We had a great joint webcast last Thursday November 5th with Michael Osterman, president of Osterman Research, and Greg Olsen, director business development, Sendmail. By the number of registrations and turnout it appears that this is a very hot topic!
The webcast revealed data results from two recent studies, conducted by Osterman Research. Both studies underscored the idea that “security dominates the SaaS market today.” During the webcast, the speakers elaborated on what functions will most likely be outsourced in the future, noting basic email security functions such as, anti-spam, bulk email, anti-virus, and anti-malware as the most likely candidates.
Study Highlights
- 101 surveys completed in October 2009
- 40% of companies surveyed are outsourcing some part of their email infrastructure
- Anti-spam (64%) and bulk email (46%) are being outsourced by most companies
- Today:
- 20% of users are served by a SaaS solution
- 22% of email servers run as virtual servers
- In two years:
- 38% of users will be served by a SaaS solution
- 49% of email servers will run as virtual server
The great news for Sendmail customers is that we offer solutions across a broad spectrum of technologies. I believe we are the only vendor that offers messaging infrastructure on virtual appliances, blade servers, hard appliances and SaaS. This gives our customers tremendous flexibility in creating a highly efficient and secure infrastructure.
Check out the recorded version of the Webinar, including more highlights and results here: http://marketing.sendmail.com/CloudServices_Nov09Recording.html