Ask yourself: Does my business plan for 2014 include business-class file sync?
Come watch an all-star line-up -- Ted Hulsy, eFolder's VP of Marketing, Charlene O'Hanlon, Nine Lives Media's Managing Editor, and Angel Rojas, CEO of DataCorps -- as they discuss how MSPs can overcome the fastest growing security threat today -- consumer-grade file sync solutions -- while improving the profitability of their overall managed security offerings.
2. Your Host
Charlene O’Hanlon
Managing Editor, The VAR Guy/Talkin’ Cloud
Nine Lives Media, A Division of Penton
Charlene.O’Hanlon@penton.com
@Charlene_OHanlon
3. What We’ll Cover
• The differences between consumergrade and business-grade file sync
services
• Why security should be top priority
when choosing a business-class file
sync service
• Ways managed service providers can
solve the file sync security pain point
• Your questions throughout
4. Cloud Services and MSPs:
A Winning Combo
• In the 2012 Talkin’ Cloud 100, cloud
storage topped the list of cloud
services offered (73.2%)
• In the 2013 edition, almost half of
respondents (45.2%) offer file sharing
and syncing
• In the 2013 MSPmentor, 91% of
respondents offer managed storage,
backup and disaster recovery
5. Polling Question
Which consumer-grade file sync solutions
are your customers using?
1.Apple iCloud
2.Dropbox
3.Google Drive
4.Microsoft Skydrive
5.SugarSync
12. All File Sync Offerings
are NOT the Same
Consumer-class offerings:
• Aren’t as secure as business-class
offerings
• Don’t offer file-sharing policies for
users
• Lack in management features
13. Business-Class File Sync: Better for Customers
Business-class offerings:
• Provide more management
functionality
• Enable storage on-site, in the cloud
or combination of both
• Offer cloud enablement of file servers
• Provide greater security; no data leaks
14. Security: The No. 1 Priority
• Cloud-based file syncing enables
access to data from anywhere,
any device
• Without proper security controls,
data can be exposed to anyone
• Companies using non-secure file
syncing risk noncompliance with
government regulations
• Sensitive customer information can
be compromised
15. Where MSPs Fit In
• Security: MSPs can fine-tune security
to eliminate risks, meet compliance,
boost employee productivity
• VPN: MSPs can eliminate customers’
current VPN requirements
• Services: MSPs can manage the file
sync technology for their customers
and provide complementary/add-on
services