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File syncing and hosted services have multiplied in recent years, but few allow you to leverage yourown enterprise-class security and most require additional layers of management. Besides, why
sync and host files somewhere else when they’re already available in your users’ home folders andshared network folders? All you need to do is give users the easy, anytime, and anywhere accessthey want. Filr provides file access and sharing from any device. Users get what they want; youremain in control of your files and security.
Filr at a Glance:Users Want

Filr provides secure mobile, desktop, and web accessto the files on your file servers.

Files used to live safely behind your firewall,
where IT could control things. Users, if they
had to work outside the office, used a slow
virtual private network connection to accesstheir files. Then apps for mobile devices, combined with cloud-based file-sharing services,
introduced users to quick, anywhere file access with real-time online collaborative co-editing. And users loved it.

■ Secure:
Files, and your file access controls, follow
users everywhere.

■ Smart:Filr lets you use your existing infrastructure.

■ Popular:
Filr will make users happy. Be the hero and give
your users the file access they want.

Users began demanding the same access atwork, and they even began going around IT andmoving work files to cloud-based services on
their own. Unfortunately, these user-friendly
services come with serious downsides:■ They’ve experienced security breaches.
■ Outages are out of your control andmean no file access at all.
■ File access can be slow with lessproductivity as a result.
■ You have to duplicate files to push themto mobile devices.
■ It’s easy to create conflicting versionsof files.
■ Your existing backup and archiving

processes don’t apply.
Though serious, these reasons are less important than the one primary reason IT departments
haven’t embraced cloud-based file services: it
is illegal for many organizations to do so.
Regulations in healthcare, government, andother industries set strict compliance rulesthat mean IT cannot always accept thesecloud solutions. That doesn’t always stop
users from using them, however, creating a
potentially dangerous situation for organizations. The users are getting what they want, butnobody else is.

The Solution Has Arrived
Rather than trying to manage third-party services or policing users, IT departments need
to offer a competitive solution. OpenText™
offers such a solution with OpenText™ Filr,
which strengthens security, increases productivity and collaboration, and simplifies appliance management.
Filr serves as the connection between your fileservers and the endpoint devices your organization uses. With clients for Windows, Mac,iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, andweb access, users can get their job done anytime and wherever they are.
Filr retains the file system rights and quotas
you establish in your directory system, whichmeans users enjoy a familiar experience
whether they’re working in the office or on thego. By working in their home directories, users
will be able to work faster, create files confidently, and never have to worry about duplicating files or reconciling conflicting versions.
Filr not only makes your users happy, but it canalso make them more productive. The Files on
Demand Desktop Clients feature allows users
to download just the files they need by simply
clicking on them, providing quick provisioning,FlyerFilrlaptops shouldn’t result in lost data. That’s why
Filr provides the ability to register and remotewipe Filr data in Desktop Clients. You can also
encrypt the data transfer between Filr virtual
appliance and the external Filr database tofurther improve security.

Facilitates Compliance
Customization enhancements enable you torequire external users to accept your organization’s terms and conditions before they getaccess to your Filr system.

Support for Latest Platforms
Filr supports the latest operating systems, including Windows 10, Mac 10.12, and iOS 10.
Figure 1. Filr connects all your endpoint devices to your servers.

faster file syncs, lower network load, andlow hard disk usage. Users with an internet
connection can also work together and collaboratively co-edit documents at the sametime with real-time changes. This powerfulco-editing functionality works across dozens
of common file types—bridging distance andbringing teams together.

How Filr Benefits IT
Making users more productive can be goodfor your organization, but if doing so means
overworking your IT team or compromising IT
goals, it isn’t a complete solution. Filr excels
by providing significant benefits to IT and yourorganization as a whole.

home directories and shared network folders,the data backup and security systems thatyour IT department has put in place can remain in force.

