<s>
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
secure	B-Application
content	B-Application
collaboration	I-Application
,	O
file	O
sharing	O
and	O
sync	B-Application
software	O
that	O
supports	O
all	O
the	O
document-centric	O
tasks	O
and	O
workflow	O
needs	O
of	O
small	O
and	O
large	B-General_Concept
businesses	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
offers	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
or	O
on-premises	B-General_Concept
storage	O
,	O
virtual	O
data	O
rooms	O
and	O
client	B-Protocol
portals	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
is	O
owned	O
by	O
Citrix	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jesse	O
Lipson	O
,	O
a	O
self-taught	O
programmer	B-Application
,	O
built	O
and	O
launched	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
in	O
November	O
2005	O
in	O
Raleigh	O
,	O
North	O
Carolina	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lipson	O
created	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
after	O
several	O
of	O
his	O
website	O
design	O
clients	O
asked	O
him	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
password-protected	O
area	O
where	O
they	O
could	O
set	O
up	O
folders	O
and	O
exchange	O
business	O
files	O
with	O
their	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
felt	O
FTP	B-Protocol
sites	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
were	O
insufficient	O
and	O
saw	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
launched	O
without	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
or	O
outside	O
funding	O
,	O
and	O
focused	O
on	O
acquiring	O
only	O
business	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2011	O
,	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
had	O
3	O
million	O
users	O
in	O
100	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
was	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
Inc	O
.	O
500	O
list	O
of	O
Fastest	O
Growing	O
Private	O
Companies	O
in	O
both	O
2010	O
and	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2011	O
,	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Citrix	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
agreement	O
,	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
was	O
offered	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
service	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
software	O
becoming	O
integrated	O
into	O
Citrix	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
Lipson	O
became	O
vice	O
president	O
and	O
general	O
manager	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
data	O
sharing	O
division	O
within	O
Citrix	B-Application
under	O
the	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2016	O
,	O
Lipson	O
is	O
corporate	O
vice	O
president	O
and	O
general	O
manager	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
,	O
which	O
includes	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
and	O
Citrix	B-Application
Workspace	O
Cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
171,000	O
-square-foot	O
Raleigh	O
office	O
opened	O
in	O
October	O
2014	O
for	O
Raleigh-based	O
Citrix	B-Application
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
had	O
55,000	O
corporate	O
customers	O
and	O
40	O
million	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
secure	B-Application
,	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
platform	O
for	O
businesses	O
to	O
store	O
and	O
share	O
large	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
features	O
include	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
send	O
and	O
obtain	O
e-signatures	O
on	O
documents	O
with	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
RightSignature	O
;	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
send	O
encrypted	B-Protocol
email	I-Protocol
through	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
Outlook	O
plugin	O
or	O
an	O
online	O
portal	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
connection	O
to	O
access	O
and	O
edit	O
documents	O
stored	O
in	O
SharePoint	O
Online	O
and	O
OneDrive	B-Application
for	I-Application
Business	I-Application
;	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
individuals	O
to	O
migrate	O
data	O
from	O
their	O
personal	O
clouds	O
into	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
versions	O
of	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
allow	O
mobile	O
editing	O
and	O
offline	O
editing	O
of	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
users	O
have	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
store	O
data	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
,	O
Citrix-managed	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
use	O
existing	O
file	O
storage	O
systems	O
via	O
StorageZone	O
Connectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
companies	O
to	O
host	O
files	O
that	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
want	O
stored	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
,	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
due	O
to	O
regulatory	O
concerns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IT	O
managers	O
can	O
manage	O
corporate	O
content	O
on	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
using	O
remote	O
wipe	O
,	O
encryption	O
,	O
passcode	O
lock	O
and	O
poison	O
pill	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
updated	O
regulations	O
with	O
HIPAA	O
standards	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
created	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
Cloud	O
for	O
Health	O
Care	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
AWS	B-Application
Cloud	O
,	O
but	O
sets	O
aside	O
specific	O
virtual	O
servers	O
to	O
host	O
protected	O
health	O
information	O
(	O
PHI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
began	O
offering	O
a	O
feature	O
called	O
"	O
Archiving	O
for	O
Financial	O
Services	O
"	O
to	O
help	O
organizations	O
in	O
the	O
financial	O
sector	O
comply	O
with	O
data	O
archiving	O
regulations	O
put	O
forth	O
by	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Securities	O
and	O
Exchange	O
Commission	O
and	O
Financial	O
Industry	O
Regulatory	O
Authority	O
.	O
</s>
