Resources

On-Demand Webinar

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. What & How The features of...
On-Demand Webinar

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 any qualifying products...
On-Demand Webinar

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-Founder and President...
On-Demand Webinar

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 Tkaczewski, shows...
Case Study

FileCatalyst & MMTV

Before deploying FileCatalyst, MM TV reporters shipped their media assets to headquarters either physically via physical storage or electronically via email, FTP and TCP. The time it took to deliver content became a major bottleneck in their workflow and significantly hindered their overall productivity. Read on to learn how FileCatalyst was utilized to fix this bottleneck.
Case Study

FileCatalyst & Evirx

While each failed file transfer method had its issues, Evirx encountered similar problems with each assessment: video uploads were slow and unreliable, files were often too large to transfer, user interfaces were unintuitive and difficult to navigate, and the solutions couldn’t integrate into Evirx’s existing web-based solution. Read on to learn how FileCatalyst Direct was deployed to help solve these problems.
Case Study

FileCatalyst & NICE Software

Learn how, using FileCatalyst, EnginFrame’s client organizations were able to recoup lost time by gaining rapid access to their valuable data, applications, and resources.
Case Study

FileCatalyst & NBC Sports Group at Sochi 2014

Learn how, with the help of FileCatalyst, NBC Sports Group broke new ground in live sports production by overcoming the limits of concurrent transfers and solving the problems associated with dynamically changing MXF files.
Press Release

FileCatalyst Expands Their Offerings to Pakistan with the Addition of A&A Systems to their Partner Portfolio

Ottawa, ON – FileCatalyst, an Emmy® award-winning pioneer in managed file transfers and a world leading accelerated file transfer solution, has announced a new channel partnership with A&A Systems. Founded in 1998, A&A Systems is headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan with service offerings that include consultancy, system design, supply, training, and post-sale support. Their focus includes satellite...
Press Release

NBC’s 4K HDR Olympics by the Numbers — and the Broadcast Tech Behind It

U.S. Prime-time coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games kicks off tonight with NBC’s figure-skating and freestyle-skiing programming, but the games are well underway in PyeongChang, where a massive broadcast effort is taking place to bring the games to viewers on television, online and via mobile devices — with some U.S. viewers being treated to selected coverage in 4K and HDR. Here’s a look at...
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 this will mean for...
Blog

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 and using...
Press Release

FileCatalyst and Video Signal Bring File Transfer Acceleration to Italian Market

Ottawa, ON – FileCatalyst, an Emmy® award-winning pioneer in managed file transfers and a world leading accelerated file transfer solution, has announced today that they have developed a new partnership with Video Signal as a value-added reseller for Italy. Founded in 1994 by Alessandro Trezzi, Video Signal is a leader in distribution systems for video production, as well as video post-production...
Blog

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 in a state of change: the content itself is rapidly becoming larger, workflows are changing and becoming more dispersed, the way we archive media is changing and the way we consume media is evolving. This...
Blog

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 supplementary piece...
Blog

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 secured our software...