WS_FTP Overview

In today’s world of electronic communication, sharing information quickly, reliably, and securely is both a customer expectation and a core business requirement. Companies that implement a secure and robust file transfer solution can enhance workflows and collaboration, protect the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive data, and exceed compliance and corporate governance requirements.

With more than 40 million users, Ipswitch WS_FTP is the most trusted family of secure and managed file transfer products in the world. Our proven, award-winning solutions enable customers to easily, efficiently, and securely transfer billions of files and petabytes of data around the globe every week. With WS_FTP products, customers can:

• Easily, efficiently, and securely move data and files of any size within the organization and among business partners

• Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and auditability of data through end-to-end access control, encryption, and compliance management

• Improve the efficiency of file transfer service through a range of time-saving automation features

• Protect, track, and log all data movement at all times throughout an entire file transfer job stream

• Exceed regulatory compliance and corporate governance requirements for the storage and transfer of sensitive information

End-to-End Security

File transfer is a key business process affecting all functional groups and organizations within a company. The process requires data to be taken from one location to another by a file transfer client, to come to rest on an FTP or SSH server, and often to be moved or copied again. At each moment in the process – before, during, and after the file transfer – files and data are at risk of being compromised. WS_FTP products use the strongest and most secure encryption and other security capabilities to ensure the safe storage and handling of files at all times, at rest and in transit, from end to end as your workflows require. Powerful management capabilities let you dictate security policies, control access to data, and track the movement of information through each stage to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of shared information.
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High Availability

With collaborators potentially spread out over the globe, and workflows that require files to be transferred at the moment they are ready to be viewed or accessed, a down file transfer server is simply unacceptable. Availability is essential to ensure that users have access to the information they need, whenever they need it. That’s why Ipswitch designed the WS_FTP Server for high availability. It integrates seamlessly into highly redundant environments and the architecture fully supports load balancing, server clustering, failover, and easy-to-install multi-server deployments.
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B2B Transfers

The more important the information to be transferred, the more critical the need for a proven, world-class file transfer solution. A solution your trading partners, vendors, and contractors can trust. A solution your remote employees can use easily and efficiently. A solution that keeps you safe and compliant when highly sensitive and confidential information is being transferred, such as intellectual property, purchase orders, financial records, credit card data, account numbers, and health information. WS_FTP products offer the security, efficiency, and reliability required for all B2B transfers.
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Regulatory Compliance

From Sarbanes-Oxley to HIPAA to PCI DSS to Basel II to whatever tomorrow brings, organizations in all industries face severe penalties for failing to protect information – not only from regulators and business partners, but also from customers, who will quickly and permanently shift their loyalty in the wake of a data breach. WS_FTP facilitates compliance by encrypting the files being transferred as well as ensuring secure access to the file transfer server. Our solution exceeds even the strictest requirements for secure file transfer, and ensures an exceptionally high level of confidentiality, integrity, availability, and auditability.
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Workflow Automation

The less you have to do manually, the more you can do…period. WS_FTP’s automation capabilities save time, increase productivity, and improve communication. At the same time, WS_FTP replaces often-unreliable homegrown scripts with strong encryption and fully documented and supported automation. On the client side, end users can easily schedule one-time or recurring transfers, automatically compress and back-up files, synchronize folders, send email notifications when transfers occur, create scripts, and automate recurring tasks. On the server side, administrators can create rules to trigger automatic notifications and launch external programs based on specified server events, such as repeated failed logon attempts, creation of a directory, or uploading a file.
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Customized Solutions

One size doesn’t always fit all. For those instances, WS_FTP offers a robust Software Developers Kit (SDK) that makes it easy to integrate the extensive capabilities of WS_FTP Professional into your environment. Developers can easily program secure, data movement-aware applications and incorporate them into existing business and workflow processes, such as database updates, EDI, and data consolidation. WS_FTP also comes with a variety of customizable options and interfaces, along with the tools to enable you to create your own.
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Managed File Transfer

Large businesses and enterprises must be quick and nimble to remain competitive in today’s global marketplace. That requires instant and secure communication among the people and systems in a company that create, use, and move critical and sensitive information. In the corporate world, traditional methods of transferring files and data – such as basic FTP, email, and ad-hoc and homegrown applications – represent a major liability as they fail to meet growing expectations for security, visibility, control, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance.

Ipswitch’s innovative and scalable Managed File Transfer solution is designed to meet the needs of the enterprise consumer, enabling large corporations to control all aspects of data movement. With unrivaled security and robust management, monitoring, logging, and auditing capabilities, our innovative solution helps enterprises ensure compliance and keep confidential files and data from being intercepted or compromised at all times. As a result, companies that choose Ipswitch are better shielded from the negative consequences of data breaches, which can affect millions of customers and employees and permanently damage a company’s reputation, brand, and consumer trust. What’s more, the Ipswitch Managed File Transfer solution has the power to integrate with a company’s existing infrastructure, maintain high server availability, automate business processes, and scale with the needs of the enterprise.
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