With the increasing use of email comes an increase in spam. Spam accounts for 75% to 95% of the email received by typical corporate email servers.

The best defense against spam is to stop it before it even hits your mail servers. A typical corporation spends $7 to $11 per user, per month just to fight spam. This cost to detect and eliminate spam includes maintaining spam filter policies, software upgrades, and infrastructure.

With cloud-based email, this service is included in the subscription fee. Not only do you get spam-blocking, but many providers include virus scanning as part of the solution. Read more