There are privacy issues, certainly, but as with the recent Yale rejection of Google Apps, I'd suggest we're not getting the full picture in this article. Keep

There are privacy issues, certainly, but as with the recent Yale rejection of Google Apps, I'd suggest we're not getting the full picture in this article. Keep in mind that, as with any IT department in a large organization, there are vested interests to protect and outsourcing infrastructure can often be seen as a threat. Holding up privacy as the showstopper is bit of a straw man. I could easily list a bunch of reasons why keeping mail service local has major downsides and security concerns. I'm not assuming that the IT dept in question had covert motives in this, just noting that we certainly aren't getting all the information in this situation.