Using a Managed Service Provider (MSP) allows businesses to offload IT management tasks, ensuring efficient, reliable, and secure technology operations. MSPs offer cybersecurity and cloud computing expertise, reducing the burden on internal teams. This approach improves system performance, minimises downtime, and enables companies to focus on core functions, promoting cost-effectiveness and scalability.

SFTP is fully encrypted and secure, while FTPS adds an encryption layer through SSL or TLS. SFTP is compatible with firewalls, but it cannot be used for logging because its data transmissions are in binary format. The FTPS file transmissions are many times faster than SFTP.

There are three types of backup, Full, Incremental, and Differential. Each uses different amounts of storage, has separate backup and restore times, and varies in cost.