Re: Web-based file sharing/dropbox apps (was RE: Secure file transfers)

["Fowler, Steve" <steve.fowler () OREGONSTATE EDU>]

Nifty looking tool.  What can you tell me about the costs of the
software?

Steve Fowler
Systems Manager
Technology Support Services
Oregon State University

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Hardy [mailto:jthardy () UTA EDU] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 6:54 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Web-based file sharing/dropbox apps (was RE:
[SECURITY] Secure file transfers)

This isn't a shared source app, but it is based on open standards:

The University of Texas at Arlington uses Xythos (www.xythos.com) Web
File Server for collaboration and document sharing --
https://mavspace.uta.edu/. 

We've found Xythos to be ideal for replacing email attachments. You can
license an additional plugin, called Xythos Drive, that can be
configured to automatically upload attachments from Outlook to the
Xythos server, replacing the email attachment with a link to the
original document on the Web File Server.

On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 13:43 -0500, Dugan, Darin D [EIT] wrote:
> Who has a web-based file sharing / dropbox /
> web-upload-instead-of-email-attachment solution they'd like to tell me
> about?
>
> My department is looking to enhance or replace ours, and it seems a
> common task. I see no benefit to using a commercial provider, but
could
> see the benefits of shared source with our fellow edu's. As always, I
> can summarize to the list if there are sufficient responses/interest.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> Darin Dugan, System Admin
> Iowa State University Extension
> www.extension.iastate.edu

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