Many of these costs will be incurred whether you choose to outsource your email or not. Your employees will always need their desktop computers, printers, and Internet connectivity. Each computer will require an operating system, as well as the systems running on file servers and other machines on the network.
Together, these comprise the cost of running technology in a business as it directly relates to the systems and software necessary to its performance and maintenance. The cost of the entire infrastructure will vary depending on the size of your company, but most estimates place the cost of in-house operation at between $3,000 and $6,000 per user.
Email itself is a cost that will be relational to the number of employees using it. On average, the amount of time employees spend on email is relative to the amount of time they spend at their computers. The email traffic will also be related to overall network traffic. As a matter of fact, the costs of in-house network and email support and maintenance will be relative to the size of your business.
