The Latest News from the GFI Cloud Team

Jackie Wake, product marketing manager for GFI Cloud, is back with exciting news about more features in the latest version released today.

Q: Tell us about the latest release of GFI Cloud?

Today’s release launches a new area in GFI Cloud for reports.  From the same centralized console accessible at www.gficloud.com, IT administrators can now generate reports for GFI Cloud’s services for antivirus, patch management and asset tracking.

Q: What reports are included?

These are the reports that have been most requested by our customer base; they enable IT admins to:

• See at a glance the current status of antivirus protection in their business and show the value of the service being delivered by IT.

• Easily spot and analyze trends in antivirus threats to their network, such as the top threats detected or computers which are at most risk; so they can take preventative actions and improve security.

• Spot and analyze trends in missing patches, so they can take action and address areas where they are particularly vulnerable.

• Generate a detailed inventory list to know what is on their network, with easy reference to key asset information, such as IP and MAC addresses.  Identifying devices with outdated operating systems is as simple as running a report with GFI Cloud.

Q: Why do I need reports in GFI Cloud?

If done well, much of the work of a smooth-running IT department can be invisible to the business; as far as they can see their environment ‘has no problems that need fixing’.  Instead of feeling fantastic about the health and performance of their environment questions, the value IT is providing to the business could be questioned.

Reporting in GFI Cloud is useful to the IT department, in terms of better decision-making, and to the company because it can provide insight, in a structured and digestible format, on the work IT does.  In no time, management can start to recognize that ‘everything working’ and ‘staff being consistently productive’ is a result of the IT department’s true value and work – and use of technology.

You can now report on the activities and state of the servers, workstations and laptops you manage, if you work from the office, from home or even in a remote location.

With quick and easy access to key reports for antivirus, patch management and asset tracking, you have the management information you need to help improve network security, run IT more efficiently and effectively and, why not, get some well-deserved kudos for you and your team.

Q: Any other reports planned?

Yes – this is just the beginning… There has been a strong demand by our subscriber base that GFI Cloud gives them the ability to generate reports. We will be adding more reports to each new release of GFI Cloud, and as we continue to understand what reports are of most value to our customers and their organization.

We are delivering the top reports requested by customers in this release and will add even more on a regular basis, in small batches.

Customers can tell us what reports they’d like to see in GFI Cloud by giving us feedback directly using the Feedback button on the upper right section in the GFI cloud web console.

Q: Anything else of note in this release?

Yes. Monitoring in GFI Cloud is enhanced with the addition of a new event log check detecting and alerting on conditions set by you.  Highly configurable, this enables you to monitor and manage the health of key business applications, to keep them running efficiently.

We’ve also made the installation of GFI Cloud’s Antivirus even simpler and cleaner, with a smoother transition when a pre-installed AV is removed. We’ve made it quicker and easier to deploy the GFI Cloud agent with proxy details as part of the MSI installer.

Q: Where can I check it out?

You can start a free 30-day trial of GFI Cloud today and see for yourself how easy it is to manage your company’s IT, with one place to monitor and protect your IT network, wherever you are.  Watch our short video for a round-up of some of the great features added to GFI Cloud this year.

Do you want to learn more about this product? Visit our website to find how GFI Cloud simplifies IT management with one centralized view of antivirus, workstation and server monitoring, patch management and asset tracking across all your servers, PCs and laptops on the move!