 PM #

That settles it then. I'm dumping all my other products and customers. I'm only selling Exchange to 10 user companies from now on!

Joe Gleinser | Reply

2/16/2010 7:31:00 PM #

Google Apps is more than just exchange.  Certainly exchange is one major component.  Although, you definitely need to add in an enterprise spam filter to just that part of it.  Then, there is a lot more to google apps.  For example, it also does document management and Google Sites.  No doubt the estimates are high, but not as preposterous as you make it seem.

Of course, for a small business like I run, free google apps is amazing.

John Lynn | Reply

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