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The Top Ten Differences That Let Novell Filr Offer True Enterprise File Sharing and Access

There are many vendors claiming to offer Dropbox for the enterprise, but true mobile enterprise le sharing demands more than a pithy slogan. It requires a high level of security and accountability, thorough controls and other features that empower IT to protect an organizations interests. Novell Filr is a different approach to the problem, one whose differences means it offers true enterprise le sharing and mobile access.

We dont have to explain the downsides to popular cloud le sharing or mobile access solutions. We also dont have to explain their appeal. IT departments everywhere want to give their users simple mobile access without opening their organization up to the many downsides of these cloud solutions. Novell Filr offers the same user experience but through a completely different design. Users get what they want, while IT retains control and corporate assets remain well protected in your data center. Because it is built differently, Novell Filr:

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Gives users access to their home directories. Novell Filr gives your users access to their home directories and network folders from any device or location. That means users can access a familiar environment where they can quickly get to work.

Wont make you move les around. You dont need to move les into a special folder or onto a specic piece of hardware to push them to mobile devices. IT does not need to provision new storage and users dont need to create or recreate folders. You already have everything set up nicely. Filr simply helps you share it across devices. Always looks familiar. Not only does a users le structure look the same in Filr, but Filr itself looks the same no matter what device the user chooses. From phone to desktop to tablet, users see the same thing.

Lets users choose the device. Novell Filr works with Windows and Mac desktops and mobile devices running iOS, Android or BlackBerry. That means whether theyre on a Dell laptop, an iPhone, an Android tablet or on another device, users can connect to their les from wherever they roam. Helps users control their workow. When everyone shows up to a meeting with different versions of a le, nothing gets done. Filr eliminates the email le versioning syndrome and also allows users to leave comments for each other so everyone stays on the same pageor le.

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Deploys easily. Filr is a virtual appliance-based solution, which makes installation and deployment easy and fast for IT. Adoption is easy for users as well. They can download the Filr clients and mobile device apps in just seconds. Leverages your current data protection. Because Filr connects to users home directories and shared network folders, the data backup and security systems your IT department has built and youve invested in remain in force.
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Doesnt make you to buy extra storage. Yes, many cloud services give away a few gigs of storage, but for the amount of storage most organizations need, you have to pay. Why buy cloud storage when you already have a data center? With Filr you get mobile access without an increase in storage expenses. Extends your current user access rules. Filr works with Active Directory or NetIQ eDirectory to extend the user access controls youve already developed. Whatever group and user access rights govern your home and network folders will also govern those folders and les as users access them on their mobile devices. Provides control over sharing. In addition to the access control already provided by your identity management system and le systems, Filr also gives you the ability to determine which les and folders your users can share either internally or externally.

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