GDC Podcast Interview on VirginWorlds
If you're into podcasts and Massively Online (MMO) gaming, there really is no better place to go to than VirginWorlds. Yes, I am a bit biased with this because, I too, have a show that I do there as well ....one among the many show offerings at that site. For those that are not familiar, [...]
Fast File Transfer: Moving beyond acceleration with data optimization
As mentioned a short time ago, we have some material from our old blog that we are slowly migrating to the new one. Being that we are in the business of fast file transfer, it made since to bring back one of our more popular articles on the subject. Although written around the time of [...]
GDC- Delivering Content
At its heart, GDC is a technology show. Yes, gaming is the main focus, but that focus is not on the consumer end like an E3 or a PAX. Looking around, you’ll see exhibitors displaying technologies that help game developers with the creation and delivery of their virtual experiences. Last year's GDC seemed to center [...]
GDC Day 1-2 and why FileCatalyst is here
In my 9 years as co-founder and president of FileCatalyst, nothing is more exciting than going to an industry-specific trade show and talking to the visitors in our booth about file transfer. At first glance most visitors dismiss the need for a file transfer solution. Most people don’t realize that problems with FTP, large email [...]
Acceleration pt3 – Multiple Streams
Accelerating File Transfer: Quicklinks Overview | Part 1: Compression | Part 2: Minimizing Data Sets | Part 3: Multiple Streams | Part 4: Alternatives (like FileCatalyst!) to FTP/TCP As part of our ongoing discussion on fast file transfers, or "acceleration," (which we began with the article "Accelerating File transfer"), we have already talked about how [...]
FileCatalyst Webmail and Workflow 4.2 released
Those who subscribe to our news from our support site (support.filecatalyst.com) will already be aware; for those keeping tabs on us via this blog, we're happy to announce that FileCatalyst Webmail and FileCatalyst Workflow have each been updated to version 4.2. Here's the notice as it appeared in our news: FileCatalyst Webmail and Workflow have [...]
WAN optimization: How a file transfer software solution can complement your WAN appliance
When we launched the new blog using WordPress, one of the long-term goals was to eventually migrate some of our articles from the old blog to this new home. One subject that comes up from time to time is the decision between a WAN appliance and a file transfer solution. Many organizations approach this as [...]
FileCatalyst Direct/Express 2.7.1 released
FileCatalyst Direct and Express have been updated to version 2.7.1. As an incremental release, 2.7.1 is primarily a maintenance release, tightening up a few features and adding a few small improvements. 2.7 introduced progressive transfers on file deltas (see our recent article on minimizing data sets) but for uploads only. This release adds the functionality [...]
Gaming – Yeah…getting bigger
I admit it. I'm the resident gamer here at Unlimi-Tech. I play mostly Massively Multiplayer Online games right now, like Eve Online and Lord of the Rings Online. I also dabble in many other types of games as well like shooters (..rarely these days...) and strategy games. It's a great hobby that both myself and [...]
Acceleration pt 2 – Minimizing Data Sets
Accelerating File Transfer: Quicklinks Overview | Part 1: Compression | Part 2: Minimizing Data Sets | Part 3: Multiple Streams | Part 4: Alternatives (like FileCatalyst!) to FTP/TCP We began discussing the various ways that acceleration solutions can shorten transfer time. The first of these was the use of compression. The main point of the [...]
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