In a few weeks, we will be in Amsterdam at one of the year’s biggest events, the IBC Conference and Exhibition. If you’re going to be in attendance, visit us during the exhibition (September 11-15) at booth 7.J41. Check out the press release here

The atmosphere is always electric at the IBC, and it’s exciting to meet face-to-face with existing European clients as well as meeting with the growing number of people interested in accelerating their file transfers or improving their workflow.

Each year, the number of attendees interested in file acceleration technology—and FileCatalyst in particular—grows significantly. Only a few years ago, most people meeting us at trade shows and conferences were unaware that there were alternatives to FTP or other TCP-based transfer protocols, and weren’t certain that they needed our kind of technology. In subsequent years, and with a bit more knowledge about TCP’s limitations under their belts, visitors were actively seeking more information or were ready to ditch FTP outright. At this point, a high percentage of our visitors are aware of accelerated file transfer software, and are asking very educated questions while looking for a solution.

At IBC, FileCatalyst will be able to answer those questions face-to-face, as well as discuss the latest products and news.

This year we are also welcoming Turning Point Integration, our integration partner and reseller in the UK, who will be on-hand to talk about the ease of integrating FileCatalyst accelerated file transfer with other 3rd party software, as well as being a point of contact for European attendees wishing to learn more about FileCatalyst after the conference.

With FileCatalyst Direct 2.7.3 released just days ago, as well as FileCatalyst Webmail and Workflow having recently moved to version 4.3, there has been quite a lot of development to discuss. Next versions are just around the corner with some much-requested new functionality. Swing by for a peek at what’s new and find out more about what’s coming up.

Enjoy the show!

Tags: Tradeshows

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 on downloads as well, good news for people with a 2-way workflow who are transferring large files.

Here are the release notes in brief:

• Transfer of deltas file may now be done progressively (start to transfer data while delta file is being built) for both upload and download
• Ability for administrators to see client type and version in Server Remote Admin
• Confirmation dialog before canceling transfers using the applets
• Ability in upload applet to remove browser pane
• “slow start” renamed to a more accurate “congestion control” and default control aggression lowered
• Improved: resuming large delta transfers
• Improved: compatibility of MonitoringAgent with particular SMTP servers

This is a recommended upgrade for any organizations using 2.7.0 or below. Please contact your FileCatalyst representative, or log into the download area to obtain your upgrade.

Please note that the above notes cover the FileCatalyst Server and Client applications as a whole; however, not all features appear in the entry-level FileCatalyst Express solution.

Tags: Acceleration, Direct, Express, Fast File Transfer, FileCatalyst, HotFolder