FileXpress 7.0 is out the door

November 29, 2010

We spend a lot of time in the Data in Motion blog talking about file transfer.  In the context of business, an electronic file can be thought of as a package of data, and a file transfer is that data package in motion between people or systems.  So almost by definition file transfer is data [...]

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This is your brain on FTP

September 29, 2010

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  Probably.  Back in 1987, the youth of America had been hearing the slogan “just say ‘no’ to drugs” for five years.  It had lost most of its value and according to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America™, “attitudes regarding drug use evolved from ‘acceptable and harmless’ [...]

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“I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!”

July 20, 2010

I’ve always heard stories about restaurants that throw challenges at their patrons claiming, “if you eat the whole thing, you don’t have to pay for it.”  I’ve most recently heard about the “World Famous” 72-ounce (about 2 kilograms) steak dinner that one can get for free (if eaten in 1 hour).  This feast is offered by [...]

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What’s that guy wearing?

June 18, 2010

One of my favorite tales by Hans Christian Andersen is titled “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” In this story, a couple of swindling weavers offer to make a suit of clothes for a gullible emperor, invisible to anyone not sufficiently intelligent or capable.  The suit of clothes wasn’t real, of course, but since the emperor and [...]

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MOM Doesn’t Always Know Best

May 12, 2010

This past weekend in the United States, Mother’s Day was celebrated. This special day affords all the opportunity to reflect on, among many other things, the wonderful wisdom imparted over the years from our mothers. In the words of Dr. Benjamin Spock, “I really learned it all from mothers.” It’s no surprise then, when dealing [...]

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IT veteran authors new eBook on file transfer security and reliability

April 26, 2010

If you’re an IT professional and you’re looking for guidance on how to go about strengthening the security and reliability of file transfer in your organization, then you will want to read The Shortcut Guide to Eliminating Insecure and Unreliable File Transfer Methods written by Dan Sullivan.  This eBook, published by Realtime Publishers and sponsored [...]

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The perils of Do-it-Yourself (DIY) file transfer

April 20, 2010

My parents have always been real do-it-yourselfers. When I was a kid, every weekend seemed consumed with remodeling some room, or landscaping some portion of our yard. Sometimes they knew what they were doing, sometimes they didn’t. Some of their work has stood the test of time…some of it has had to be replaced. They [...]

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You DO need a file transfer strategy

April 14, 2010

Being a marketer, I will occasionally come up with profoundly thought-provoking questions, such as “Is Your Existing File Transfer Strategy Effective?” Maybe the first question you are asking yourself upon hearing that particular question is “do I need a file transfer strategy?” After all, would you apply the concept of a strategy to an ordinary [...]

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Why are we blogging anyway?

April 9, 2010

If your business is like most businesses, there’s electronic data in motion all of the time. It’s flying through the air over wireless networks, or pumping through the cables in your walls. It’s jumping in messages between people, and it’s racing between your servers. Electronic data moves into your organization from the outside, and goes [...]

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