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Open PGP and GoAnywhere MFT: What You Need to Know

By Heath Kath on Fri, 10/04/2019
  Image       Which Solution is Right for You? Open PGP vs. GoAnywhere MFT If you have sensitive files that need to get from point A to Point B securely, you may have considered utilizing Open PGP or a managed file transfer solution, like GoAnywhere MFT. Do you know which option is the best fit for your organization? What is...
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Should You Get Extended Customer Support? FileCatalyst’s Top 3 Reasons Why It’s Worth It

Tue, 10/01/2019
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

Thu, 09/19/2019
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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5 Benefits of PGP Decryption Using Managed File Transfer

By Heath Kath on Fri, 05/24/2019
  Image If your trading partners or vendors require you to PGP encrypt or decrypt the files you exchange, you may be on the search for an affordable, trust-worthy PGP software to implement in your organization. The software you’re looking for may also need to support more than basic PGP decrypt and encrypt functionality. You may want...
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How to Encrypt Files in Linux

By Heath Kath on Thu, 05/16/2019
  Image If your organization uses Linux operating systems to run key business processes, it’s important to implement tried-and-tested Linux security practices that support critical files as they transfer from one system to another. One requirement that pops up frequently for Linux users is file encryption. Linux files need to be...
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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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High-Performance Computing (HPC) in Oil & Gas

Tue, 11/13/2018
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

Thu, 10/18/2018
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?

Tue, 10/16/2018
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?

Wed, 09/26/2018
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

Thu, 09/06/2018
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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There are Threats to FTP Servers, are You Mitigating Them?

Fri, 08/10/2018
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 ...
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Using FileCatalyst to Remedy Healthcare IT Issues

Thu, 07/19/2018
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 becoming ever more challenging as the sheer size and volume of file transfers grow with every year. I came across an interesting article titled “7 File Transfer...
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Globus Toolkit to End Support after 20 Years

Fri, 07/06/2018
  Image 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 see as the benchmark of grid computing, the Globus team at the University of Chicago will no longer support the Globus Toolkit. ...
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From the Magnetic Drum to the Cloud - A Brief History of Data Storage

Tue, 06/19/2018
Image 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 in a day. When I finished my research, I was blown away by some of the figures I found. Did you know that 2.9 million emails are sent every...
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How to Achieve Fast Uploads to Cloud Storage

Mon, 06/11/2018
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 players, like Backblaze B2 and Wasabi for instance, and their benefits. The most confusion, however, revolves around migrating data to these various cloud storage solutions...
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A Day In Data: How Much Data We Generate and Consume in a Day

Fri, 06/01/2018
Image 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 I would make an infographic to visualize my findings. I decided to focus on the more personal, everyday tasks most people perform in a day, such as...
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GoAnywhere MFT Not Affected by EFAIL Vulnerabilities

By Brian Pick on Wed, 05/16/2018
  Image Ashland, NE, May 16, 2018 In light of the recent Open PGP & S/MIME warning (EFAIL), GoAnywhere has performed a software security review of its managed file transfer solution to ensure customers and their encrypted emails are not affected by this vulnerability. The review was positive and demonstrates that GoAnywhere MFT is...
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