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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 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

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

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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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

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...