20 August, 2013
Workshare Launches Professional 8 to Address Legal Sector
File Transfer Security Issues
Workshare, a leading provider of secure enterprise collaboration applications, today announced the launch of Workshare
Professional 8. The new version provides current subscribers of Workshare Professional with secure file transfer
capabilities, helping its customers reduce the number of unauthorised, consumer-grade systems being used by staff.
Workshare Professional 8 bridges the gap between users that seek simplicity and ease of use, and IT departments that
need to retain control, visibility, and auditability of documents inside and outside of the firewall. Professional 8
provides users with end-to-end encryption and control that is significantly more secure than email and self-provisioned
file sharing applications, meeting the strict compliance mandates associated with highly regulated markets.
Anthony Foy, CEO at Workshare said: “Legal firms face significant security issues when sending confidential files to
recipients outside of their organisation. On top of that, mobility and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trends mean that
data policy mandates are harder to enforce, putting enormous pressure on legal IT.”
Foy continued, “Workshare is proud of its longstanding partnership with the legal community, protecting sensitive
documents attached to email for more than a decade. Professional 8 now allows secure file transfer, extending that
protection into the cloud. We now allow users and IT support staff to control and protect how highly sensitive
information is shared and accessed by people outside of the firm.”
Workshare Professional 8 includes the following enhancements:
· Simplifies comparison and extends supported files to non-text-based PDFs by integrating OCR functionality in the
desktop solution
· Offers new interactive protect features to simplify metadata cleaning, avoid email pop-ups, and eliminate Outlook
add-in issues
· Saves redlines and finished documents as PDF/A, a mandatory archiving system to support in U.S. Court filings
· Integrates comparison functionality with NetDocuments, completing a wide range of ECM/DMS vendor integrations,
including SharePoint, iManage, and OpenText.
With 98% of the world’s top law firms already using Workshare Professional, users can continue working the way they
always have. Professional 8 extends familiar Workshare protection and comparison offerings outside of the firewall
quickly and efficiently.
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