IT Directors strive to understand the effect of “consumerisation of the enterprise” on their business operations.
While CyberOne recognises Dropbox’s role as a powerful file-sharing tool, the so-called “Dropbox effect” and its rapid rise in popularity are having a hidden effect on some organisations’ network performance and security, particularly given the growth in file sharing and BYOD mobility within a business setting.
“The use of Dropbox has grown phenomenally within the business arena - Forrester Research recently highlighted that 70% of employees now use file sharing solutions in the workplace. With the adoption of cloud-based apps and the latest mobile and social technology changing the way employees engage. I’m having more frequent conversations with Heads of IT who are scratching their heads on how to embrace new working styles while ensuring optimised network performance and data security.”
“CyberOne uses SolarWinds' Network Traffic Analyser to find out what is happening in their business. Results so far have shocked organisations when it is revealed exactly how much traffic Dropbox and the like are generating. In particular, one company thought its Monday morning network slowness was due to high levels of business activity.
With Network Traffic Analyser, we were able to show that only the actions of two Dropbox users were slowing down the enterprise's network. Once identified, the issue can be easily managed to ensure it doesn’t negatively impact other systems or processes.
To understand the security threat to a company’s network, organisations first need to understand the level of cloud sharing by employees. SolarWinds' IT monitoring platform allows insight into all unauthorised traffic within the organisation through applications, destinations (IPs, domains and countries), transmitters and receivers, conversations and protocols.
Start to find out how your network is being used today with Netflow Traffic Analyser.
Supporting clients 24x7x365 from our ISO27001-accredited Network Operations Centre (NOC) in Milton Keynes, CyberOne is the UK’s leading authority on SolarWinds, with a large in-house team of SolarWinds-Certified Professionals supporting and managing the network operations of some of the UK’s leading organisations.
“CyberOne Managed Service for SolarWinds has afforded us quicker response times, reducing the noise of verbose alerts, cutting resolution time, saving lost revenue, and avoiding user frustration. CyberOne ultimately helps safeguard our network, whilst improving the user experience.”
Adrian Hollister, Head of Strategy & Architecture, Plymouth University