MSP - Analytics | Security | Cloud
As cloud computing gained momentum and started impacting every day activities with very very very large data involved, analytics became an important aspect of every business. As Managed Service provider cloud data analytics will be the key to future success of business. Cloud and big data are currently being a perfect fit which is where Managed Service Provider are in great position to learn how to create a single cloud data analytics solution / service deliver platform that fits all the customers and their needs.
As data is revolutionizing handling its complexity and size along with scaling it seemed to be a great fit for MSP that can be offered to their customers. The negative impact that cloud applications tend to present can be addressed through advanced analytics. Providing analytical tools will find better ways for the clients to address their pain points and concerns they were experiencing.
Security Analytics is another area where MSP's should focus on where majority of outcomes are entirely predictable and manageable if there is a proper tool designed which can identify risk at the earliest possible stage. We tend to focus on risk when it is high and advertised heavily or its already a reality where its too late to check. The Indicators of compromise are not properly correlated, interdependencies are not monitored or not identified in an evident way. This is where Analytics (diagnostic, predictive, perceptive) is a great solution to help identify risk at the earliest before there is a big loss. Building models based on supervised dataset or machine learning techniques and through other many techniques that can be applied based on the derived data will help to keep ahead on identifying risk at the earliest which is a great value add that MSP can provide these to customers. The key points to note are to prevent things before it can happen, reducing the risk, reducing the loss etc. These are not difficult things to achieve as technology is readily available and cost effective too through MSP's.
As the industry is radically changing with internet of things, the communication will happen on every aspect of electronic devices which will be networked and brought together. This is going to introduce even a bigger challenge where the complexity of handling disparate data sets of different sizes with different information that is produced will encourage MSP's to additionally put efforts on Analytics in a all new ball game. This could not necessarily be on a specific domain as it could combine manufacturing, auto, finance, healthcare and many more as we can imagine on the information that can be produced. Devices talking to each other, collaborating directly can be achieved easily, creating a practice around managing that when these belong to different sets is inevitably is challenging where MSP's can reap benefits.
Building intelligence among all aspects means even more data is produced, all these are overloaded which is where Advanced analytics will have a crucial role to play cutting these challenges. By mastering the cloud | security | data analytics MSP's can reap benefits down the road if not, few are already seeing those benefits where we are seeing already revolutionized data "word".
