Last year, a Forrester report stated it costs an organization $27 a month a to maintain an electronic mailbox — that’s per user.

There are lots of costs associated with enterprise computing needs when you pull back the covers, and IT services can quickly become expensive in the tally. And every time you move to a new service, there’s a migration cost. Enterprises can’t afford business disruptions while waiting for these transitions to complete.Some cloud technologies can be remedies to these negative experiences and costs. And when you throw more and more people onto an infrastructure, costs can be distributed across an audience.

Then the capital expense becomes an operating expense, another benefit. No longer do you need to go ask for money every couple years for a business process technology that can be provided with a web-based service that charges by the month.

Cloud Mail and Collaboration is quickly becoming the most sought-after solution, a gateway to the clouds, if you will.

Jay Noble is Director of Cloud Computing at CSC. Follow Jay on Twitter @CSCTrustedCloud