Build a branded, multi-tenant online file sharing solution for your customers with your brand, and benefit from data ownership, data security, data privacy, and permission control.
As an MSP, your customers may be looking to the cloud because they have difficulty accessing traditional file servers from mobile devices. They may already be using file sharing and synchronization solutions such as Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive. They use these solutions on an ad hoc basis to meet temporary file sharing needs here and there. How often do you find that Dropbox has been installed on a customer's file server and then you inherit the messy data security issues that you have to clean up afterwards?
Losing file server data to a third-party service can also be problematic. And cloud services are replacing file servers that used to be managed under management contracts, so MSPs can earn less revenue. It's a lose-lose situation - customers lose data security, while MSPs lose ownership of data to Dropbox or other online file-sharing solutions.
Dropbox and OneDrive sync files to a local device. In a team folder environment, the shared folder might be too large to fit on a small laptop hard drive. Also, if syncing with multiple team members is required, excessive network traffic may slow everyone down. You need something like caching on demand, drive mapping, file locking and access rights management for permission control. Basically, you need less synchronization, but more security and control.
Neither Dropbox, OneDrive nor Box can tell you exactly where your data is. Sometimes you need to store your data in a specific location to comply with local regulations. For example, if you can leverage storage services from regional data centers such as local file servers, Amazon S3, or Azure Blob services from local/national data centers to build a local file sharing brand in Switzerland to meet European GDPR regulations, you will be competing strongly with solutions from abroad.
Microsoft and Dropbox are strong brands. But the stronger the brand, the less trust customers have when they need to contact the big brands' customer support for missing files or other reasons. Customers have more trust in MSPs because they are always available to solve problems. Even though Dropbox and OneDrive are easy to set up and use. But in tough times, it can be difficult to get customer support. As an MSP, you are looking for an alternative white-label file sharing solution that you have full control over.
You offer software or services to your customers and see the need for a cloud storage and file sharing backend to increase the value you can provide to your customers. You can build the file sharing solution yourself using Amazon S3 or Azure Blob as the backend storage service. However, when it comes to the front-end agents, including web browser, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, you need to make significant investments to develop them. It's better to buy a white-label file sharing solution that you can integrate with your service.
MSPs are looking for an "alternative to Dropbox" or NextCloud and are looking for a white-label solution to add to their cloud solution portfolio. A key requirement for this search is that they are MSP and channel friendly. MSPs need operational efficiencies and the type of management interface you like is called "single-pane-of-glass," meaning you can manage all digital assets from a web browser view. CentreStack specifically offers multi-tenancy and white-labeling capabilities, including white-labeling of iOS and Android apps.
CentreStack focuses on selling through MSP partners.
You can easily rebrand the product name, user interfaces, and even the mobile clients.
CentreStack integrates natively with an MSP's existing infrastructure, including on-premises file servers, hosted file servers, and Amazon or Azure data centers.
The solution is multi-tenant ready with a single pane of glass to manage multi-tenant assets from file shares and users to storage consumption.
The CentreStack team works closely with partners. Product updates are provided on a weekly basis.
Channel Friendly MSP Solution
A white label solution that extends your storage services with an iPhone and Android app, a web browser interface, a mapped Windows drive, and a Mac Finder volume so you have a local brand, a local solution, and a local story for your loyal local customers.
Combines on-site file servers with MSP's cloud services for secure remote access without VPN.
From the URL to the web browser to mobile apps, many elements of UI are brandable to turn the solution into your own brand.
Leverages MSP's own cloud storage service for secure mobile file sharing via a web browser or mobile apps.
You can use an on-premises file server, Amazon S3, Azure Blob, or Wasabi to build a multi-tenant file sharing solution.
CentreStack is a multi-tenant, revenue-generating white-label file sharing service for service providers. Enterprises can also use CentreStack to turn on-premises file servers directly into file-sharing services for remote sharing and mobile access. Companies from Canada, Europe, Australia and other countries can use CentreStack to ensure that data stays in their country by hosting the file-sharing service themselves.
CentreStack gives you the power to stay in control by becoming your customers' cloud provider. Install the CentreStack package on an Amazon EC2 server and configure it with Amazon S3 storage to create a multi-tenant, self-hosted file sharing platform in Amazon data centers with your branding. You can probably do this for free with an existing Amazon account. You can deploy the same in a Microsoft Azure data center with Azure Compute instances and Azure Blob Storage. If you are outside the United States, you can also deploy CentreStack in any data center of your choice. If you are an MSP with on-site data centers and facilities, you can deploy CentreStack in an on-site data center as a Dropbox-like private file sharing solution for your customers.
