Today at Citrix
Synergy™, Citrix announced new Citrix
ShareFile® features that deliver the broadest storage access for
users and the most choice for IT. The new features give users the
ability to access and edit files from multiple data sources on their
mobile devices and businesses more control over their data encryption
keys, resulting in increased productivity and security. These
capabilities are available in the company’s secure file sync and sharing
solution ShareFile, Citrix XenMobile® and the new Citrix
Workspace Suite.
According to a recent study by Enterprise Strategy Group1,
more than two-thirds of IT professionals using pure cloud-based online
file storage are extremely interested in storing some or all data
on-premises. People have also come to expect instant access to files in
the moment they need them in order to be productive. ShareFile provides
users with one place to access and edit files stored on-premises and in
the cloud from their mobile devices, improving productivity through a
secure mobile
workspace.
What’s New in ShareFile
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Integration with Any Enterprise Content Management System -
Data within today’s businesses lives in a range of places that are not
easily accessible outside of corporate networks or from mobile
devices. ShareFile StorageZone Connectors help businesses by
establishing direct and secure mobile access to data in its original
location behind the corporate firewall. Connectors
for Microsoft SharePoint and network shares are already used by
thousands of companies since launching at Citrix Synergy last year.
Taking it one step further, Citrix is now opening its platform by
releasing a ShareFile StorageZone Connectors SDK. This SDK allows any
IT or partner organization to develop connectors to any enterprise
content management (ECM) system, thereby expanding the types of data
users can access and edit on the go via ShareFile. Point.io and
CloudFuze are two partners who have already built connectors for ECM
systems, including Alfresco, Documentum and Filenet.
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More Storage Options - New ShareFile Personal Cloud Connectors
allow users to access their Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft
OneDrive accounts from ShareFile. It provides enterprises with the
flexibility to determine how and where users store files. For
businesses looking to manage their corporate data in one place, IT can
choose to enable ShareFile Personal Cloud Connectors for a defined
period of time and require users to migrate all corporate data from
personal file sharing services to ShareFile. If IT chooses to keep
personal file sharing services available, users can continue to take
advantage of the productivity benefits that ShareFile offers,
including editing and annotating, for personal files such as tax forms
or contracts.
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Encryption Key Ownership - With most cloud file sharing
services, files are encrypted but businesses don’t hold the key. Their
service provider does. Yet, some businesses prefer to maintain the
keys to their own encrypted data. With Citrix, businesses can manage
their own ShareFile StorageZones in Microsoft Azure to benefit from
the elasticity and flexibility of the cloud while maintaining
ownership of their own encryption keys - an advantage typically only
available on-premises.
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Office Document Creation, Editing and PDF Annotation - It’s not
enough to just access, collaborate and share documents on mobile
devices, people need the tools to create and edit documents on the go
in order to be fully productive. That is why Citrix is extending
mobile document creation and editing capabilities to all ShareFile
customers. Previously only available to enterprise
customers, these features allow users to create, review and edit
Microsoft Office documents and annotate Adobe PDF files within
ShareFile on mobile devices. By enabling users to leverage a native
editor, IT can restrict the use of third-party editors that create an
unsecured copy of a file, putting corporate data at risk.
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New ShareFile for iPhone: Optimized for Mobile - Inspired by
user feedback and designed to take full advantage of iOS 7, Citrix
will release a reimagined experience for customers using ShareFile on
iPhones. Optimized around what people want to do on their phones, the
new app will be faster, simpler and debuts a contextual menu offering
customers the right functionality, in the right context, at the right
time. A real-time algorithm determines the menu options that are
needed based on where users are within the app and what they have
selected. The result is a simpler, less cluttered interface, enabling
users to work faster and smarter.
Quotes
Terri McClure, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group
“Our research indicates that there is increasing demand for alternatives
to the ‘one-size-fits-all,’ cloud-based approach. This demand is driven
by both security concerns and a desire to leverage existing on-premises
IT investments. Hybrid solutions such as Citrix ShareFile address both
of these issues. Citrix, with its ShareFile hybrid storage offering,
seems to be in the right place at the right time.”
Jesse Lipson, vice president, Citrix
“Enterprise IT is like an archeological dig - layers upon layers of
services have built up over decades. Enterprises want a solution that
can deal with this heterogeneity. With ShareFile StorageZone Connectors
SDK, Citrix is unifying access to all popular enterprise content
management systems from mobile devices, making it easier to swiftly and
securely take care of business from anywhere.”
Availability
Customer-managed StorageZones for Microsoft Windows Azure and ShareFile
StorageZone Connectors SDK are available now. Document editing for all
ShareFile customers and the new ShareFile for iPhone will be available
for download from the Apple App Store in May 2014. ShareFile Personal
Cloud Connectors will be available in June 2014.
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1 Source: Enterprise Strategy Group, The Demand for
Hybrid Online File Sharing Solutions, February 2014
About Citrix
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leader in mobile workspaces, providing
virtualization, mobility management, networking and cloud services to
enable new ways to work better. Citrix solutions power business mobility
through secure, personal workspaces that provide people with instant
access to apps, desktops, data and communications on any device, over
any network and cloud. This year Citrix is celebrating 25 years of
innovation, making IT simpler and people more productive. With
annual revenue in 2013 of $2.9 billion, Citrix solutions are in use at
more than 330,000 organizations and by over 100 million users globally.
Learn more at www.citrix.com.
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