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What are Spam and
Viruses costing your organization?
Conservative estimates
indicate 50 email users receiving 10 spam emails per
day and 2 viruses per user per year will cost over
$7,500 per year in lost productivity. (see Tables 1
and 2 below)
The DoubleCheck
Email Manager offers detailed and immediate
reports useful for optimizing your configuration and
measuring value using return on investment (ROI).
DoubleCheck customers commonly experience an ROI in
excess of 200%.
ROI calculations
involving spam filtering and virus protection
products typically require estimates of the
following variables:
- Number of email
users
- Number of days
worked per year per employee
- Average hourly
cost per employee
- Spam and virus
email volumes
The tables below are
provided to help you estimate spam (Table 1) and
virus (Table 2) costs based on the following
assumptions:
- 220 days worked
per employee per year
- Employee cost of
$30 per hour
- 5 seconds to
delete or manage each spam message
- 1 hour to
detect, stop and clean each virus
The tables should be
used individually and then summed for a total cost.
Simply estimate your volume of spam per employee per
day and your number of employees. Then do the same
for viruses per employee per year and your number of
employees. Add the two costs and compare this to a
two-year investment in the DoubleCheck Email
Manager, Annual Maintenance and straightforward
installation.
Contact
eFolder or a
DoubleCheck Reseller Partner for a more
detailed ROI analysis of your organization.
Table 1: Spam
Costs per Year
|
|
# of Employees |
|
Spam/Day |
25 |
50 |
75 |
100 |
125 |
150 |
|
2 |
$ 458
|
$ 917
|
$ 1,375
|
$ 1,833
|
$ 2,292
|
$ 2,750
|
|
4 |
$ 917
|
$ 1,833
|
$ 2,750
|
$ 3,667
|
$ 4,583
|
$ 5,500
|
|
6 |
$ 1,375
|
$ 2,750
|
$ 4,125
|
$ 5,500
|
$ 6,875
|
$ 8,250
|
|
8 |
$ 1,833
|
$ 3,667
|
$ 5,500
|
$ 7,333
|
$ 9,167
|
$11,000
|
|
10 |
$ 2,292
|
$ 4,583
|
$ 6,875
|
$ 9,167
|
$11,458
|
$13,750
|
|
15 |
$ 3,438
|
$ 6,875
|
$10,313
|
$13,750
|
$17,188
|
$20,625
|
|
20 |
$ 4,583
|
$ 9,167
|
$13,750
|
$18,333
|
$22,917
|
$27,500
|
|
25 |
$ 5,729
|
$11,458
|
$17,188
|
$22,917
|
$28,646
|
$34,375
|
|
30 |
$ 6,875
|
$13,750
|
$20,625
|
$27,500
|
$34,375
|
$41,250
|
|
35 |
$ 8,021
|
$16,042
|
$24,063
|
$32,083
|
$40,104
|
$48,125
|
(# of Employees
vs. Spam/Employee/Day)
Table 2: Virus
Costs per Year
|
|
# of Employees |
|
Viruses/Yr |
25 |
50 |
75 |
100 |
125 |
150 |
|
0.5 |
$ 375
|
$ 750
|
$ 1,125
|
$ 1,500
|
$ 1,875
|
$ 2,250
|
|
1.0 |
$ 750
|
$ 1,500
|
$ 2,250
|
$ 3,000
|
$ 3,750
|
$ 4,500
|
|
1.5 |
$ 1,125
|
$ 2,250
|
$ 3,375
|
$ 4,500
|
$ 5,625
|
$ 6,750
|
|
2.0 |
$ 1,500
|
$ 3,000
|
$ 4,500
|
$ 6,000
|
$ 7,500
|
$ 9,000
|
|
2.5 |
$ 1,875
|
$ 3,750
|
$ 5,625
|
$ 7,500
|
$ 9,375
|
$11,250
|
|
3.0 |
$ 2,250
|
$ 4,500
|
$ 6,750
|
$ 9,000
|
$11,250
|
$13,500
|
|
3.5 |
$ 2,625
|
$ 5,250
|
$ 7,875
|
$10,500
|
$13,125
|
$15,750
|
|
4.0 |
$ 3,000
|
$ 6,000
|
$ 9,000
|
$12,000
|
$15,000
|
$18,000
|
|
4.5 |
$ 3,375
|
$ 6,750
|
$10,125
|
$13,500
|
$16,875
|
$20,250
|
|
5.0 |
$ 3,750
|
$ 7,500
|
$11,250
|
$15,000
|
$18,750
|
$22,500
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(# of Employees
vs. Viruses/Employee/Year)
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