Introduction The FileCatalyst JavaScript API offers the ability to implement an accelerated file transfer application from within a web browser. Using the API, you are able to customize the end-user's file transfer experience, integrating the file transfer into your site (in terms of both functionality and UI) in a way not necessarily possible with the [...]
In light of the release of FileCatalyst Direct v3.0, I thought I'd write a few articles about the road to achieving 10Gbps speeds. It seems to me the best place to start is with the endpoint of the transfer: the storage media. Why? Before we even think about the file transfer protocol, we have to [...]
This blog post is in response to a Google+ topic presented here by Jay Cuthrell (@qthrul) The question was: I'm catching up on Aspera, Digital Rapids, FileCatalyst, Kencast, RepliWeb, RocketStream (TIBCO), Signiant, SmartJog, etc... What problems are each of these companies solving today? Tomorrow? Any other suggestions? My response was an impromptu stream... written on [...]
Just finished reading a post at GigaOm regarding gigabit fibre in the UK. Of course, being in the business that we're in, I immediately thought: if businesses of all sizes, and even homes end up with 300Mbps connections (or faster), what are all these people going to be doing to transfer their large files? Home [...]
A few weeks ago, we were contacted by the broadband team at Comcast asking if we could help them with a demo they were working on for the Cable show in Chicago. Their plan was to perform a live demonstration of their new Gbps broadband connection by downloading the entire 5th season of 30 Rock [...]
Some organizations are restricted by firewall or proxy to HTTP traffic. FileCatalyst HTTP mode allows clients to connect to a FileCatalyst Server.
Zip archives are not normally used as an acceleration feature in and of themselves. However, when it comes to transferring thousands of small files, saving set-up and tear-down time can result in transfers that are hundreds of times faster.
FileCatalyst Direct is marketed primarily as our point-to-point file transfer system. At its most basic level, the solution requires server-side installation (FileCatalyst Direct Server), and a connection from a client option. On the client side, you don't even need installation—options like our Web Applets don't need anything from the client except an internet connection and [...]
Without mentioning any names (I'm far too polite for that!), a client shared with us that an employee of a competitor essentially said that "web applets are slow" while trying to dissuade them from going with our product. This misinformation may seem to "ring true" to your average technology user. Or even your more knowledgeable [...]
FileCatalyst Webmail and Workflow have been updated and released as production versions. The latest version included some changes to internal components and libraries, as well as improvements to the way the web application interacts with the file server. Some of the changes included in 4.3 are: Logging improvements (memory usage, FTP logs from applets) Delta [...]
