Ektron’s eSync lets users update content anywhere safely by employing certificate-based authentication to secure your Web site, whether it is on a production server or within the development environment. Also, your updates can take place on the safe side of your firewall before being moved to the live site. Within complex IT infrastructures, eSync can synchronize content, assets, HTML pages and other components of your Web site, whether it is managed by Ektron or not.

eSync efficiently makes updates and eliminates site downtime by moving only the changes you want to move; single pieces of content to entire sites. With its intelligent synchronization technology, eSync securely moves selected content bidirectionally: Web 2.0 sites have a wealth of user-generated content and membership information which can be synchronized back to the development side of the firewall.

You can synchronize at any time with single or multiple servers; strategic times that assure optimal performance, while facilitating site updates; low-traffic times to coordinate global multi-site setups. You also can schedule time-sensitive events.

If conflicting versions of content exist, eSync’s configurable conflict resolution engine ensures that you will not lose your most recent content. The version that isn’t posted is saved in a history log (along with other previous versions), letting you track changes or restore content if the need arises.

eSync’s ability to move and copy data is unparalleled, and it offers a host of options for managing multiple servers. If there is a need for multiple development servers, eSync can create another copy of the live site for you to work with. As your developers build out changes to the site, their updates can by synchronized to the staging and production servers. eSync also can support advanced infrastructures, including load balancing and failover server configurations.