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Google Unveils Calculators To Promote Security Products
Doug Caverly
Staff Writer
2008-11-19
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The economy's nasty condition is making people rethink all sorts of things: whether trucks and SUVs are cooler than clown cars, whether steak is that much better than ramen, and so on. Google wants to help when it comes time to decide whether to embrace its security offerings.
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To see how much security measures of some sort can help a business, Google's introduced a simple Return on Investment Calculator. Users can see an estimate of how much time/money's wasted on spam by entering stats relating to employees, workdays, salaries, and spam messages. Expect big numbers if you start typing away.
But as for the matter of choosing Google's products instead of something else, there's an entirely separate tool. The Total Cost of Ownership Calculator compares the expense of on-premise solutions to Google Message Security over the course of three years.
Here, you can probably expect to see some stark differences, too. On the Official Google Enterprise Blog, Amanda Kleha mentions a situation in which a law firm found that, "[w]ith the hourly rate of their lawyers . . . choosing Google Message Security paid for itself in 1 day."
The tools make for an interesting combination. IT people who are worried about layoffs may regret their existence, but lots of companies are liable to appreciate Google's effort to both get their business and save them some money.
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Doug is a staff writer for SecurityProNews. InternetFinancialNews, SearchNewz, and WebProNews.
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