FILECATALYST BLOG
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 [...]
How to Update the Remote Admin JAR files in FileCatalyst Central
Something that FileCatalyst has been seeing a fair amount this month is concerning the expiration of the Java Applet Certificates. FileCatalyst uses code signed Java Applet Certificates as part of their security to ensure that they won't be [...]
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 [...]
New ‘About FileCatalyst’ functionality
Overview Additional functionality has been added to our 'About FileCatalyst' dialog in the Direct suite of products. Environment FileCatalyst Direct 3.6 + [kad_youtube url="https://youtu.be/jBGCBd1HABM"] What's New When accessing the About FileCatalyst dialog via the Help button [...]
Emerging trends and highlights from IBC 2016
And that’s a wrap! IBC 2016 was certainly a whirlwind of success for the FileCatalyst Team. We arrived in Amsterdam mere weeks after the summer Games in Rio, where FileCatalyst’s accelerated file transfer solutions were [...]
Sneak-peek with FileCatalyst at IBC 2016
FileCatalyst's Chris Bailey gives a sneak-peek update on FileCatalyst's attendance at IBC 2016. Watch the video for the full scoop.
The countdown to IBC 2016
Summer has flown by and it’s almost that time of the year when tech, media and broadcast professionals flock to Amsterdam for IBC – the largest European broadcast tradeshow.
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 [...]
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 – [...]
Are you ready for Rio? Five things you need to know about Olympic file transfer
There’s less than six weeks left before the Opening Ceremony in Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil for the XXXI Olympiad and, needless to say, things have been pretty busy around the FileCatalyst office. Once again, NBC [...]
Expo Cine Video Television: Your chance to chat with FileCatalyst partner NetBrains
Media and advertising professionals will gather in Mexico City June 27-30 for Telemundo’s Expo Cine Video Television – an international expo connecting key industry players to game-changing production services, web technology services and software.If you [...]