Technology in Architectural Practice

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.

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We are 9 person firm in Seattle and migrated to Egnyte about 3 years ago.  Very happy with the platform.  It can determine if a person is working on a file and block access if needed or allow collaborative work.  Our office works remotely 2 days a week and this platform has made it a seamless experience.  Seems to work well accross platforms - i.e. from ipads to windows desktops.

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.

We migrated to Egnyte in September 2025. This was for about 1,700 employees in four global regions. It took several months to migrate our data and to get our configurations figured out, but their professional services team was great. We're very happy with the results so far. One big caveat is that workshared Revit projects don't work on Egnyte - but if all your projects are on ACC (Autodesk Forma), you're fine. Happy to answer any other specific questions if you have any.

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.

We migrated to Egnyte in September 2025. This was for about 1,700 employees in four global regions. It took several months to migrate our data and to get our configurations figured out, but their professional services team was great. We're very happy with the results so far. One big caveat is that workshared Revit projects don't work on Egnyte - but if all your projects are on ACC (Autodesk Forma), you're fine. Happy to answer any other specific questions if you have any.

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, James. Really great to have the CTO perspective on this topic!

I was not clear whether or not Revit Workshared projects were supported. I knew this was not possible with consumer cloud storage like OneDrive, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Helpful caveat to point out.

We migrated to Egnyte in September 2025. This was for about 1,700 employees in four global regions. It took several months to migrate our data and to get our configurations figured out, but their professional services team was great. We're very happy with the results so far. One big caveat is that workshared Revit projects don't work on Egnyte - but if all your projects are on ACC (Autodesk Forma), you're fine. Happy to answer any other specific questions if you have any.

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.

Great question, Kevin. I look forward to watching the discussion here. I have seen Egnyte presentations on AI-related possibilities within their ecosystem. I am curious if you have any you hope to employ or have tested out on your data.

Have you seen the AIAU session on Egnite? https://aiau.aia.org/course/details/future-ready-practice-the-ai-tech-series-sponsored-by-egnyte1

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.

Dan - You might reach out to Justin Hiles, CIO of VLK Architects here in Fort Worth.  He and I just did a session yesterday with Evelyn Lee / Practice of Architecture on their use of AI with Egnyte for the past couple of years (following a couple of years of research and preparation).  He's also recently spoken at our Global Summit.  You are likely familiar with his firm (roughly 275 employees, 2nd-ranked K-12 firm in the US, 6 offices IIRC).  I think they've done a better job than most at getting their data sorted to prepare for AI use cases, and they've done a great job of training/adoption.

Great question, Kevin. I look forward to watching the discussion here. I have seen Egnyte presentations on AI-related possibilities within their ecosystem. I am curious if you have any you hope to employ or have tested out on your data.

Have you seen the AIAU session on Egnite? https://aiau.aia.org/course/details/future-ready-practice-the-ai-tech-series-sponsored-by-egnyte1

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.

Thanks for adding to the discussion, Aaron. Great to hear from someone at Egnyte directly (and a fellow AIA AI Task Force member).

Just an FYI: Thesla and I sit on the national AIA TAP Leadership... our involvement here (TAP Discussion forum) is mainly moderating and "instigating" discussion:)

Dan - You might reach out to Justin Hiles, CIO of VLK Architects here in Fort Worth.  He and I just did a session yesterday with Evelyn Lee / Practice of Architecture on their use of AI with Egnyte for the past couple of years (following a couple of years of research and preparation).  He's also recently spoken at our Global Summit.  You are likely familiar with his firm (roughly 275 employees, 2nd-ranked K-12 firm in the US, 6 offices IIRC).  I think they've done a better job than most at getting their data sorted to prepare for AI use cases, and they've done a great job of training/adoption.

Great question, Kevin. I look forward to watching the discussion here. I have seen Egnyte presentations on AI-related possibilities within their ecosystem. I am curious if you have any you hope to employ or have tested out on your data.

Have you seen the AIAU session on Egnite? https://aiau.aia.org/course/details/future-ready-practice-the-ai-tech-series-sponsored-by-egnyte1

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.

Hello - I lead the technology practice at a 40 person firm (single office) evaluating migration to the cloud data storage platform Egnyte. Our anticipated benefits include hardware cost savings, tool consolidation, pivot from a legacy hybrid setup, and integrated AI with the importance of not sacrificing speed, security, and disaster recovery preparedness. Hoping to source any experiences, observations, or feedback from users familiar with the product.