It’s easier than ever to receive media directly into Suite Storage.

Suite provides cloud-centralized access to media files for thousands of dispersed creatives—now, things are getting even better for teams on our cloud storage. Introducing Suite Connect: A simple-to-use file uploader for Suite Storage customers. Creative teams & post production companies that rely on external parties to ingest media prior to “getting to work” no longer have to wait. Suite Connect offers a lightning-fast way to receive the files you need from anyone who you provide a customized upload link & password—collaborators don’t even need to be linked to your Suite account prior to uploading media, so new projects can come from anyone, anywhere!

What is Suite Connect?

Suite Connect is a file uploader for teams using Suite Storage. Known commonly as “transfer links," Suite Connect enables key creatives to upload media directly to a specific folder location in Suite Storage, without having to download Suite itself.

How does Suite Connect work?

[upload media via Suite Connect → files land directly in Suite Storage]

Suite Storage team admins create a link & password, then share it with any external collaborators to import new media into Suite Storage—it’s as easy as that. The link provides access to a chosen location within your cloud-connected Suite Storage, so anyone who receives it can simply select files directly. Suite Storage looks & feels like an SSD but it’s connected to the cloud for instant file access—Suite Connect now lets anyone upload directly to it. Without exaggeration, Suite Connect is the simplest, most effective way to receive media from a third-party source.

Why did you build Suite Connect?

"The industry asked for it & we listened," says Mike Hering, CTO & Co-Founder of Suite. "We're proud to deliver a workflow that drastically simplifies the lives of creative teams. That's a huge win for everyone."

How does Suite Connect benefit my creative team?

Suite Storage, now with Suite Connect, offers revolutionary benefits for any team that relies on external collaborators to ingest media at any point in the creative process. Shipping hard drives & waiting for files are now completely obsolete when utilizing Suite’s cloud storage. Beyond high-level wins, though, there are numerous granular benefits that Suite Connect provides:

1. Suite Connect installs with just a click. Suite Connect installs on any device with one click, instantly from a user’s browser window. Simply share the Suite Connect upload link & collaborators can easily download the app & handle the next big file import asynchronously.
2. Team Admins maintain visibility. Team admins can easily create, delete, and set expiration dates for Suite Connect transfer links directly within Suite. Post production supervisors & other key players on a project maintain full oversight of who’s uploading what, and where, exactly, those files live within the Suite Drive. One thing we know for certain: Utilizing Suite Connect for file uploads sure beats sending out a hard drive & waiting for it to return…
3. Upload files easily within Suite Connect. Once external collaborators receive an upload link, adding new media is as easy as selecting it for upload into the Suite Connect app. Individuals ingesting media also have visibility into the status of their upload in real-time directly via Suite Connect, so external collaborators can keep an eye on progress & let the right people on the team know the moment files are ready to edit.
4. Inherent Security & Performance. With Suite Connect, none of the file data is ever stored on the machine of the person sending media & files are encrypted in the client before sending data to the cloud. Then, data is also encrypted in-transit to the cloud, and at-rest in the cloud. All this is to say—when media is transferred via Suite Connect directly into Suite Storage, your media is encrypted, safe, and only accessible to the right people every time.

When should I use Suite Connect to share files?

Suite Connect should be utilized anytime you need to ingest media from an external collaborator directly into your Suite Drive. This means anyone, anywhere, with the correct Suite Connect link & password can upload files directly into your account—a huge win for dispersed media teams where media production & editing occur in different places/with different teams. Make a sticky note to remind yourself: Literally anytime you need to ingest media via a third-party collaborator, use Suite Connect to create an upload link. This feature doesn’t exist anywhere else...

Suite Connect - Effortless File Transfers for teams on Suite

Once you’ve tapped into the power of Suite’s cloud storage, it’s easy to understand why centralizing files on the cloud for real-time streaming access guarantees an accelerated creative process. Teams like Triptent and Fact & Fiction already know the benefit of Suite—and now we’re granting these teams and others already using Suite Storage an unprecedented way to transfer files directly into Suite via remote collaborators. Extending the connectivity of the Suite Storage cloud-native filesystem, Suite Connect brings real-time file sharing to everyone involved in a project, opening boundless new doors for creative collaboration.

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