Traditional file servers are staple fixture in enterprises for file sharing among groups and teams. They act as an important central document repository for employees to store and share documents. While their presence is ubiquitous in enterprise file servers, they have many limitations in new business era where the work doesn’t end within office boundary. Remote work is the new norm. Employees want to access work content from anywhere and any device. Management wants to make sure the sensitive content is shared securely and protected.
A file server replacement should address the following limitations of a traditional file server:
- Lack of access from web and mobile devices
- Document versioning capability
- Recycle bin support
- Document preview
- Lack of auditing and contextual search to identify related documents
On the other hand new age cloud tools like Dropbox and Box are great for personal file sharing. But they come up short when it comes to team sharing, granular folder/sub folder access permissions and security. FileCloud offers the best of both worlds by offering the anywhere access of modern cloud native file sharing applications as well as the powerful security and team sharing aspects of traditional file servers.