Monday, July 1, 2013

OpenDNS Web Security umbrella adds multi-tenant Dashboard, monthly invoicing

OpenDNS is doing its cloud-based security umbrella even more MSP-friendly with a multi-tenant management, a shared license pool, monthly invoicing and pricing service volume. Here are the details.

Dave Bell, President of Cyber solutions, a St. Paul, Minn. MSP, said that his company has already deployed 200 seats of the OpenDNS service umbrella.
Web security Provider cloud-delivered OpenDNS is doing its umbrella of protection most MSP-friendly service with a new multi-tenant dashboard, monthly invoicing and volume prices. Other new features include a faster provisioning process, which means greater profitability. Here are the details.
First, some background on umbrella. This service goes beyond virus protection by preventing users from accessing malicious sites from both on and network devices, according to OpenDNS. That means the MSP leaves protect both mobile and desk-based-workers with a single solution.
Dave Bell, President of solutions based on St. Paul, Minn. MSP Cyber has implemented the solution for about 200 seats in its customer base. Previously he raced in 4 to 5 infections per month, said MSPmentor, but since he started using his umbrella customers have had zero problems. It takes about five minutes to implement umbrella for each client and not on the premise equipment is required.
"In recent years that it seems that we have seen an increase in the number of infections," Bell told me. "Hackers have become more creative in working around different antivirus software.  You need to have multiple layers of protection. "
On the one hand, Bell has eliminated some of the repair work of the company performed to cleanse infected machines. On the other hand, staffing levels and volumes of work have become more predictable.
OpenDNS that says every day that umbrella blocks 80 million requests for sites of malware, phishing and botnets. Meanwhile, the research team of the Umbrella Security Labs discovers every day hundreds of thousands of new malicious sites and added to the block list.
In terms of making the best solution for MSPs, OpenDNS has provided the following features through the management console:
A shared license pool umbrella that can be deployed in elastically to protect customer networks from malware and enforce proper use policiesProvision new customers with a clickDeprovision customers with one Click and catch licensesAccess a centralized view of customers and monthly licensesAssign credit card billingUpdate/self-service information for applicants billingUse ready-made scripts for deploying RMM for laptops
OpenDNS said in his announcement of improvements that the market for managed services providers is a key area of growth for the company. So far, 1,400 MSPs have chosen umbrella than traditional Secure Web Gateway solutions to protect more than 20,000 customers networks, the company added.
"Small and medium-sized enterprises, which typically lack in-house IT skills, are increasingly being targeted by attackers. For MSPs, web security as a service is a very large market opportunity, zero-friction, "said Dima Kumets, MSP product manager for OpenDNS based in San Francisco, in a prepared statement. "Invested OpenDNS and built on an infrastructure that helps MSPs quickly provisioning of Web security services for large user populations. These features dramatically reduce the time you would otherwise spend cleaning up infections, thus increasing the margins. "

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