After deploying CentreStack Server, you can install agents on customers' file servers to synchronize existing file shares, users and permissions with the cloud. Users can continue to use the existing shares until the migration is complete. Once the migration is complete, the file server can be retained as an on-premises gateway or decommissioned to create a cloud-only platform for file access and collaboration. The process is so seamless that users typically require no downtime and minimal training.
You still retain ownership of managed file server data while helping your customers with a managed file synchronization and sharing solution.
You can store your customers' data in locations that comply with regional data protection regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, or EU Safe Harbor.
It's easier to serve your customers when you know exactly where their data is. When troubleshooting, you can always retrieve the files.
With features like file server migration to the cloud, on-demand sync, or endpoint encryption, it's a file server-friendly solution that takes care of big data, access control, and low-capacity remote devices.
With drive mapping, file locking and Active Directory integration for permissions control, all elements of the user interface are already familiar to customers without the need for extra training to keep disruption to a minimum.
Whether it's data from local file servers or Amazon S3 or Azure Blob, CentreStack is storage agnostic and provides storage connectors so users can access their data from remote locations with mobile capabilities.
"Simple cloud migration - The cloud migration process is simple and tailored to clients' needs. We can take the time to migrate individual users to the cloud over days or weeks rather than requiring everything to be done in one night. What kills in a data migration is rushing through it and with CentreStack we can take our time."
CentreStack eliminates the common drawbacks of remote file server access and online folder sharing solutions and provides the best of both worlds – the security and control of local file servers combined with the efficiency and productivity gains of online folder sharing and file sharing over the Internet.
CentreStack integrates with Office 365 for web-based co-editing and co-authoring for files inside the shared folder.
Use Outlook integration to share large folder or files as web links via email.
Convert shared files and shared folders into web links for direct access over web browsers.
Access shared files and shared folders from mobile devices such as from iPhone or Android phone.
Define different permissions for folders at different levels of the directory structure or inherit from NTFS permissions directly.
Web based secure data room allows view-only access to shared folders with download disabled.
From internal Active Directory users to external clients and partners, you can define user rights for folder sharing.
Shared folders are put under version control and notifications are available for users subscribed to the folders.
CentreStack has a self-hosted version and an online version. Both support white-label branding to make the solution your own. The self-hosted version of CentreStack is storage agnostic, so you can decide which local storage service you want to use as the backend data store for the file-sharing solution. With both on-premise and online setup, you can map drives, lock files, manage access rights and integrate Active Directory. CentreStack is a flexible file sharing solution for you!
Businesses find themselves having to purchase new file servers every few years. These capital expenditures can be eliminated by migrating file shares to the cloud with CentreStack. Users can continue to work on the existing file shares without disruption and the file server can be retired once the migration is completed.
Simplify remote access and file sharing with familiar interfaces on any computer or device. Windows and Mac desktops display natively mapped drives in Explorer and Finder. That same experience is presented on iOS and Android devices like iPads, iPhones and Pixels or can be viewed from popular web browsers like Chrome and Firefox.
Easily collaborate with business partners by providing them with access to a limited set of internal files or folders. Share files with non-AD users while maintaining administrative controls. Simplify multi-site collaboration with automatic version controls and file locking.
Eliminate the overhead and support tickets commonly associated with VPN file sharing, Always On VPN or Direct Access. Automatically use existing users and permissions to save setup time and money. Having a always-on mapped drive helps end-user experience too.
Eliminate the need to manage servers on-premises by retiring them to the cloud. Centrally manage users, access controls, and storage for each tenant. Easily keep track of where the data is, who has access and how it’s being shared.
For complete control and visibility, granular permissions can be managed from the file server that was their source, or natively with CentreStack. If the file server is retired, CentreStack becomes the new permissions master.
Centrally manage users, access controls, and storage for each tenant. Easily keep track of where the data is, who has access and how it’s being shared. Admins can perform audits of GDPR and HIPAA compliance or keep track of any changes that have been made to individual files.
Provide an always-on mapped drive that works anywhere on any device and allows mobile users to easily access internal file shares or cloud file servers. Web browser based file access and mobile applications on iOS and Android devices also helps the mobility and productivity.
Data protection leverages military grade encryption to secure connections and to protect data at rest. Automatically use existing users and permissions to save setup time and money.
For the remotely mapped drive, on-demand access and synchronization is there by default to reduce bandwidth usage and endpoint storage consumption. At the same time, cache encryption provides end-point protection.
CentreStack provides a white labeled platform that makes it easy for MSP partners to build a private cloud file server solution based on infrastructure from Amazon, Azure or Google Cloud.
For data privacy, security and control, CentreStack provides a better alternative to Dropbox and SharePoint using any private cloud or by mobilizing existing on-premise file servers with existing IT infrastructure.
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