In February 20161 , Google commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by migrating to G Suite from alternative cloud messaging and collaboration platforms. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of G Suite on their organizations. This evaluation begins by shifting more obvious on-premise to cloud benefits like hardware reduction (e.g., email servers) and maintenance cost avoidance from a future state and a benefit to a current state and a standard.