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With the economy on the mend, Microsoft is upping the pressure on it’s sales team to sell Exchange 2010.  Microsoft’s new pitch?  Save money.  Save lots of freaking money.  In fact, if you upgrade now, you’ll be rolling in cash - enough to upgrade everything to Windows 7 (haha, small joke).

Microsoft is pitching Exchange 2010 as a way to save major money.  The company points out 3 main ways users can cut expenses by upgrading to the latest version of Exchange:

• Use less expensive storage with Exchange 2010: it can now be used with attached storage devices instead of SANs (storage area network)
Eliminate voicemail expenses: Exchange can convert voice to text
Save on email archiving: Exchange 2010 adds in this feature instead of needing separate software

According to PC Mag: “As part of its case to customers, Microsoft is citing a study it commissioned from research analyst Forrester. The study says that companies can expect to recoup their costs of deploying Exchange 2010 within six months through savings in other areas.”

Other benefits in upgrading to Exhange 2010 is conversation threading, the ability to ignore conversations users are CC’d on, and sensitive information blocking. 

Read: [PCMag]