Top FTP Risks of 2012

December 26, 2012

Picture this scenario: Your organization has a signed contractual obligation to provide a set of services  to a business partner.  As a part of those services, you must deliver a file to your business partner no later than  4 a.m. on Monday morning. The file is produced by a batch process that is generated over [...]

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Are IT Salaries Really on the Rise?

December 19, 2012
Are IT Salaries Really Rising?

In this blog, we dedicate a lot of space to talking about improving IT efficiency and reducing the impact of failed file transfers on IT operations staff.  So it wouldn’t hurt to take time out to talk about something very near-and-dear to the hearts of those folks whose jobs we try so hard to simplify, namely IT [...]

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What Should You Look For In a Reliable and Secure File Transfer Solution?

November 30, 2012

Millions and millions of files are transferred every day around the world. But it is not typically done in the most secure and reliable manner. More and more businesses are realizing the shortcomings of traditional file transfer methods like email and file transfer protocol (FTP) and are looking for a more reliable and secure file [...]

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Enterprise File Transfer and You

October 31, 2012
Enterprise File Transfer

  If you’ve ever put the words “enterprise”, “file”, and “transfer” together in your mind, in that order, then it’s very possible that you were thinking about one or more of the following: in the context of “enterprise file transfer”: The way that files move into and out of your enterprise from business partners and [...]

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Attachmate’s Enterprise File Transfer Solution Gets Media Coverage

September 28, 2012

With the recent launch of FileXpress 7.2, Attachmate’s enterprise file transfer solution, we saw several articles surrounding the updated solutions. Biztech2 wrote an article titled, “Attachmate Unveils FileXpress 7.2,” that highlights the availability of FileXpress Internet Server 7.2 and FileXpress Command Center 7.2 and how the new capabilities in these releases improve the overall reliability [...]

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Case Study: National Bank of Abu Dhabi Secures Data in Transit

August 31, 2012
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Many organizations are searching for ways to securely send data within and outside of their organization for security and privacy purposes. But some organizations, like banks and other financial institutions, must adhere to industry regulations as well. The largest bank in the United Arab Emirates, The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), sought not only [...]

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New Release of Attachmate Managed File Transfer, FileXpress 7.2

August 21, 2012
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New Release Improves Compliance and Streamlines File Transfers Organizations continue to prioritize secure data transfers. Gartner Analyst Ben Huang highlighted this in a recent report, “What You Need to Understand Before You Assess Managed File Transfer Technology,” noting that methods like email and FTP have severe deficiencies that managed file transfer (MFT) solutions can address. [...]

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3 Key Value Drivers for Managed File Transfer

July 30, 2012
Controlling Costs, Improving Compliance, and Streamlining Integration with Managed File Transfer

No matter the size of an organization, files are constantly in motion between  employees,  servers, and applications; both internally and in exchanges with business partners and customers. File transfer is part of the day-to-day operations on which an organization depends. Because file transfer is so pervasive and vital, organizations that investigate managed file transfer solutions often [...]

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New Release: FileXpress Platform Server for UNIX 7.1

July 9, 2012

Newest Version of FileXpress Platform Server for UNIX Simplifies File Transfer Management and Automation As we talk to customers about what they want in a file transfer solution, we are hearing that they need a robust, scalable solution that can handle a large amount of files of all shapes and sizes. They want a solution [...]

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Business file transfer…do it right now, or do it right?

June 21, 2012
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We’re often forced to choose between expediency and repeatability.  When a business department contacts IT at 4:30pm on Friday afternoon and wants to find a way to provide a large file to a new contractor, “right now” probably seems more important than “right.”  As a result, IT may be forced to come up with a [...]

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