AHEAD vs. Blackpoint CompassOne

They are easily our go to company for anything revolving around VMware suite, whether that is infrastructure related, automation related, or monitoring related. It's a no brainier to get their assistance with a lot of tasks as they can competently implement complex designs. Also on the storage architecture side they are great. I'm sure there is much more but for my team we mainly leverage them in these areas.

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We love BP. We recommend it all the time to both clients and colleagues. The value for smb is very good.

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• The provided pre-req documentation was thorough and well thought out, making it easy to jump into the project.
• The design session to gather our requirements was very helpful, Sovereign's familiarity with the vRealize product line along with diagramming our desired layout confirmed our decision to bring in assistance with the project.
• When we ran into some issues with Sovereign's custom code their development team was on top of it and solved the issue in a matter of a few days.

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• Office 365 and Google workspace security ang login monitoring.
• End point monitoring.
• Live experienced SOC oversight of issues reported.
• Fast, helpful customer focused support.

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• Coordination of product orders with the vendor although I think the vendor is the bigger issue. Insuring delivery time frames are met is of great importance with these kinds of projects.
• Communication between scheduled project meetings. There could be more contact between meetings.
• Provide a customer portal for project tracking.

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• The new compass one interface takes some adjustment but that's a me problem.
• Ability to push to Macs and PCs using RMM could be improved. Works, but the Macs especially need help.

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It's good; still just adjusting to Compass One. Not Blackpoints ' fault. I appreciate the recent adjustments to options and prices. No longer a 5-seat minimum. And multiple levels of services for different clients.

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I would not call it training, rather would call it knowledge transfer.

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Having extensive pre-implementaton dialogue really made the process much smoother. We had most of our bases covered and were ready for the equipment installation/implementation, except for the previously mentioned network configuration issues that arose.

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Blackpoint is simply a better choice for SMB, easier to manage and implement.

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• We make a little revenue but the best advantage is the 24x7 monitoring.
• It checks a valuable MDR box.

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