Gate City Steel Solves Critical Worldwide File Sharing and Replication Problems with Availl

Availl was chosen by Gate City Steel to solve its immediate worldwide design collaboration, replication, and file sharing problems. Availl Shortened Design Cycles and Eliminated 95% of Network Traffic.

(PRWEB) February 14, 2003 -- February 18, 2003: Availl, the leading supplier of large scale file mirroring software, has been chosen by Gate City Steel to solve its immediate worldwide design collaboration and file sharing problems. With major steel plants across the USA and design facilities worldwide, Gate City factories, design centers, and supply chain partners now meet quick-turn customer demands and also have better factory schedules. 24-hours a day, project files are up to date everywhere they are needed in real-time. File changes are actively mirrored onto PCs and servers as internal and external team members make design and production changes across time zones.
Gate City continually works to improve its key advantages: fast response to customer schedules and efficient production. With Availl, delivery delays are gone and production schedules at the plants are more efficient. We chose Availl to keep design and project files up-to-date around the clock" said Greg Fowl, Manager of IT at Gate City. "Availl is amazingly simple; team members work on the shared files anytime/worldwide. Yet they always work on the most up-to-date version. All the critical files are mirrored on employees PCs and the servers as they change in real time. No matter who is making the change, or how large. And its all 100% transparent."
Since Availl only mirrors changes, Gate City eliminated 95% of network traffic and storage; especially important for their CAD files. It solved the persistent email problems of blocked large files, excessive storage, and confusion over which files were the latest version.
Persistent Data
Availl's solution enables teams to collaborate and share any data with remote sites across the globe, and across company boundaries. It simply replicates files bi-directionally into Windows folders on any number of PCs or servers, 24 hours a day. When authorized users make changes to a file, all the other workgroup members are instantly updated. Availl works 100% transparently in the background with no new UI, so people work effortlessly and with no training. Plus Availl can cross firewalls, and it supports all file types.
•   Gate City crosses the supply chain.
All files are mirrored among team members or servers in real time as they change, so key projects are worked on 24 hours a day. Designs completed in one time zone are instantly mirrored a continent away.
•   Gate City works seamlessly around the world.
The entire system was created by sending an email. The work process never changed, as shared files simply mirrored into standard Windows folders on the user PCs and servers.
•   Gate City reduced traffic and confusion.
Since Availl only mirrors file differences, most network traffic is eliminated. Employees work at hard drive speed at work, or off line: never waiting for downloads. Past versions are accessible from a server via a browser.
•   Gate City keeps employees and partners up to date.
Employees and partners who need critical data are kept current without browsing a portal. As critical inventory, red ticket, or production schedules change, they instantly update on all systems across firewalls.
Availl 2.0 is the industrys only solution for automatically mirroring any files on a massive scale, between servers or PCs. Availls breakthrough is simplicity: bi-directional file replication in real-time, in standard Microsoft Windows folders. Its FastMirror technology eliminates 95% of all traffic, while operating 100% transparently in the background, 24 x 7.    
Availl solved the core problems of workgroup collaboration, server replication, and file delivery. It leverages the internet to transparently keep all files up to date at the network edge.    
•   Availls FastMirror TM technology eliminates 95% of sharing bandwidth.
•   Always have just the latest version. No stale or multiple copies.
•   100% transparent, and operates 24 x 7 to all end users or servers.
•   No new interface; Availl uses the Windows folder system.
•   Any change is instantly mirrored onto all other PCs and servers.
•   Past file versions are kept on the server for one-click web retrieval.
•   Files are local to each system. Full on/off line access at drive speed.
•   Control user permission level for read/write or read-only capability.
•   Integral SSL and encryption, crosses any boundary.
•   Supports all file types.
Pricing
Software license pricing starts at $1495. Availl 2.0 has been production proven for thousands of systems, and at global corporations worldwide.
About Availl
Headquartered in Andover, Mass., Availl is the industry leader in real-time replication, file collaboration, sharing and delivery. Our enterprise mirroring software provides 24 x 7 real-time performance, crossing any boundaries. Availl solves the critical enterprise data sharing, replication, and delivery problems for servers and workgroups. For more information or a free software trial visit www.availl.com or call (978) 474-9114.