FilesAnywhere is the creation of Dallas-based software design and consulting firm, Officeware systems, and is a provider of remote file storage and file sharing for consumers and corporations. Launched in 1999, FilesAnywhere is one of the first cloud-based storage services to emerge and today continues to offer customers, both consumer and business, a means to back up, edit, sync, collaborate, and share data as well as catalog photos, videos, and music. FilesAnywhere storage plans range from a free, 1 GB accounts to paid accounts ranging from 5 to 500+ GB. Private sites with customized branding and dedicated servers are available for corporate customers as well.

FilesAnywhere is headquartered in Bedford, TX, and offers free, live customer support from a team of engineers and support representatives based in the U.S.

History

Immediatek, Inc.

FilesAnywhere is a wholly owned subsidiary of Immediatek, Inc. (IMKI), a Mark Cuban company.

Considered a pioneer in cloud storage technology, the service became popular with IT professionals and early adopters. FilesAnywhere has remained profitable since opening for business in 1999. In 2005, Mark Cuban, owner of championship team Dallas Mavericks and Internet billionaire, joined with founders Tim Rice and Chetan Jaitly as an owner of FilesAnywhere through a private investment. In 2010, FilesAnywhere's operating company, "Officeware Corporation" completed a reverse merger of public company Immediatek, Inc., and the company is now publicly traded (IMKI).

Officeware Corporation

Founded in 1995, Officeware Corporation is a Texas "C" Corporation, now wholly owned by Immediatek. Launched as an information systems consulting firm, Officeware specialized in creating web-based services, transaction systems, and high-performance database systems for businesses and government organizations.

Compatibility

Supported Platforms

• Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Mobile
• Mac OS X, iOS

Browsers

• Microsoft IE
• Firefox
• Chrome
• Netscape
• Safari
• AOL
• Opera

Features and Functionality

FilesAnywhere includes many features for both free and paid users. This includes file storage, link share, faxing, back-up, and syncing. Users have the ability to upload and download files through a web interface, FTP/SFTP

SSH file transfer protocol

In computing, the SSH File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management functionality over any reliable data stream...

, and WebDAV

WebDAV

Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a set of methods based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers...

. For back-up and syncing, FilesAnywhere provides a software application called CoolBackup for both Windows and Mac OS.

Mobile Apps

The FilesAnywhere service provides free apps for mobile devices including:

• iPad
• iPhone
• iPod Touch
• Android
• Blackberry

Add-Ins

FilesAnywhere add-ins provide for additional functionality:

• Outlook Add-in
• SalesForce Add-in

External links

• CoolBackup