New PremierPoint Solutions White Paper Evaluates Using FTP vs. SharePoint Extranet for External File Sharing
PremierPoint Solutions has released a new
white paper that evaluates the choice of using file transfer protocol
(FTP) vs. a SharePoint extranet for external file sharing via the
Internet. The FTP white paper can be downloaded at PremierPoint Solutions’ website and is free.
Titled “Choosing an External File Sharing
Approach: FTP vs. SharePoint Extranet,” the paper examines the dangers
inherent in using FTP for transferring business documents with external
parties. These dangers include security and scalability issues;
reliability problems; and lack of control over documents.
While the alternative—using SharePoint as an
external file sharing platform—has a number of advantages, out of the
box it is missing some key features that most organizations need to
efficiently manage their extranet sites and users.
These important missing features are easily added by installing PremierPoint Solutions’ Extranet Collaboration Manager for SharePoint Server and Foundation (ExCM),
a SharePoint add-on that makes extranet use and collaboration easy and
secure. The product also simplifies extranet administration.
“While SharePoint provides the capability of
extranet collaboration, ExCM provides the tools to make it simple and
practical to use and manage – turning extranet possibility into
reality,” said Jeff Cate, president of PremierPoint Solutions.
SharePoint with ExCM is highly reliable and
makes security bulletproof for users because the SharePoint farm
administrator has complete control over where files are stored and how
they are accessed.
In addition, SharePoint makes it feasible to
create/edit/correct/add to a document without ever having to download
it. All of this can be done while the document is stored in SharePoint,
and it never has to leave the server.
With the appropriate infrastructure in place,
SharePoint can be scaled to store and manage hundreds of millions of
documents. Files can be accessed concurrently, and carefully designed
architecture employing load balancing can mitigate performance problems.
And, when used in combination with ExCM, SharePoint offers a plethora
of auditing features, so that the administrator can know exactly what is
going on with the company’s files.
“Using FTP for file sharing and collaboration
over the Internet is simply too risky,” Cate cautioned. “The possibility
of compromised data, hacker attacks, performance issues and regulatory
compliance violations make it a dangerous option.”
Based in Nashville, Tenn., PremierPoint Solutions
is a Microsoft Certified Partner and a nationwide leader in expert-led,
in-person and online public classes on SharePoint products and
technologies. The company’s software division offers professionally
developed high-quality commercial add-ons for SharePoint
Reference: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015-FTP-SharePoint/07-extranet-white-paper/prweb12840901.htm
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