Jan Meijer

FileSender update & promotion

software: www.filesender.orgnews: blog.filesender.org

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thank you to our funders

sustained funding

AARNet, Arnes, BELNET, CSC/FUNET, HEAnet, SURFnet, UNINETT

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FileSender

= File Transport

!= File Storage

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FileSender & TF-CPR participants

TERENA filesender.terena.org

BELNET filesender.belnet.be

CESNET filesender.cesnet.cz

DANTE -> filesender.terena.org

ACOnet filesender.aco.net

UNINETT filesender.uninett.no

HITSA -> filesender.terena.org

SURFnet filesender.surfnet.nl

NIIF/Hungarnet filesender.niif.hu

RENATER Q 2014

PSNC/PIONIER -> filesender.terena.org

GARR filesender.garr.it

HEAnet filesender.heanet.ie

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painless sharing arbitrarily large files with a private audience

through a trusted intermediary for all in higher education and research

value proposition?

no usb sticks

use the network

screw driver5

what users like

• simplicity: do one thing do it well

• no account creation: natively federated

• no software installs: only need a web browser

• fire & forget

• no technical limits on size or retention time

• email receipts (love/hate)

• 100% self-service and no assumptions on recipients or type of collaborations

• they know where their data is6

what they're missing

• faster uploads version 1.6, Q1 2014

• encryption 2014 for version 1.6

• multi-file support, finer-grained email control

version 2.0, 2014

• better download protection

partly version 2.0, 2014

• API (research groups!)

under investigation7

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AARNet FileSender usage

Total number of uploaders

Active files = customer business in your care

cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/mrtg

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UNINETT FileSender usage (2013)

Avg uploads/day 35.2Avg downloads/day 43.8

Avg files/uploader 8.7Avg files/downloader 4

uploaders: 1639downloaders: 4455

uploads: 14326downloads: 17830

Biggest file: 213 GBAvg file size: 692 MB

> 2GB: 808 (5.64%)< 2GB: 13518 (94.36%)

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per institution stats, .no 2013

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user base segmentation

time-limited projects: dokpro.no

regular use: research projects (gene machine)

receipts: board meeting papers

frequent but irregular: software and media distribution

education: handing in assignments

students: sharing raw material in group work

formal: applications for X (jobs, projects, grants)

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important for marketing/adoption

this is not a tool most people will use on a daily basis

but when you need it you're glad its there and just works

infrequent unplanned use: user needs to know it exists when the need pops up

frequent use: need is usually more "planned" expensive? What does a gene sequencer

cost? 13

links

news & status: blog.filesender.org

project site: www.filesender.org

release info: release schedule page

support: support & mailinglists page

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