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+1 978.399.4733 | [email protected] | WWW.CLOUDFASTPATH.COM Cloud FastPath: Case Study Turn-Key Migration To The Cloud for Small Business A Seamless File Transfer That Doesn’t Disrupt When Marc Therrien opened his Seattle real estate appraisal firm, The Therrien Company Inc, over two decades ago, he did what every small business owner did back then — he purchased a file server to store his company data locally. This solution served him well, until ten years and many successful deals later, when he found himself faced with the reality that the server was nearing the end of its life during a very busy period for the company. His immediate thought was, “My specialty is real estate! I don’t want to tinker with IT stuff!” Luckily, Marc had some good connections. His go-to IT guy, when confronted with this quandary, asked “Why don’t you use Citrix ShareFile?” He explained that with this option, he would have peace of mind to know that his sensitive data would be safely backed up and be accessible on equipment that’s current and continuously maintained. Marc evaluated his options. He could incur the costs of a new server and pay an IT person $150-$180 per hour at unpredictable intervals to manage it, OR he could find a convenient one-stop shop to handle the migration and the maintenance of his company data to ShareFile. With the latter option, he’d also benefit from the predictability of a flat monthly fee. This option ultimately made the most sense, and provided him with the most peace of mind. Upon contacting Citrix, it was determined that moving 200 GB of data would be a significant task. That’s an entire 10 years of company history in the form of critical PDFs, JPEGs, Word and Excel documents! No one wanted to risk messing that up. Thus, the suggestion was made to use Cloud FastPath, the first fully automated SaaS solution for moving files and data from on-premise to cloud, or from cloud to cloud, in a simple, fast, secure way.. Cloud FastPath: Mitigating Risks in Data Migration Citrix introduced Marc to Justin from Tervela, the developer of Cloud FastPath, who oversaw the transfer of Marc’s files. Justin was able to pinpoint the expected risks related to the organization of the data after so many years. He then built a proactive plan to mitigate these risks and ease any concerns. The total transition time was one week, and Marc was pleased to have the ability to view the progress of the file transfer in ShareFile. As an added result, his Internet speed noticeably increased after the migration, due to the reduction in file transfers related to backups and other activities! The ability to purchase both ShareFile and Cloud FastPath as one package made a transition that could have derailed the company’s productivity into something simple, convenient and effective. Furthermore, the relief of not having to purchase and configure a new server, then manually needing to handle the transfer of the company’s files, saved Marc and his employees many weeks worth of headaches and potential time. They were able to remain focused on what they do best: moving valuable real estate, instead of critical company data. Solution Architecture
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Cloud FastPath: Case Study Turn-Key Migration To The Cloud for Small Business
A Seamless File Transfer That Doesn’t Disrupt
When Marc Therrien opened his Seattle real estate appraisal firm, The Therrien Company Inc, over two decades ago, he did what every small business owner did back then — he purchased a file server to store his company data locally.
This solution served him well, until ten years and many successful deals later, when he found himself faced with the reality that the server was nearing the end of its life during a very busy period for the company. His immediate thought was, “My specialty is real estate! I don’t want to tinker with IT stuff!”
Luckily, Marc had some good connections. His go-to IT guy, when confronted with this quandary, asked “Why don’t you use Citrix ShareFile?” He explained that with this option, he would have peace of mind to know that his sensitive data would be safely backed up and be accessible on equipment that’s current and continuously maintained.
Marc evaluated his options. He could incur the costs of a new server and pay an IT person $150-$180 per hour at unpredictable intervals to manage it, OR he could find a convenient one-stop shop to handle the migration and the maintenance of his company data to ShareFile. With the latter option, he’d also benefit from the predictability of a flat monthly fee. This option ultimately made the most sense, and provided him with the most peace of mind.
Upon contacting Citrix, it was determined that moving 200 GB of data would be a significant task. That’s an entire 10 years of company history in the form of critical PDFs, JPEGs, Word and Excel documents! No one wanted to risk messing that up. Thus, the suggestion was made to use Cloud FastPath, the first fully automated SaaS solution for moving files and data from on-premise to cloud, or from cloud to cloud, in a simple, fast, secure way..
Cloud FastPath: Mitigating Risks in Data Migration Citrix introduced Marc to Justin from Tervela, the developer of Cloud FastPath, who oversaw the transfer of Marc’s files. Justin was able to pinpoint the expected risks related to the organization of the data after so many years. He then built a proactive plan to mitigate these risks and ease any concerns.
The total transition time was one week, and Marc was pleased to have the ability to view the progress of the file transfer in ShareFile. As an added result, his Internet speed noticeably increased after the migration, due to the reduction in file transfers related to backups and other activities!
The ability to purchase both ShareFile and Cloud FastPath as one package made a transition that could have derailed the company’s productivity into something simple, convenient and effective.
Furthermore, the relief of not having to purchase and configure a new server, then manually needing to handle the transfer of the company’s files, saved Marc and his employees many weeks worth of headaches and potential time. They were able to remain focused on what they do best: moving valuable real estate, instead of critical company data.
Solution Architecture
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How Cloud FastPath Migrated Therrien and Company’s Data Cloud FastPath is designed to be easy, making migrations to the cloud a breeze. After creating an account on the Cloud FastPath website, all that was needed were a few simple steps:
1. Download and install a software agent in local environments.
That’s a simple download to any remote worker’s laptop or local file storage.
2. Connect to ShareFile. Pre-configured settings for popular services make this as simple as connecting Cloud FastPath to your existing ShareFile account.
3. Select the files and schedule the migration. No data chunking, no moving everything to a single directory first – Cloud FastPath takes the data in its current form from where it resides today.
4. Sync, monitor and report. Cloud FastPath handles everything, no matter where it sits or what errors are encountered along the way. Sync features allow for easy error retry and delta capture.
Making File Migration Turn-Key With seven The Therrien Company full-time employees who relied on having data at their fingertips to remain productive, it was critical that the data transfer flowed smoothly without disrupting their day-to-day transfer of knowledge to property buyers and sellers.
Now, Marc is benefiting from the security and convenience of storing files in the cloud, without having to manage his own local file server. Cloud FastPath was the key to unlocking this new capability at The Therrien Company by making file migration simple, fast and secure.
“As a small business, the last thing I want to do is manage technology. Cloud FastPath is a solution that does just what it is supposed to do. Cloud FastPath and Citrix ShareFile were just
the combination I needed to save money and headaches.” – Marc Therrien, Therrien & Company
How Much Does Cloud FastPath Speed Up Data Migration?
