FileWay FAQ

FileWay is a secure, Web-based remote access application that enables corporate users to access files and documents as authorized shares on corporate file servers from any location, using a browser-enabled device such as a desktop PC, laptop, PDA, or public Internet terminals.

FileWay is ideal for any business or organization that needs to extend its internal resources cost-effectively to teleworkers, field employees, partners, suppliers, travelers, students, and other remote users.

By providing cost-effective and secure remote access to corporate resources such as email, files, and folders, FileWay ensures uninterrupted productivity whether an employee is working in the office, at home, at a customer site, or on the road. Because it requires no client-side software, integrates fully with existing enterprise systems and technologies, and utilizes industry-accepted platforms, standards, and protocols FileWay helps companies realize full value from previous investments without introducing new support burdens.

FileWay is an internally installed standalone .NET Web service and it can be accessed directly, launched for Outlook Web Access (OWA), launched from your corporate portal, FileWay lets users sign in using any standard Web browser to access their shared resources. We offer inbox integration support to OWA, Sharepoint and Portlet based Portal tools.

Administrators configure FileWay with our FileWay Manager which is a Wizard tool that quickly designates network resources to be shared for remote access. FileWay Manager connects to your Active Directory and maintains a database of user accessible resources and shares. When a user signs in to FileWay , the server authorizes the user and displays the shared drives, folders, special folders, files, and network drives on the user’s machine(s), and enables the user to read, edit, create, download, and upload files as needed. Users only can access and see the shares hey have access to.

Typically uses are granted access to the same networks file shares and resources they would access as if they were at their desktop. Including; folders, files, documents, and favorites as if working at the office.

A user can view and sort all shared documents on his desktop remotely. He has the ability to upload, download, zip and download, sort, rename and delete files as easily as if he was working directly on the office workstation. Moreover, folders can be opened in same window or in a new window to browse, rename, delete and add new folders. Other functionalities include create/delete a folder and a shortcut, upload and download to/from folders, copy and move to folders and add network drives and send files via email.

Yes SecureView is built into FileWay but not to be confused with our SecureView for OWA. SecureView is our secure document viewing technology. This built-in technology is more then a feature it handles the issue of downloading documents and leaving them behind on untrusted workstations. The SecureView built-in to FileWay allows for the viewing of documents and files contained in the users accessible shares rather SecureView for OWA allows for the secure viewing of OWA attachments. SecureView for OWA is a more specialized use of the same technology.

FileWay integrates easily with existing corporate infrastructure such as NTFS, Netware, NFS, Secure Web, reverse proxy, Exchange (Outlook Web Access), Lotus Notes (iNotes), virus protection servers, the Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA), and Apache Reverse Proxy, and can be used with any Mac or PC hardware system. It has been tested and installed along with many of the leading SSL-VPN products from; Whale, Cisco, Nortel, Array, Juniper and Aventail.

FileWay integrates fully with existing security systems and policies and allows only recognized and managed users to access corporate resources. Standards-based access and authentication protocols make FileWay compatible with many third-party security products such as firewalls, proxy servers, and the Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA). Access to files and network drives is centrally controlled using existing authentication and firewall schemes. In case of absence of a reverse proxy, FileWay uses its own .NET proxy that resides in the DMZ (demilitarized zone) and minimizes outside exposure of the company’s private network.

FileWay uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), a worldwide standard for encryption over HTTP, to encrypt all authentication information and communication between users and the server.

Microsoft Windows¨ 2003 Server.

FileWay is built as a internally running Web Service and hence leverages standard scalability products like load balancers and clusters to achieve high availability and scalability. to deploy.

FileWay can be installed and configured quickly and easily using any Web browser, a large site installation takes less than a day.

The total number of users FileWay Server can support is limited only by the capacity of the server it is running on and the network in which it is deployed. FileWay is not tied to a user limit unless specified by the licensing agreement. A dual processor machine with 2 G Ram can support over 5-10,000 concurrent users.