As a CIO at a mid-sized company, I faced a new challenge when vendors asked for more specifics about our information security and the protocols we have in place to safeguard our sensitive data. Naturally, those questions were directed toward the IT team (and were phrased in ISO 27001 terminology), which was initially challenging because we had limited knowledge of that particular standard.
As part of our ongoing commitment to providing a seamless co-editing experience to Egnyte users, we have introduced new enhancements that enable Windows and Mac users to open any Microsoft Office-supported file such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and start or join a co-editing session directly from the Microsoft Office App. Users can also co-edit in real time using the Egnyte Desktop, Online or Mobile versions.
According to the latest estimates around 328 million terabytes of new data is generated daily. Given this massive volume of information, the usability of a search engine to effectively provide relevant search results is crucial for the growth of any organization.
We are pleased to share some exciting advancements made to our platform this month. These include the introduction of folder-scoped and file type-scoped Metadata, the addition of connected folders for Desktop App Core on Mac, and significant improvements to BIM Files search and preview features. Please explore the details below for more information.
In every industry people work with PDF documents in one way or another. With about 2.5 trillion PDFs floating around in the world today (according to Adobe), the PDF has proven to be easy to use and economical in terms of document sharing and consumption. However, despite their popularity, distributed teams that need to collaborate on PDF files often find it difficult to do so without adding unnecessary friction to their workflows.
With Egnyte’s Smart Cache v4.0, you can efficiently warm caches for accelerated project progress. Our new state-of-the-art technology cuts down on wait times and provides ultra-rapid data access, making it easier than ever for architects, builders, and engineers to work smarter, not harder.
If you use Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive, or Exchange Online to store and share your business content, you may be wondering how to protect it from unauthorized access, data breaches, or compliance violations. That's where Egnyte comes in. As a source-agnostic data governance and collaboration solution, Egnyte integrates with Microsoft Office Online, Office Mobile, and SharePoint Online to provide a seamless user experience and powerful workflows for opening, editing, sharing, and securing files.
The move to hybrid work environments came suddenly for some organizations, while for others, it had been building incrementally. Regardless of how it happened, few came to it with a strategic plan for how IT would handle it. The result has been myriad challenges that span the physical and digital. On the digital front, one of the biggest challenges is related to secure file sharing.
While there continues to be (limited) debate about on-premises file servers and cloud file storage, the fight is over, and the cloud has won. If you are still in doubt, take a few minutes to review the limitations and costs of on-premises file servers as well as the benefits of cloud file servers.
In Part I of our two-part blog series, we recapped key drivers for ISO 27001 compliance. Now that you know why companies enthusiastically adopt the ISO 27001 standard to improve cybersecurity protection, we will take a deeper technical dive into Egnyte for ISO 27001.
