Archive: SaaS v On-Premise TCO Benefits and Risk Implications

To improve performance, companies have two choices: expand on-premise or expand through software-as-a-service (SaaS). Drawing on case studies of customer deployments, this paper examines the costs and return on investment (ROI) of Proofpoint Enterprise Archive. The paper considers these variables:

- Quantifiable costs pertaining to hardware, software, storage, and infrastructure costs
- Estimated cost impact resulting from discovery process improvements
- Productivity impact from efficiency gains and improved information accessibility