Biscom Delivery Server Blog

ILTA 2010 Conference in Las Vegas

Bill Ho — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:31:20 +0000

We’re going to Vegas baby!

The BDS team is heading to Las Vegas next week and exhibiting at the International Legal Technology Association’s 2010 conference. ILTA puts out a quarterly magazine (Peer to Peer, in which BDS was featured a few months back), and is the show to attend if you deal at all with the legal IT space. Come by and meet us and learn about the new BDS 4.0 release, as well as our new iManage integration module.

BDS 4.0 has launched!

Bill Ho — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:44:47 +0000

Over a year in the making, we finally launched version 4.0. This is a pretty big release for us and adds a number of exciting features! Read the full release here.

The launch of BDS 4.0 sets a new standard for ease of use in a secure file transfer solution. Simple and straightforward for end users, BDS 4.0 raises the bar for system customization, flexibility, and features that administrators will love. Some of those features include:

Automatic file compression to accelerate file transfers
Ability to upload entire folders (and their sub-folders)
Outlook 2010 add-in
Collaboration
User preferences
Support for OpenLDAP and SunONE LDAP
AutoPost and AutoFetch utilities for automated transfers

Space…the final frontier

Bill Ho — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:06:41 +0000

SpaceX is one of those uber-cool companies that is doing what many of us wish we could – launch rocketships. Big ones. I fondly recall my little Estes rocket with the D engine. Well, these days, Elon Musk, one of the founders of PayPal, Tesla motors, and other ventures, has stepped things up from cardboard tubes and solar ignitors with his company Space Exploration Technologies Corporation. He’s launching massive lift vehicles to help provide transportation services as it’s getting pretty hard to supply the international space station with the impending shuttle retirement. And with a bevy of private space companies vying for various forms of space travel for mere mortals, someone needs to be the picks and shovels of the new gold rush.

We had a great conversation with Branden Spikes, CIO of SpaceX and he told us how they use BDS to send their confidential and large files securely and quickly to scientists, researchers, contractors, vendors, and other collaborators. SpaceX employees were spending way too much time sending files instead of launching rockets, so we stepped in and let them focus on what they do best, and let us worry about secure file transfers.

According to Spikes, “One of the biggest benefits of BDS is that it can run on our own network in the way I want to run it. BDS was the only solution that offered this level of configuration and customization….In fact, we’ve reduced the time to encrypt and send files from two hours to less than two minutes.”

Read the full case study if you’re a space nut like me.

Strategic Unity – the ILTA conference – August 22-26, 2010 Las Vegas

Bill Ho — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:01:37 +0000

Come see us at Booth 437 at the upcoming ILTA conference (International Legal Technology Assocation) in Las Vegas August 22-26, 2010. The theme will be Strategic Unity, a concept for integrating technology with the practice of law.

This is a great way to network with other legal technology professionals to attend educational sessions, see what’s coming down the pike regarding compliance, and the latest secure file transfer and collaboration tools.

Legal Secure File Transfer (SFT) Technology Luncheon – Aug. 4th, 2010

Bill Ho — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:44:18 +0000

Register for a luncheon that Biscom and Keno Kozie will be hosting in Chicago on August 4th. This luncheon will be a way for legal IT professionals to discuss file transfer technologies, how to lock down files during transport, collaborating with clients and external counsel, and replacing FTP servers with a more manageable and secure solution.

Mass General works to solve piece of meaningful use puzzle

Bill Ho — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:49:00 +0000

Healthcare IT News just published an interview with Mark Haas, associate director of health information services at Mass General Hospital, one of the premier hospitals in the world. Mark discusses how MGH implemented Biscom Delivery Server to more than double the number of release of information (ROI) requests they can handle with the same staffing. MGH is now handling 52,000 releases per year with the help of BDS.

Another interesting statistic – MGH has reduced their costs for providing these medical records to insurance companies, law firms, and others who request them from $16.08/request down to $5.61 – a 65% savings. MGH also benefits by using BDS to comply with meaningful use objectives.

To see the full case study on MGH, go here.

Biscom Delivery Server integrates with Autonomy iManage

Bill Ho — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:29:13 +0000

Biscom and Adapative Solutions have just announced the world’s first SFT integration with Autonomy iManage for document management. By integrating BDS with iManage, users can send files in their FileSite repository through BDS directly without having to copy files to their desktop and then send. When receiving files securely through BDS, iManage users can also save files directly to FileSite.

For more information on deploying BDS with your iManage solution, contact Adaptive Solutions. See the full press release here.

BDS May 2010 newsletter

Bill Ho — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:03:30 +0000

Our latest newsletter has just been published with the latest news, tech tips, and announcement of BDS version 4.0 this summer.

Biscom offers secure file transfer as a SaaS solution

Bill Ho — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:15:34 +0000

Biscom has partnered with TOSS to provide a hosted solution for transfering files. For smaller companies who have confidential, sensitive, or very large files to transfer, the GetSaaS Secure Files solution by TOSS is a great way to deploy secure file transfer services to your users quickly and easily. The best part about this, you’re using the same trusted and proven software solution that Fortune 500 companies rely on to transfer their most critical files and data.

We’re excited to partner with a company like TOSS who has years of experience in managed services. Read the full press release here.

Biscom partners with Keno Kozie

Bill Ho — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:06:04 +0000

New press release on our partnership with Keno Kozie, a leading provider of information technology design, service, and support to law firms and legal departments.

See the full press release here.