This presentation was developed to facilitate a roundtable discussion on Enterprise Cloud Storage options like Box, Dropbox, OneDrive for Business, Google Drive, etc.

1. STORAGE WARS – ENTERPRISE
CLOUD STORAGE
STEPHANIE DONAHUE AND ALLISON RONEY

2. ABOUT PAITGROUP
PAITgroup is a Microsoft focused consulting firm
Microsoft Partner- Content and Collaboration Competency
Specialize in SharePoint, Office 365, and Yammer
Dedicated to educating businesses and individuals to make informed
decisions
Help businesses to find the best solution for unique business needs
Offer insights and advice on the capabilities of Microsoft products
Provide comparisons of all available solutions
Focus on solving the problem at hand in a way that makes sense for
everyone
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3. THE MEDIATORS
Stephanie Donahue
Managing Partner at PAITgroup
Microsoft Certified IT Professional
16 years of experience in Microsoft
Technologies
Domain Migrations
Information architecture
Content management
Business process automation
Active blogger, event organizer,
author, and speaker
@stephkdonahue
Allison Roney
Consultant/Developer at PAITgroup
Recent college graduate
1 year of experience in
SharePoint/O365 projects
Custom technical solutions
Content management
Information architecture
Active blogger and technical writer
Research and education enthusiast
@RarelyARoneyous
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4. SESSION TAKEAWAY
What IS Enterprise Cloud Storage and why do I
need it?
What is everyone else doing?
Governance
Education
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5. DO YOU USE EXTERNAL CLOUD
STORAGE?
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6. SO MANY OPTIONS…WHAT ARE
YOU USING ?
OneDrive for Business
Dropbox
Google Drive
Amazon Cloud Drive
Box
Apple iCloud
______________
http://blog.apterainc.com/bid/379058/Azure-vs-Amazon-vs-Rackspace-vs-HP-vs-Google-
Cloud-Storage-Infographic
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7. COMPARING SERVICES
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8. THE BIG BENEFITS
 82% of Companies reportedly saved money by
moving to the cloud
 14% downsized IT after cloud adoption
 Features like automatic and unlimited
backups
 Easy to Use/Strong User Adoption
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9. COST SAVINGS?
In the past two decades, the average cost of hard drive
storage has dropped by a factor of more than 22,000
 Public cloud prices have dropped 6 to 8 percent
annually
 Hardware costs actually dropped 30 to 45 percent
annually
“It’s certainly true that there is more to the cloud than
just hardware”
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10. WHICH FEATURES INFLUENCED
YOUR COMPANY?
Mobile Access
15%
External
Sharing
30%
Additional
Storage
25%
Cost
20%
Forced
7%
Other
3%
Mobile Access External Sharing Additional Storage Cost Forced Other
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11. WEIGH IN
Which features are critical to your experience ?
What are the pros and cons you’ve
experienced ?
Have you ever migrated between platforms ?
How important is integration ?
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12. COLLABORATING AND TEAM
PLATFORMS
Organizational issues (Personal drive vs Shared
Portal)
Information architecture
Transparency
Control
Security
The 1 TB Challenge
Storing and sharing in OneDrive vs. SharePoint and Yammer
Space/budget restrictions
Client example
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13. DEVICE CONSIDERATION
What devices do your users have?
Mac vs. PC
Tablets, smart phones, laptops?
iPhone, Android, Windows
Mobile friendliness
Is mobility relevant for your organization?
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15. A SURVEY ON SECURITY
[Only] 56% of survey respondents
trust the ability of cloud providers to
protect the sensitive and confidential
data entrusted to them.
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/01/27/20-cloud-computing-statistics-
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16. AND WORSE…
45% [of users] have used sites such as Dropbox
to share sensitive business information – with
30% using such personal cloud services to store
work files.
only 47% of those surveyed thought that their
employer had a policy relating to the transfer of
sensitive files
http://www.welivesecurity.com/2014/02/12/personal-email-and-cloud-storage-pose-biggest-
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17. SECURING DATA
Can you prevent users from setting up
accounts?
Do you block URLs or email authorizations?
What about remote users/users at home?
Recent security breaches in the news – is
anything safe?
What is your organization doing to protect
your data?
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18. GOVERNANCE & POLICIES
 Who actually has a governance plan?
 Who actually follows it?
 eDiscovery options
 SharePoint 2013 – eDiscovery template
(Exchange/Lync/SharePoint/OneDrive)
 Box.com
Offers HIPAA compliance
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19. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 90/10 rule of information security
 Defining rules for acceptable passwords (no
p@ssw0rds)
 Encouraging (forcing) users to change their
passwords often
 Develop a file storage policy and make it easy
to understand!
What else have you found effective?
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20. FOR THOSE NOT IN THE CLOUD…
Why aren’t you using cloud storage?
How are you preventing the use of cloud
storage?
What storage do you use instead?
Has this discussion influenced you one way or
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21. INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION
Google Drive and Dropbox are banned in China
Traveling employees
Do you have international privacy concerns
Language barriers
What international issues do you face?
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22. FINAL REFLECTIONS
Parting Thoughts…
Comments?
Questions?
Additional info: https://cloud.app.box.com/gartnerMQ-2014
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23. THANK YOU!
@stephkdonahue
sdonahue@paitgroup.com
@RarelyARoneyous
amills@paitgroup.com
Check out our new blog on “Cloud Security – Your data is safe
up there”
http://paitgroup.com/blog
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