Real Cost of Email

Email Investment Analysis

Part I: Baseline Data for Cost of Email Variables Interim Results Outcome
Organization Standing Data
Number of Management/Knowledge Workers    
Average Annual Salary    
Email IT Costs
Cost Per 100 Megabytes of Email Storage (per annum)    
Individual Email Storage Allocation (megabytes)    
Annual Cost of Data Storage and management   £30,375  
IT Support Costs Per Employee (per annum)    
IT Support Costs for Email Service (per annum)   £13,500  
Cost Per 100 Megabytes of Email Storage (per annum)     £43,875
Email Activity Base
Average Number of Emails Received Per Day Per Employee    
Number of Email Interrupts Per Day (max. value = no. received)    
Average Number of Emails Sent Per Day Per Employee    
Daily Cost of Email Per Employee   £39.76  
Daily Cost of Email for All Employees   £26,835  
Annual Cost of Email Handling     £6,172,031
Current Total Annual Variable Cost of Email     £6,215,906
Part II: Investment Analysis Cost/Saving Return
Hard and Productivity Benefits
IT Costs Savings   £39.76  
Savings on Email Handling   £39.76  
Total Benefits   £6,215,906  
Return on Investment
Net Saving     £1,538,388
ROI for Year 1     1835%