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With the Swiss utilities industry in flux, SH POWER must ensure it can keep pace with change— making it more important than ever that employees can share business data with each other quickly and easily. How could SH POWER ensure that increasing convenience did not come at the cost of decreasing security?

Major change is afoot in the Swiss utilities industry, with the drive for market liberalization gaining momentum. Large organizations already have the freedom to choose their electricity and gas supplier.

Having used OpenText Filr for file sharing as part of the OpenText Open Workgroup Suite for some years, SH POWER decided to upgrade to Filr Advanced Edition.

Daniel Epprecht comments: “Micro Focus (now part of OpenText) Filr Advanced Edition enables our staff to share documents in just a few clicks, instead of having to send large emails back and forth, configuring FTP servers or even carrying around USB sticks. Filr is very user-friendly and, because it is available on all devices—desktop PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones—staff can log in remotely, and we can easily exchange files with external partners.

“One of the main reasons we chose to move to Filr Advanced Edition was that we wanted to streamline processes and make network folders available more flexibly. The advanced security features including multi-factor authentication enable us to protect sensitive data in a regulated environment much better, and we are always looking for ways to improve security.”

With OpenText Filr Advanced Edition, the 250 internal and external users are able to share data quickly and easily while the IT team has full control over storage location and access permissions.

Daniel Epprecht notes: “Engineers can share construction plans and documentation almost instantly. Surveyors can fill in forms on the go while inspecting locations, avoiding duplicate data entry and speeding up information flow across departments. This increased flexibility provides staff with the information they need to get on with their jobs without delay—which is particularly important during this period of change in the Swiss utilities sector.

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