Resources

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Moving Large Volumes of Small Files at Accelerated Speeds

Summary When using FTP to send large directories the setup and teardown for each individual file that it ends up taking several hours to copy a directory containing several thousand files. In this webinar, FileCatalyst’s Co-Founder and CEO Chris Bailey explains how FileCatalyst can address the issues surrounding transferring large volumes of small files at accelerated speeds....
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Making The Transition from FTP to FileCatalyst

Summary Sometimes, it can be difficult for an enterprise to make organization-wide changes that will impact business-critical tasks. When using traditional file transfer technologies, such as FTP or HTTP, making the transition to a file transfer acceleration solution such as FileCatalyst can bring significant benefits and greatly boost productivity and efficiency. What & How ...
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FileCatalyst vs. FTP – Compare File Transfer Speeds

Summary TCP, the foundation of the internet, has been in use since the 1970s. But as the files we transfer has exploded in size since the invention of TCP, it is no longer a feasible means of efficiently sending these large files across the WAN. The serial nature of TCP means that time is wasted waiting on acknowledgments instead of sending data. The alternative protocol, UDP...
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FileCatalyst for C++ Developers

Summary This webinar, presented by FileCatalyst’s President and CEO, John Tkaczewski, shows viewers how to leverage the FileCatalyst C++ API to add file transfer acceleration directly into a workflow. The webinar covers the features of the C++ API, the requirements, how to get started with using the API, and a demo on building a visual C++ fast file transfer application. ...
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FileCatalyst for Java Developers

Summary FileCatalyst Co-Founder and President, John Tkaczewski, presents viewers with an in-depth look at FileCatalyst from a developer’s perspective. This webinar provides an overview of how to build a fully functional file transfer application using the FileCatalyst Client Java API and NetBeans. What & How The Development Kit is the foundation of our products; if you own...
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Remote Data Replication for disaster recovery

Summary When working across global networks, getting files from office to another across continental distances can be a very slow, and costly task to accomplish. Whether making off-site disaster recovery backups, mirroring data across multiple offices, FTP limits the possibilities of creating global content distribution networks. What & How In this webinar FileCatalyst Co...
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Overcoming the Limits of Email Attachments with FileCatalyst

Summary We all use email on a daily basis; millions are sent every minute, making it “the way” we communicate at work. As handy as emails are, they still have limitations that hold back their content sharing potential. One critical setback is the strict size limitations placed on attachments, at a mere 25 MB. In this webinar, FileCatalyst’s Co-Founder and President, John...
Blog

The GDPR is Coming… What’s it Mean to You?

There is a new wave of regulation coming in the form of the European Union Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR). These provisions and regulations have been in development over the last four years, and starting May 25th, 2018; it will begin to be enforced. After that date, substantial fines will be imposed on those who don’t comply with new regulations. Before we dive into what...
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Uploading Files Into Azure Blob Storage at Multi-Gigabit Speeds

Moving data into cloud storage can present a number of challenges for organizations across all industries. Some of these challenges include finding a tool that can simplify the process and a solution that can move the data to the cloud as fast as possible. This blog will examine two methods used to transfer files into Microsoft Azure Blob storage: using Microsoft’s tool AzCopy...
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A Reflection on NAB: Media Industry Trends, Challenges and How the Industry is Responding

Image After getting back from the NAB show this year, I have been thinking about some of the media industry trends that present changes, as well as the opportunities. The industry as a whole has been in a state of change: the content itself is rapidly becoming larger, workflows are changing and becoming more dispersed, the way we...
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TransferAgent Brings the Power of Filecatalyst to the Simplicity of a Web Browser

I just finished watching a webinar our president, John Tkaczewski, gave on the new version 4.9.9 of FileCatalyst Workflow and it was a great learning experience. He gave an in-depth overview of TransferAgent and outlined its features past and new. It was really interesting stuff, so I thought I would write a blog article that outlines some of these new features. Consider this a...
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SSL and file transfers, the marriage of all marriages

The support team here at FileCatalyst team polled our customers who are using FileCatalyst Central v3.6 and asked what type of improvements they would like to see in our next release of Central. Security was a topic of interest to our customers, and they were asking us about the things we are doing in terms of security. With this in mind, we have taken steps with SSL that has...
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Moving Big Data in the Oil & Gas Industry

Did you know it takes over $100 million to drill a deep-water well? Holding true to the cliched phrase oil and gas companies know all too well: it takes money to make money. The deep digging associated with the oil and gas industry requires equally deep pockets. When it comes to making the big business decisions required in the oil and gas industry, major companies like Shell,...
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How To: Change Emulation Mode in Internet Explorer to Load TransferAgent Properly

Any FileCatalyst application that previously used embedded Java applets in a browser has a migration path to FileCatalyst TransferAgent. Moving forward with this solution, we have been able to bring functionality of this product Google Chrome v42 and newer. Firefox v40 and newer. Internet Explorer v10 and newer. In Internet Explorer, users have found that the...
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Bringing content to life with Aframe

If you’ve ever tried to send a large video file, you know what a time consuming process it can be. For the production pros using Aframe – the world’s most powerful video collaboration platform – they need to transfer thousands of videos every day. Imagine how long this would take using standard FTP. Image Image ...
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Picking up right where we left off with the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

Over the years, we have had the privilege of working with many customers and partners who have benefited from the FileCatalyst technology and this year, that privilege continues. Once again, NBC Sports and FileCatalyst join forces to deliver seamless coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. During the Games, NBC Olympics will utilize FileCatalyst technology to move data over a...
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Teleportation, time travel and covered wagons

After the death of Leanord Nimoy this year, I found myself cruising the internet reading about him, about Star Trek, about sci-fi in general. I came across an article about teleportation that really caught my interest. This article pointed out that researchers had worked out how many bits of information were stored in a human being. It was an astounding 2.6 Tredecillion bits ...
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An introduction to data gravity

A couple of months ago, our President and Co-Founder John Tkaczewski had the honour of presenting an introduction to data gravity at the NAB virtual conference. While the concept of data gravity has been around for a few years, it isn’t talked about very often, especially in relation to our business – file transfer. Coined in 2010 by Dave McCrory, the basic concept of...
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FileCatalyst: What does it do (part 3)

Think of the internet as garden hose. Now let’s say that this hose has a kink and the amount of water flowing through the hose is constricted. By bringing in acceleration technology, the kink is removed and now the flow can be as much as the hose can take. The diameter of the hose will be your bandwidth, the higher the diameter the more data we can push, but we can’t push...
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The effect of digital technology adoption in the oil and gas industry

A recent article by CIO UK points out how digital technology is rising exponentially in the oil and gas sector. From seismic imaging to e-learning, 80% of senior executives in the industry believe digital advancements have revolutionized how they work. The remaining 20% believe digital technology has had a tangible impact. No matter who you ask, it’s evident the adoption is...