FileWave

7320 E 86th St, 46256, Indianapolis, United States
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3.40
Based on 20 Reviews

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About FileWave

Manage all of your devices from one tool. FileWave does it all. We make it easy to manage all your devices in a single application that supports all major operating systems: macOS, Windows, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, ChromeOS, and Android.

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John Owens
GB

We have been using Filewave for several… We have been using Filewave for several years. We have found it to be a great help in imaging / managing windows pc's, mac's, and ipads. The support system is great! Any problems or issues we have had (including operator error) have been quickly and professionally resolved. GREAT product!

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Matthew Elliott
GB

UX experience is horrible UX experience is horrible. You know this though. :-)

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MikeC
GB

Not for us on the Windows side IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, Filewave is well suited for iOS and MacOS. Almost everything that I have tried dealing with Mac, which admittedly has been limited to creating filesets, has worked as touted and experienced. My difficulties have come on the Windows side. The following is not very positive, but take what I say with a grain of salt. I am sure that someone who knows Filewave inside and out would not have the difficulties that I have had, but there is the rub for me. I found the learning curve to be a little too steep for someone who has many, many varied responsibilities in our company that go way beyond just setting up and maintaining Windows machines, Perhaps, I could not just give enough time to fully learn FW. It would be nice if the documentation and tutorials were suited to newbies as well as old timers. But, I am a Windows guy. My experience with FW in the Windows environment has been unfavorable. Granted, I am not one for the deep dives into making FW work with Windows, but I have found the documentation for FW to be scattered and in some cases irrelevant. Often I cannot find documentation dealing with what I need to create or do. That may be my inability to grasp their site layout, but I don't have this issue on other products. I suppose that is to be expected when an operating system changes as much as Windows has from Windows 7 - 8.1 to Windows 10. I think that with more in-depth and relevant documentation geared specifically to Windows 10, my experience would be more positive. As it is, the online documentation is very hard to follow and in many cases gives the steps for doing things in Windows 7 and then making reference that it should work in 10 as well...when, indeed, it doesn't always translate well, especially when it comes to imaging. I have had spotty success with FW imaging in Windows 10. I also have found some of the filesets to be 'wonky' from machine to machine. Perhaps FW would be better to scrap their present Windows documentation...at least dealing with filesets and imaging, or at least make a version dedicated solely to Windows 10. They have committed to concentrating more resources to Windows than they have in the past, but it's a little too late for me. Our system is considering moving to Chromebooks and using online virtual machines that the Chromebooks can access when Windows may be necessary. As to Filewave's support, I find their techs to be quick and ready to lend support. Any time that I have reached out to them, they have quickly gotten back and given what support they could. I have no complaints about their support department.

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County Schools IT Director
GB

Doesn't handle system updates very… Doesn't handle system updates very well. Tries to install ALL updates for any device in a group that was needed to All devices in the group. Often does not install all of the needed updates, requiring the manual installation of those updates. Simple issues are resolved quickly. Other issues take a huge amount of time to resolve. I have spent so much time providing feedback for ongoing issues, I begin to wonder if I was being used as a beta tester. They could do much better, but honestly they don't. Over the years I have used this product, I have had to abandon most of the features and mostly any more only use the application reporting functions. This is most disconcerting considering the hundreds of hours I have invested in this software.

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Kevin Sears
GB

What you need. What you need, when you need it, with the support you deserve. Filewave has been one of the reasons we have been able to adapt so well to distance learning and teaching! Thank you Filewave.

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