ASSESSING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF MIGRATING ON-PREMISE MAILING INFRASTRUCTURE TO CLOUD

Published 31 MARCH 2021 •  vol 14  •  no 1  • 


Authors:

 

Raktim Kumar Dey, Assistant Professor, Department of Cyberscience & Networking, Brainware University, Kolkata, West Bengal 700125, India
Sandip Roy, Associate Professor, Department of Computational Science, Brainware University, Kolkata, West Bengal 700125, India
Rajesh Bose, Associate Professor, Department of Computational Science, Brainware University, Kolkata, West Bengal 700125, India
Debabrata Sarddar, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal 741245, India

Abstract:

 

The advent of cloud computing has proved to be a major impetus in revolutionizing the way organizations and individuals collect, store, analyse and transmit data and information. Electronic mails that began to convey information quickly over the Internet information highway, soon began to be accepted as valid legal documents across the world. Soon, electronic mails or “emails” as these began to be referred to, gained widespread acceptance and use for not only in correspondence alone but also as a viable means of transferring large documents and files. The advantage of sending emails with attachments was quickly apparent as users began to realize that in addition to correspondence, records and history could be maintained for files and folders exchanged as well. As laws began to be enforced on organizations to maintain logs of records of emails and associated attachments, enterprise or corporate emailing systems began to take on increasing significance in Information Technology infrastructure of companies and businesses. At the turn of the 21st century and even as late as a few years ago, many organizations were reliant on on-premise email hosting solution. However, as cloud computing technology evolved, the rates for hosting mailing infrastructure on cloud began to witness significant drop year after year. At the current point of time, it may be argued that while cloud mailing solution hosting rates have remained more or less steady over the last few years, the advantages offered are considerably attractive when seen from the point of view of organizations that still maintain and operate their own on-premise mailing solutions. This paper aims to shed light on arguments and analyses related to comparison of mail infrastructure hosted on-premise vis-à-vis that hosted on cloud. The results of the survey yield an interesting perspective on the advantages and disadvantages posed in both approaches of hosting a mailing infrastructure.

Keywords:

 

Capital Expenditure (CapEx), Cloud billing, Cloud computing, Operating Expenditure (OpEx)

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Citations:

 

APA:
Dey, R. K., Roy, S., Bose, R., & Sarddar, D., (2021). Assessing Commercial Viability of Migrating On-Premise Mailing Infrastructure to Cloud. International Journal of Grid and Distributed Computing (IJGDC), ISSN: 2005-4262 (Print); 2207-6379 (Online), NADIA, 14(1), 1-10. doi: 10.33832/ijgdc.2021.14.1.01.

MLA:
Dey, Raktim Kumar, et a. “Assessing Commercial Viability of Migrating On-Premise Mailing Infrastructure to Cloud.” International Journal of Grid and Distributed Computing (IJGDC), ISSN: 2005-4262 (Print); 2207-6379 (Online), NADIA, vol. 14, no. 1, 2021, pp. 1-10. IJGDC, http://article.nadiapub.com/IJGDC/vol14_no1/1.html.

IEEE:
[1] R. K. Dey, S. Roy, R. Bose, and D. Sarddar, "Assessing Commercial Viability of Migrating On-Premise Mailing Infrastructure to Cloud." International Journal of Grid and Distributed Computing (IJGDC), ISSN: 2005-4262 (Print); 2207-6379 (Online), NADIA, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1-10, March 2021.