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Benefits of a Content Collaboration Platform

  Image   Once upon a time, an organization’s valuable content lived in file drawers with neat little tabbed folders. It also lived on top of desks and on desktops. It lived in saved emails, cloud storage services, and even was embedded in texts. When it was time to share that content however, finding it, working with it, and...
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4 Benefits of On-premises Enterprise File Sync and Sharing

  Image The value of mission-critical business documents can't be overstated — but lax or renegade employees or trading partners can put your sensitive data at risk with reckless storage or sharing practices. Luckily, knowing that your data hasn't been exposed is as easy as implementing a secure Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS)...
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How GoAnywhere MFT Can Help You Transition to the Cloud

  Image Doing business via the cloud is the new normal for many organizations, so it’s important to consider how you’ll manage the transition to the cloud when you’re ready to make the move – either entirely or simply for a few key business processes. Without a secure cloud file transfer solution in place, your valuable data could be...
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How Advanced Workflows Goes Beyond the Surface

  Image Imagine taking one of your monstrous, days-long tasks and condensing it into just a few clicks. With Advanced Workflows, you can do just that: set up a task once and let GoAnywhere MFT do the rest. The full scope of Advanced Workflows is vast; dive deep into this popular Project-builder that helps you automate and manipulate...
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Need a Cloud-Based MFT Environment? Try a Hybrid Cloud Setup

  Image Cloud integration is growing in popularity, but committing 100% to the cloud isn’t always practical or secure for organizations. If you’re in the market for cloud-based solutions, read our quick overview below. For a more comprehensive exploration of when to choose a hybrid cloud and how keep your data encrypted through and...
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Should You Get Extended Customer Support? FileCatalyst’s Top 3 Reasons Why It’s Worth It

Whether you are purchasing the next trending iPhone or a powerful fast file transfer solution, support is always a bonus feature that provides you a team in your back corner. This sense of security takes a weight off of your shoulders because you know that assistance will be there to alleviate the stress that comes with updates, crashes, and more. Support is undervalued...
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Netflix Series Black Mirror, Highlights Data Protection– 3 Reasons Why You Should Listen

For good or for bad, the popular NetFlix television show, Black Mirror has global audiences overwhelmed with the future possibilities for technology. The show’s creators appear to have sought out the most extreme plotlines around technological threats, leaving us with digital nightmares. While Black Mirror mainly tackles the negative aspects of the potential advancement in...
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CONMEBOL Uses FileCatalyst Direct to Administer Secure and Fast Media File Transfers

Ottawa, ON – FileCatalyst, an Emmy® award-winning pioneer in managed file transfers and a world-leading fast file transfer solution, has announced that CONMEBOL (The South American Football Confederation) have adopted FileCatalyst Direct’s technology to transfer their media content in a fast and reliable manner. The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL,...
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Filecatalyst Direct Popular with Russian Production Company | Solaris Promo Production

Ottawa, ON – FileCatalyst, an Emmy® award-winning pioneer in managed file transfers and a world-leading fast file transfer solutions, has announced today that Solaris Promo Production, have utilized FileCatalyst’s solutions to facilitate and enhance their remote production workflow. Solaris Promo Production is famously tied to the popular Russian reality television show, Dom...
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Ichthys Genomics Chooses FileCatalyst to Accelerate their File Transfer Speeds and Enhance Automation tasks

Ottawa, ON – FileCatalyst, an Emmy® award-winning pioneer in managed file transfers and a world leading accelerated file transfer solution, has announced that Ichthys Genomics has chosen to use FileCatalyst’s fast file transfer technology to accelerate and automate their file transfer workflows. Ichthys Genomics, a KST family company and subsidiary company of “Korea Science...
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Why You Should Never Use FTP to Transfer Cloud Files

  Image The cloud has become an increasingly popular topic among organizations in recent years. From sharing projects via cloud collaboration tools to exchanging files between a company and its trading partners using cloud storage buckets, cloud computing platforms like Microsoft Azure and AWS offer users a lot of flexibility over...
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9 Ways to Use GoAnywhere’s Cloud Connector Integrations

  Image There are many benefits to having a managed file transfer solution that supports built-in cloud integrations. From trading important files with business partners in Dropbox to automatically updating billing information in Salesforce from a central location, web app integrations in an MFT solution can simplify your critical...
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HelpSystems’ GoAnywhere Cloud Connectors for Salesforce, Dropbox, and More Are in High Demand for Secure Managed File Transfer

MINNEAPOLIS December 3, 2018 — Fortra announced today that its recently launched Cloud Connectors feature, an enhancement to its popular GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution, is gaining significant traction with customers. Cloud Connectors are out-of-the-box integrations that connect GoAnywhere with common business tools including Salesforce, SharePoint, Microsoft...
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High-Performance Computing (HPC) in Oil & Gas

When it comes to the digital oilfield, High-Performance Computing (HPC) is an asset to be relied upon. From upstream discovery and the mapping of ocean floors to production, optimization and design; powerful HPC systems are analyzing, interpreting and manipulating unfathomable amounts of data. FileCatalyst has been helping a number of natural resources companies accelerate...
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AI Across Industries – Where We Are, Where We’re Going

HAL 9000 might be closer, more useful and friendlier than we think. Artificial Intelligence (AI) might not be here in a fully realized form yet, but it’s already disrupting a lot of industries that we work in. As our customers discuss, question and evaluate the ways they can leverage AI to help streamline their workflows, I thought that I’d share some of the ways industry...
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IP-Based Workflows – The Paradigm is Shifting, are You on Board?

Since returning from IBC 2018, I have been thinking about IP-based workflows and the great discussions we had about this emerging trend at our booth. While IP-based workflows are seeing increased adoption and bringing new opportunities, there are also challenges ahead. IP-based workflows aren’t exactly new, but adoption has greatly increased in the media space as of late....
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Chris Speaks at IABM: How Far Can We Go With The Cloud?

This year was another successful IBC for FileCatalyst, and we thank everyone who visited us. Our booth was bustling with activity; from people asking questions about how our fast file transfer solutions can fit in their workflow to people engaged with our in-depth demos that walked them through the user experience firsthand. Big thanks to every attendee that stopped by our...
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Making Sense of the Numbers: Breaking Down Our Speed Chart

Image FileCatalyst World Speed ChartWhen we attend trade shows, like the IBC Show on the horizon, our FileCatalyst World Speed Chart always garners attention and starts conversations at our booth. The question people always ask about it is, “How?” And I can’t blame them. To take a file that would usually take five hours to transfer,...
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Introducing GoAnywhere MFT for AWS and Azure Cloud File Transfers

  Image Are you looking for a solution that automates the movement of files between your on-premises and cloud environments? As cloud computing platforms become more commonplace, organizations are starting to shift their file transfer processes from in-house tools and scripts to secure solutions that promote strong cybersecurity...
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There are Threats to FTP Servers, are You Mitigating Them?

I just finished reading an article by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee about the threats facing healthcare companies when it comes to FTP servers. I thought it would be a good idea to outline these threats, provide some thoughts, and outline some of the ways FileCatalyst addresses them. The State of FTP Servers The FBI has warned the healthcare sector that the File Transfer Protocol ...