The Entertainment Industry and Secure Document Sharing

08 April, 2014

As with a manufacturing company, organizations within the entertainment industry develop and direct their product through a lifecycle from the initial concept through final distribution. During the intermediate planning and production processes, a wide range of creative talent—often dispersed around the globe and across multiple organizations—turns the concept into reality.

In order to facilitate this product lifecycle in the modern, global economy, companies in the entertainment industry have increasingly utilized cloud-based technologies that enable multiple geographically distant parties to exchange information during the production process. In order to make a movie, for example, various organizations must have access to stored media files in order to edit and apply effects to the files. These document sharing solutions also enable distributors to share information with potential investors or producers, as well as to elicit feedback from these parties.

Because information about films and other projects under development is confidential intellectual property, the security of this information prior to its distribution is of the utmost importance. Consumer-grade document sharing systems, such as DropBox or Google Drive, do not adequately address these security concerns.

Moreover, the fast pace, deadline-oriented entertainment industry depends on cloud-based platforms to ensure that collaboration is quick and efficient. It is essential that entertainment companies use a document sharing solution that organizes documents so they can be easily located and provides fast and targeted searches of a vast quantity of documents.

It is also crucial that the document sharing solution enable access to documents regardless of the location of the various partnering entities. Moreover, all partners should be able to access the documents with a wide variety of devices and computer platforms, whether PC, Mac or mobile device. In such a way, the cloud-based document sharing system will ensure that all partners can move the product through its lifecycle and achieve distribution as quickly as possible.

ShareVault® is the leader in supplying innovative, secure document sharing solutions for customers around the globe, including many in the entertainment industry. ShareVault offers the highest degree of security and reliability, combined with unparalleled speed, ease-of-use and functionality. Backed by the experience of billions of dollars in successful deal transactions, along with industry-leading customer support, ShareVault is ideally suited for managing, sharing and monitoring critical document-centric processes like those used in the entertainment product lifecycle. ShareVault also integrates with core technologies like SharePoint, allowing users to seamlessly share existing SharePoint sites easily and securely with parties outside the corporate firewall.