A quick update involving the online storage market: Storage Guardian is the latest software company to launch an online data backup and business continuity partner program for managed service providers (MSPs) and VARs. The service is designed, in particular, for partners that specialize in Exchange Server, Small Business Server, SharePoint Server and Active Directory customers. You can find a free 30-day trial here.
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Storage Guardian is owned and operated by the same people that own and operate Asigra Inc who sells the software to the MSP channel. Not a very channel friendly thing to do.
Really? I tried Storage Guardian a few years back and it seemed like a really lame one-man show. I cancelled after about 6 months.
Online Backup, cflint: Would you mind sharing your names and company affiliations. Constructive criticism and healthy debate are welcome on MSPmentor. But we also work hard to make sure rival vendors aren’t slamming each other anonymously on MSPmentor.
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I’m curious to hear what the MSP community is looking for in an online backup, storage, and access service. Some of the question I’m interest in are below, but this is really an open-ended inquiry.
- would you prefer fixed pricing ($XX/month gets you Y GB) or variable pricing($ per GB-month, no limits)?
- can you sell “quality of service” (i.e. does it matter to you whether the offering is geogrpahically redundant, does speed testing matter – it all matters, but is it a compelling sales diffrentiator)
- would you prefer that this service be bundled with hardware or software?
Disclaimer: I work for ElephantDrive, a cloud storage service provider.
Which ever way, I would always prefer safecopy backup(www.safecopybackup.com). Check it out.
To be honest, loads of companies are offering this right now. They can’t all be running their own infrastructure. I suppose you could run your own on cloud based storage, and very quickly turn a profit.