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Moving Big Data in the Oil & Gas Industry

Mon, 10/17/2016
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, BP, Chevron, BHP...
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Need to send big files fast? Learn from NBC Olympics and FileCatalyst

When it comes to the Olympics, it’s all about size and speed – the need to send big files fast is crucial for broadcasters like NBC Olympics , the official American broadcaster for both the Summer and Winter Games. For the second time, NBC Olympics employed FileCatalyst to assist with their digital file delivery during the Games. The first time in Sochi, FileCatalyst successfully moved 3 TB per...
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The hidden cost of "free" file transfers

With 2.5 Exabytes – that’s 250 million GB! – of data being created every single day, everyone has files they need to move. From e-mail attachments, file syncing applications and FTP servers, files are constantly moving whether it’s five feet down the hall, or to a colleague on the other side of the globe. A recent report issued by Aberdeen Group , an IT research group, identified the hidden costs...
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#TBT - A look back at Broadcast Asia 2016

This week for throwback Thursday, we’re rewinding to Broadcast Asia 2016. Watch the video below as FileCatalyst’s own Elton Carneiro talks about FileCatalyst’s accelerated file transfer solutions as they relate to the media and broadcast space. Bandwidth is becoming more readily available and tools like ours can allow people to maximize their bandwidth and get full leverage of the bandwidth that’s...
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How To: Change Emulation Mode in Internet Explorer to Load TransferAgent Properly

Fri, 07/15/2016
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 application “stalls” at the “...
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Bringing content to life with Aframe

Wed, 07/06/2016
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. Aframe is the only platform of its kind that supports high resolution media of any format, online...
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Case Study

Aframe: Providing Positive Experiences Through Accelerated File Transfers

Whether for television, film, news, sports, commercials, or corporate, global collaborators have, in the past, shared their production video files one by one over HTTP, or sent files through FTP using a third party client (Cyberduck, Filezilla, etc.). Read on to learn how FileCatalyst allowed data structures to be preserved, and data is encrypted in transit using the AES 128-bit standard, and this transfer is completed in excellent time.
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Picking up right where we left off with the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

Fri, 04/15/2016
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 5 Gbps link between...
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Unlimi-Tech Software announces launch of FileCatalyst Delivery Plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro CC

LAS VEGAS: April 15, 2016 … Unlimi-Tech Software, Inc., an Emmy® award-winning pioneer in managed file transfers, and the creator of FileCatalyst, a world leading accelerated file transfer solution, is pleased to announce the launch of the FileCatalyst Delivery Plugin for Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC at NAB 2016. As an industry-leading non-linear video editing application and a key component of Adobe...
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Unlimi-Tech to bring Emmy® Award winning accelerated file transfer solutions to Las Vegas at NAB 2016

Unlimi-Tech Software, Inc., an Emmy® award winning pioneer in managed file transfers and the creator of FileCatalyst, a world leading accelerated file transfer solution, is pleased to announce they will be attending the NAB Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 18 to 21, 2016. This will be Unlimi-Tech’s tenth consecutive NAB show and will be showcasing their patented accelerated file...
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MediaSeal file security integrated into FileCatalyst accelerated file transfer

Unlimi-Tech Software Inc., an Emmy® award winning pioneer in managed file transfers and Fortium, a leading provider of film and entertainment content security solutions, are pleased to announce the integration of MediaSeal file encryption into FileCatalyst, a world leading accelerated file transfer solution to benefit a broader base of customers. MediaSeal encryption at-rest is a unique file...
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Case Study

U.S. Captioning Accelerating the Transfer of Digital Files for Closed Captioning

Profile Since 1999, U.S. Captioning Company has been instrumental in providing high quality captioning services at affordable rates. Over the years, they expanded their services to meet the needs of clients who value the importance of supplying accessible communication for deaf and hard of hearing communities. Through using U.S. Captioning services, patrons are given access to television programs...
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Teleportation, time travel and covered wagons

Thu, 08/06/2015
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 (that’s a number with...
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An introduction to data gravity

Tue, 07/14/2015
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 data gravity is that as data...
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FileCatalyst: What does it do (part 3)

Fri, 11/21/2014
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 anymore data than the...
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The effect of digital technology adoption in the oil and gas industry

Tue, 07/15/2014
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 positively affecting...
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A Corporate Cloud-Based Large File Attachment Solution

Tue, 05/20/2014
Looking for a corporate cloud-based large file attachment solution? With file sizes growing and email servers still having file size restrictions, companies are in desperate need of a solution. The options most companies have are: free or paid online service hosted by a third party, in-house file transfer mechanism, or self-hosted solution on the cloud. Going with the free or paid solution hosted...
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Cleaning Coding, Clean Code Series (Part 2)

Thu, 01/16/2014
In my last post on clean coding I talked about why clean code was important, how it saves money in the long run and increases productivity. Now I want to talk a little bit about some of the do’s and don’ts of clean coding. Proper clean code without side effects takes discipline – extracting methods, classes, bundling parameters and local variables into DataObjects. The code, depending on how messy...
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Archives – A Perfect Fit for File Transfer Acceleration

Tue, 01/07/2014
A recent article at tvtechnology.com , discusses the ambiguity of the term “archive,” and uses the Library of Congress archives as an example of how digital media is changing the way films are preserved for future access and use. It was not within the scope of the article to discuss how files are shuttled between locations, but it seems clear that file transfer acceleration would be extremely...
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Driving Efficient Video Game Production: 5 Invaluable File Transfer Features

Mon, 11/25/2013
Video game development requires vast amounts of communication and collaboration at every step of the process. As development occurs, teams must share and exchange files within the office, across the country or even around the world. With tight deadlines and many moving parts, file delivery during game production must be efficient to ensure milestones are met without delay. Unfortunately...
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