Case Study: Arup Group Ltd. achieves faster, more secure global file sharing with Citrix ShareFile

Consulting and engineering firm transfers files worldwide with Citrix ShareFile

Arup Group Ltd., a London‑headquartered multinational engineering and consulting firm with over 13,000 staff in 92 offices, struggled to send large CAD models and design files to team members and clients worldwide. Its custom 2 GB file transfer system was slow and increasingly inadequate, prompting about 60% of employees to use insecure personal file‑sharing services; Arup also needed reliable mobile access and better regional performance.

Arup deployed Citrix ShareFile Enterprise—including an Outlook plug‑in, regional StorageZones and connectors to third‑party services—so users could send any‑size files easily and access documents from tablets. The change sped up workflows, improved client service and visibility into document access, enabled encryption and download controls for stronger security, and standardized file sharing across collaborations (employees now use ShareFile for files over 5 MB).

Arup Group Ltd.

Gareth Atkins

Global IT Security Specialist