by Greg Hoffer | Nov 22, 2021 | Case Studies, Tech Tips
I was chatting with a friend the other day. He’s a freelance propeller head who has spent the last twenty years or so as a kind of technology handyman. Over the years most of his clients have been of the sort who have been muddling along with older technology and then...
by Greg Hoffer | Oct 11, 2021 | Tech Tips, Tutorial
Throughout my life, I have been what I like to call thrifty (everyone else calls me cheap). When something breaks, I would rather try to fix it myself than waste money purchasing a replacement. I can keep things hobbling along for years so that they are good enough: ...
by Eric Hall | Aug 30, 2021 | Product Comparisons, Security, Tech Tips
The idea of a technology refresh conjures images of months-long planning cycles, budget reviews and approvals, culminating in expensive rip-and-replace implementation projects where dusty old mainframe computers are hauled away in favor of the cloud. But a technology...
by Eric Hall | Aug 16, 2021 | Product Comparisons, Tech Tips
What makes Diplomat MFT better than using a roll-your-own managed file transfer solution, or the stuff that AWS provides? This is something we get asked regularly. It’s a fair and important question. When Coviant Software talks with organizations weighing their...
by Eric Hall | Aug 2, 2021 | News, Security, Tech Tips
Not sure if you noticed, but Mozilla recently announced it was dropping file transfer protocol (FTP) support in version 90 of its popular Firefox browser. Google Chrome ended FTP support with the release of version 88 in December. According to a ZDNet article, even...
by Eric Hall | Jul 19, 2021 | Security, Tech Tips
Here at Coviant Software, we help hundreds of customers automate and secure their file transfers. In the process, we learn a lot about how organizations trade files with business partners, suppliers, customers, clients, and the like. Recently, we have noticed a trend...