Uses Your Existing Infrastructure
Filr uses the servers and directory services
you already have deployed. This makes users
more productive and means a low total cost ofownership for your organization.
Your security mechanisms, such as file accessand enterprise directory support, remain intact
with Filr. In addition, you don’t need to expand
or change the backup and recovery systems
you’ve already invested in. Because the files
haven’t moved, they’re still protected.

Gets to Work Fast
Because Filr works with your current infrastructure, setup is quick. Filr comes as a virtual
appliance, thus providing a rapid installation.
Users do not need to move files, which allows
them to get to work immediately. Because Filrand the files it manages look the same on all
devices, user adoption is fast as well.

Controls Sharing through Policies
Filr allows your users to share files with thoseinside or outside your organization. This canmake work with contractors and other companies much more efficient. Filr also provides
you with ways to monitor this sharing so thatyour vital company assets remain secure. And
now, users can easily and securely share subfolders inside the Net Folders with internal andexternal users.

Secure File Sharing
Filr serves as the connection between yourfile servers and the endpoint devices in yourorganization. Because Filr connects to users’2

Improves Security
Filr provides many security features that keep
your data and your organization safe. LostAlong with these features, Filr offers MultiFactor Authentication for external uses as well
as Data Leak Prevention.

You can control what features users have available and with what files and folders they canuse them. For instance, you could limit mostusers to only share project documents internally, while allowing members of marketing
to fully share product flyers and data sheets
externally. You might allow members of theFinance group to share internally, but recipients cannot re-share those documents. You
may also limit external sharing to specific email
domains, further enhancing security.
For each folder Filr is managing, you can define for each user or group if you allow internal
sharing, external sharing, and public sharing. If
you allow public sharing, users could post a link
to a file on the web or Twitter, which would takepeople directly to the file.

Eases Mobile Device Management
Determining how users can access, edit, andshare files on their mobile devices is oneof the largest challenges of mobile device
management. Filr addresses this challenge,
making mobile device management a much
more obtainable goal for your organization.
Administrators can view the devices that haveaccessed the Filr system and erase Filr data on
specific devices. This helps you keep your data
secure even when devices are lost or stolen,even when used without an MDM solution.

Works in Heterogeneous Environments
Filr works with OpenText Open Enterprise Server or Windows Server environments and integrates with NetIQ eDirectory by OpenText andMicrosoft Active Directory. It also works with
Sharepoint 2013.

Simplifies Management
Web-based monitoring offers IT teams theability to manage Filr wherever they have an

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Figure 2. Filr provides users with a consistent file access experience whether they access their files on theiPad as shown here, on their smartphone, or on their laptop.

Internet connection. Plus, the ability to configure user and group visibility makes managing
Filr for different groups and departments inyour organization even easier. This feature also
helps host partners by enabling them to hostmultiple clients on a single Filr virtual appliance.
And managing Net Folder Server Credentials is
painless with a proxy identity vault.

Connects with Almost Anything
Filr offers a consistent user experience withapps for iPhone and iPad, Mac, Windows andWindows Phone, BlackBerry, Android, and a
web access client. Filr features a connector toSharePoint 2013, allowing users to reclaim all
their files from SharePoint document libraries.
Filr also integrates with iOS document picker
and provider, which offers the ability to open
and edit Filr files with mobile applications suchas Microsoft Office, Apple Pages, and so on.
Essentially, users can get to their files anytime,anywhere, on whatever platform they prefer.
Bring your own device (BYOD) policies can bea headache for IT, but with the many clientsavailable for Filr, file access for user devices
becomes easy. Users download the correct
app for their device and they instantly haveaccess to all their files.

3Modern file access ease. Classic IT control.
With Filr, files stay where they belong:on your corporate file servers.
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Easy Updates

Custom Branding

With the Online Update feature, you can get
new features and capabilities along with updates directly to your Filr system whenever it’sconvenient for you and your organization.

Want to brand Filr with your organization’s logos
and colors? Filr enables you to custom brandthe Filr Mobile and Desktop Clients and thewebclient, presenting a more unified view forend users.
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