Giving employees access
Managed file
I tested the corporate version of
YouSendIt, which is designed for
enterprise use. (There are also ver-
sions for small and midsize busi-
nesses, and for individuals, includ-
ing a “Lite” version that’s free.) The
corporate version lets you give your
employees access to the file transfer
capabilities of YouSendIt. You can
also appoint other administrators
and track the usage levels of indi-
vidual users or groups of users. Also,
you can create groups of users in
whatever manner you wish, such
By Wayne Rash transfers by managing the process as by job function, location or some
The idea behind YouSendIt’s in a way that’s intuitive, encrypted other criterion. (Each group will
namesake technology is to and reasonably fast. need a group e-mail address.)
make the chore of sending YouSendIt proved to be a great Thecorporateversionalsoincludes
files, especially large or sen- solution for companies that need a drop-box feature that lets those out-
sitive files, easier and safer than it to send files securely, especially side your organization send material
would be by just attaching the files large files. But if you are running to you in the same way you’d send
to an e-mail. There are many reasons Windows 7, especially the 64-bit ver- material—but without having access
for doing this: The most obvious is sion, beware: You’ll probably have to to your YouSendIt account.
that many e-mail servers have limits be satisfied with the Web interface. Pricing for the corporate suite for
on how large an e-mail five users is $16.99
attachment can be, so if a month per user or
what you’re sending is too $999.99 a year; for 10
big, you’re out of luck. users, $12.50 a month
A less obvious reason per user or $1,499.99 a
is that e-mail attach- year; for 15 users, $11
ments aren’t very secure. a month per user or
Anyone with access to the $1,999.99 a year; for 20
e-mail server can open users, $10 a month per
your attachment and user or $2,499.99 a
examine it. This might year; and for 25 users,
be OK if the attachment $9.99 a month per user
is a photo of your Great or $2,999.99 a year.
Dane, Twinkie. But it’s Larger licenses are ne-
not OK if the attach- gotiated individually.
ment is a patient medi- In its most basic
cal record or credit card mode, You Send It
information. is a Website that
transfer made easy,
secure (mostly)
REVIEW: YouSendIt makes e-mailing large,
sensitive files secure and manageable by avoiding
the pain of using FTP clients and servers
Thereason YouSendIt includes a form on
File recipients get this page, with sender details and the sender’s message.
exists is to provide a way which you can add the
to get large, numerous or sensitive e-mail addresses of your intended
files from one place to another recipients, a subject line and any
securely and easily. It’s designed comments, in addition to an upload
to avoid both the pain of using an function that lets you choose the files
FTP client and server for large files on your computer (or an attached
and the security issues of all file
The available applications and plug-ins won’t necessarily work for you in
Windows 7, especially in the 64-bit
version, although a company representative did say that an update is in
the works.
