Hosting Comparison

The DCM, as an on-premise solution for TUXGUARD DEVICE SECURITY management, allows you as a reseller to host it wherever you like. There are two main scenarios for hosting:

• DCM hosted inside the infrastructure of your customer (customer in-house)
• DCM hosted inside your infrastructure (outside of the customer's infrastructure)

Both scenarios have advantages and disadvantages, outlined in the following table.

Issue	Hosted inside Reseller's infrastructure	Hosted inside Customer's infrastructure
Device management of the customer	If the resellers allows, the customer is able to manage his own instances. This can be done via user & group settings. A full control over the DCM is not possible for the customer.	If the resellers allows, the customer is able to manage his own instances. This can be done via user & group settings. A full control over the DCM is possible for the customer if the admin account is handed over.
Device management of the reseller	Reseller can manage all instances via his own DCM.	Reseller can manage instances via accessing customer's DCM.
Location of usage data	Usage data is stored at Reseller's DCM.	Usage data is stored at Customer's DCM.
DEVICE SECURITY Updates	Instances will update themselves from Reseller's DCM. This will not save external network traffic.	Instances can update themselves from Customer's DCM. This will can save external network traffic.
Management of multiple customers	The reseller can manage multiple customers with only one hosted DCM	The reseller cannot manage multiple customers with only one DCM. He has to access each DCM one by one.