Managed File Transfer

Turn File Transfer into an IT Asset

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Managed file transfer technology is the answer to today’s toughest file transfer problems. More files. Bigger files. Internet travel. Stringent regulations. Dwindling budgets. With the managed file transfer solutions from Attachmate, you can overcome all these obstacles.

With Attachmate FileXpress and Reflection for Secure IT, you can meet your modern file transfer challenges head on.

What Managed File Transfer Can Do

File transfer has evolved over the last decade—from traditional FTP, to secure file transfer with encrypted protocols and multi-factor authentication, to modern managed file transfer with automated, reliable, secure, and monitored delivery. Is it time to update your existing solution?

Capabilities	Traditional FTP	Secure File Transfer	Managed File Transfer
Basic file transfer	X	X	X
Scripting and APIs	X	X	X
Data conversion (text / binary)	X	X	X
Simple remote commands	X	X	X
Data encryption		X	X
Advanced authentication		X	X
Error recovery			X
Event-driven transfers			X
Simplified scripting			X
Automation via web services			X
Detailed auditing			X
Reporting			X
Files of any size			X
Protocol conversion			X
Alerting			X

MFT Educational Resources

Whiteboard Video

Besieged by File Transfer Demands?
This video shows how Attachmate FileXpress software enables partner-friendly file exchanges of any size with centralized support for multiple platforms, protocols, and security standards.

Osterman Research Report

Making File Transfer Easier, Compliant and More Secure
This report highlights the need for finding an alternative to email for user-driven file transfers and offers tips for selecting the right solution.

Realtime Publishers Essential Series

Controlling Costs, Improving Compliance, and Streamlining Integration with Managed File Transfer
This three-article series explains how managed file transfer supports innovative ways of working with your data resources.

Realtime Publishers Shortcut Guide

Eliminating Insecure and Unreliable File Transfer Methods
This four-chapter guide examines how common file transfer practices undermine the efficiency and security of business operations.

Bank Security Podcast

How to Secure FTP
Bank leaders from M&T Bank and Wells Fargo, along with security experts from Attachmate, offer strategies for dealing with FTP's shortfalls.

Attachmate Managed File Transfer Products

Product Line	Products Included
FileXpress FileXpress managed file transfer software is more than a simple file transfer utility. It’s a strategic enterprise solution that manages and executes the secure delivery of any-size files, across all major platforms, to any location.	FileXpress Platform Server FileXpress Internet Server FileXpress Command Center FileXpress FileShot
Reflection for Secure IT Reflection for Secure IT managed file transfer clients and servers use SSH to secure Internet file transfers, remote system administration, and TCP/IP-based application access.	Reflection for Secure IT Web Edition Reflection for Secure IT Client for Windows Reflection for Secure IT Server for Windows Reflection for Secure IT Client for UNIX Reflection for Secure IT Server for UNIX

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Managed File Transfer: Reflection and FileXpress