FILECATALYST BLOG
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, [...]
Mapping the Human Genome: an Influx of Data That Needs to be Managed
Over the last 30 years, the human genome is the lock that scientists have been trying to pick in order to understand why certain demographics are more prone to diseases, and others aren’t. In this [...]
Using FileCatalyst to Remedy Healthcare IT Issues
When it comes to healthcare, file transfers aren’t something to be left to Dropbox or FTP email attachments. The requirements are many; files must remain confidential, visible, and secure - every time. Achieving this is [...]
Globus Toolkit to End Support after 20 Years
The Globus Toolkit has been an open source project since its inception, allowing the community to provide enhancements that have made it what it is today. But after a nearly 20-year run as what many [...]
From the Magnetic Drum to the Cloud – A Brief History of Data Storage
In my earlier blog post, “A Day In Data: How Much Data We Generate and Consume in a Day” I examined the common data-related tasks and the amounts of data these tasks generate and consume [...]
How to Achieve Fast Uploads to Cloud Storage
We see a lot of confusion among IT professionals about the pros/cons of cloud-based object storage like Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure Blob. There tends to be a general lack of awareness regarding the smaller [...]
A Day In Data: How Much Data We Generate and Consume in a Day
I‘ve been thinking about the amount of data created and consumed in a single day, and it got me curious to look into the figures. I found the results very interesting - so I thought [...]
The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) & The Mind Blowing Big Data It Will Produce
I’ve been looking into projects that are generating large amounts of data or big data in other words, and one project I came across that really peaked my interest was the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
FileCatalyst Goes Back To School
Intro: My name is Kevin Arrieta, and I am completing my grade 12 year at Canterbury High School. This semester I am required to complete a co-op placement, which I am doing with FileCatalyst. Through [...]
What is an MFT Solution, and Does Your Organization Need One?
Whether your organization is in healthcare, government, technology or media, information is inevitably going to move around it. In some situations, your data may have to leave the secure boundaries of your organization to make [...]
A Reflection on NAB: Media Industry Trends, Challenges and How the Industry is Responding
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 [...]
Caringo and FileCatalyst are Teaming Up for a Webinar
[prisna-wp-translate-show-hide behavior="show"][/prisna-wp-translate-show-hide] There are a number of different options to choose from when it comes to managing and storing your organization’s data. With so many storage solutions available to choose from, it can become difficult [...]
The Polls Have Spoken: Legacy Tech is Getting Left Behind as Enterprises Increasingly Embrace the Cloud
After doing some research, I have found some survey results that shed light on the way enterprises feel about cloud migration. Polls are indicating that enterprises are increasingly embracing cloud migration. In fact, enterprise companies [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Yet another web browser (Firefox) drops support for Java
In early 2015, Mozilla (Firefox) as well as Chromium (Chrome) announced their plans to remove regular and extended support of NPAPI Plugins which is required to run JAVA Applets in the web browser. This piece [...]
FileCatalyst Video Preview: A new feature from FileCatalyst
Do you send a lot of video content with FileCatalyst Workflow? Want to provide them with a preview of the video file they received? We have a solution for you! In the latest version of FileCatalyst [...]
How big is a video file?
1080p, 4K, 8K… With so many video resolutions and formats, it gets difficult to determine how to move large video files. When dealing with video files, it’s safe to say you’re dealing with big files [...]