Case Study: SNCF reduces file bloat and relieves its network with balesio FILEminimizer Server

SNCF delivers balesio AG’s Native Format Optimization as a service to its users and removes file bloat in the network

SNCF, a major French railway company, faced the issue of unstructured file bloat caused by inefficiently stored PowerPoint, Word, Excel, PDF, and image files. This significantly strained their network bandwidth and made it difficult for users to manage and share files. The challenge was to find a solution for optimizing these highly active files on their primary storage, which technologies like deduplication could not adequately address.

balesio's FILEminimizer Server was implemented to provide on-demand Native Format Optimization as a service. The solution automatically reduced file sizes by 50-90%, which relieved network strain, increased user productivity, and allowed the IT department to effectively eliminate file bloat. According to their IT Director, deploying balesio's technology successfully reduced the amount of bloated files and consequently relieved their network.

SNCF

Jérémy Verrier

IT Director