When Carles Anton G\u00fcell joined Papernest as an IT manager more than a year ago, the company \u2014 which relies on a mix of Windows, Linux, and Mac machines \u2014 was using several different solutions to manage devices and identities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time, half of the company was using Active Directory, and Papernest didn\u2019t have any mobile device management solutions in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m in charge of all of the IT in the company,\u201d Carles says. \u201cWe were not really managing the computers because we didn\u2019t have the right tools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just like Papernest helps customers manage all of their subscriptions in one place, the company was looking for a solution that would bring the same centralized control and convenience to IT management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As someone whose personal network is full of fellow IT folk, Carles was familiar with JumpCloud because his friends had been talking about it and singing its praises. Since Carles knew the platform\u2019s capabilities \u2014 which matched Papernest\u2019s requirements \u2014 he presented the product to the management team as the solution to their needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was pushing for JumpCloud,\u201d he says. \u201cTo have everything in a single place is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After pitching JumpCloud as an identity<\/a> and mobile device management<\/a> solution to his manager and CTO, Papernest opted to test the waters with a free trial<\/a>, provisioning 10 accounts to manage through the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou can try all the features,\u201d Carles says. \u201cIt\u2019s awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liking their free trial experience, the Papernest team decided to move forward with a full deployment. To ensure a smooth rollout, Papernest joined forces with JumpCloud partner Devoteam<\/a>, an IT consultancy with offices across EMEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Above all else, Carles is most impressed by the fact that JumpCloud has enabled the team to centralize device and identity and access management. Thanks to JumpCloud, day-to-day life for the IT team is easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe can manage everything globally from a single place \u2014 not every MDM solution is able to manage a Linux system,\u201d he says. \u201cNow, we are deploying everything on JumpCloud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With JumpCloud, the Papernest team has also been able to strengthen its security posture. Carles and his team have pushed out policies<\/a> onto each device and now have much better control over identities and access. They\u2019re also using JumpCloud\u2019s Cloud RADIUS<\/a> solution to centralize authentication to WiFi networks at their offices, further strengthening their systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On top of this, Papernest is using JumpCloud Go\u2122<\/a> and Password Manager<\/a> \u2014 which enables users to store credentials locally on devices \u2014 to shore up security even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before JumpCloud, access was partly managed by hand. Whenever an employee needed access to most of the SaaS services Papernest uses, someone on the IT team would have to manually configure it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With JumpCloud, those sorts of headaches are disappearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a fairly manual process before,\u201d Carles explains. \u201cNow, we\u2019ve built some automation into it, and we\u2019re continuing to integrate all the apps we are managing. Soon, we will have the onboarding and offboarding fully automated. I\u2019m so excited.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To set new hires up for success, the Papernest team sits down with each of them for 10 minutes and explains what JumpCloud is, how it works, and how it makes their lives easier \u2014 smoothing out the onboarding process even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each quarter, Carles looks forward to JumpCloud\u2019s product roadmap webinars that highlight upcoming features the team is building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m always there to see the news of the product,\u201d Carles says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In JumpCloud, the Papernest team has found a product that solves their most pressing IT needs and continues to deliver features that make IT management even easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
JumpCloud changes the way IT administrators manage their organizations by providing a comprehensive and flexible cloud directory platform. From one pane of glass, manage user identities and resource access, secure Mac, Windows, and Linux devices, and get a full view of your environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To see the power of JumpCloud, request a demo<\/a> or start a 30-day trial today<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"