Cloud Email

What is cloud email? Why move to the cloud?

Cloud email is email hosting that is accessed through a browser with internet connection. Cloud Sherpas is a cloud service provider, and through our expertise in all things cloud-related we can guide your organization on the most efficient route to the cloud. But what benefits does the cloud offer as your email solution? On-premise email solutions have become a thing of the past in large part to the innovations in cloud email solutions. There are multiple reasons as to why cloud email solutions are much more efficient than on-premise email solutions, such as:

• Less IT responsibility: When you move to the cloud it is not your IT department who monitors and is left with the responsibility for the server’s upkeep. Cloud Sherpas experts are always available to help with any IT problem that arises.
• Uptime is no longer your responsibility either: Because you are leveraging your cloud services through Cloud Sherpas, we guarantee 99.9% uptime. Google Apps also has millions of dollars invested in the cloud infrastructure in order to assure that it has many fail safes.
• No more manual updates: All of the necessary updates to any type of software, hardware, or the system as a whole are run by Google. No longer do you have to constantly have to worry if your version of the software is up to date, nor do you have to waste time updating your systems.
• No need to add more server space: Cloud-based solutions maintain the best and most current storage technologies that ease any worries your organization might have in terms of running out of storage space.
• Security: With on-premise servers your IT department has to continuously update the security software and maintain the complexity of your virus and spam filter. But with Google Apps you simply set your preferences and let Postini take care of the rest.

Take a look at the comparison table below to see some of the differences between cloud and on-premise email:

Comparison Table:	Cloud Email	On-Premise
Pricing	Stable monthly or yearly pricing structure	Large upfront investment Continuous maintenance costs
Deployment Time	Days with Google Apps Resellers	Weeks or months for setup and configuration
Maintenance and Updates	Automatic updates No need to maintain servers	IT staff spends time and energy on security patches, regular backups, installing upgrades
Anti-Virus & Spam Protection	Built-in to system	Must provide upgraded virus and spam protection solution
Storage	25GB with Google Apps (50x industry average)	Continually adding more server space for your organization’s needs can be costly and inefficient

Why go with cloud email from Google Apps and Cloud Sherpas?

Google is one of the most trusted names in the cloud computing industry, with 99.9% SLA and various security certifications. Offering 25GB of storage and an extensive suite of collaboration tools, Google Apps for Business is the leading provider of cloud email solutions. For your deployment, Cloud Sherpas will help migrate your organization with our Cloud Migration, Cloud Management, Cloud Development, and Change Management services. We also have a wide array of Google Apps training selections.