File Share Consolidation

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Consolidate File Shares into SharePoint

For decades file shares have provided organizations with a quick and easy method of storing documents and data. As collaboration needs in the workplace changed and the volume of content grew, the functional limitations of file shares became a hindrance. With the advent of true knowledge sharing and collaboration platforms such as SharePoint, the file share has become hopelessly outdated. Organizations are now having to deal with terabytes of file share content that is lacking even basic document management capabilities such as versioning and editing control. With the powerful combination of Content Matrix and StoragePoint, you can easily move this content into SharePoint and unlock its full potential.

Summary

  • Consolidate File Share Content Within SharePoint
  • Migrate File Shares With Lightning Speed
  • Enable Collaboration and Document Management
  • Reduce The Volume of Content You Manage

Related Products

StoragePoint

Content Matrix

 

Boost the Speed of File Share Migration

You may look at the sheer amount of content you currently have in file shares and think that any consolidation project is going to take months. Even if you have tens of terabytes in file shares, the migration process can be accomplished quickly and seamlessly. By using StoragePoint, organizations can link file shares with SharePoint without actually moving the files. Once linked, file shares content can be accessed directly through SharePoint to take advantage of permissions, workflows and search features. In tandem with Content Matrix, content can be migrated at speeds of up to 125GB per hour. Learn More >

Cut Costs and Manage Less Content

Managing terabyte upon terabyte of content within file shares is no longer feasible for your organization. You need to focus on managing the content critical to your business, while storing old or archived data on cheaper tiers of storages. By migrate file share content into SharePoint, you can update your information architecture to manage this content in a more effective and efficient manner. Content Matrix gives you the power to migrate crucial content into SharePoint, while StoragePoint allows you to use different tiers of cheaper storage to reduce your content footprint as well as costs. Learn More >

Realize the Potential of Your File Shares

Within your organization, users have grown accustom to storing and access content through file shares. But the file share suffers from severe limitations when it comes to knowledge sharing and collaboration. It is time for your organization to move into the future by consolidating this file share content into SharePoint. With Content Matrix and StoragePoint, you can see, move, transform and manage terabytes of file share content within SharePoint. Give your users the access to the same content, but with the added functionality and features available in SharePoint to increase their productivity. Learn More >

Give Users the Power of Collaboration

If your organization uses file shares, it lacks true collaboration. Your content is stored and accessed via file shares, but your users do not have the same ability to collaborate as they would through SharePoint. The power of collaboration can be achieved through a migration to SharePoint. Content Matrix makes the migration process an opportunity to analyze content and provide a better infrastructure for your file shares. During the migration, the powerful filtering, sorting, reporting and visualization tools available in Content Matrix provide the ability to identify content by file type, size, history and hierarchies. This allows you to make the best decisions about how and where content should go in SharePoint. Learn More >


File Share Consolidation


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