With 49 percent of the market, Sterling Managed File Transfer is the market-leading solution for managing file transfers of any size, any volume and any format.
Learn why unmanaged file transfer is continuing to grow despite the pervasiveness and risks from external and internal forces. Look closely at many organizations, and you will find that typically, internal transfers start as a simple method for rapidly integrating different systems while external transfers begin with the movement of data files to external partners. After initial success with FTP and a few scripts, business growth demands the initiation of more projects, and unmanaged file transfers spread like wildfire.
That's when problems escalate. Unsuccessful file transfers eventually take their toll. An important transfer fails to arrive, the phones start ringing and log files have to be examined to see what went wrong. Or even worse, an FTP server is hacked and sensitive customer data is compromised. As the business grows, the problems repeat with greater frequency and strain technical resources. Soon, IT struggles to meet service level agreements and new customer and partner on-boarding timeframes.
The root of the problem lies in the fact that "homegrown" solutions built on FTP lack adequate mechanisms for management, monitoring or advanced security. While FTP software is shipped with almost every operating system, it has never provided the event management and reliability required of an enterprise-class solution. But since it is readily available on every platform, companies often use FTP software to fill the gaps. Only later do they realize that unmanaged file transfer based on FTP causes problems with reliability and manageability, resulting in:
- Lack of protection and controls around customer data
- Loss of productivity due to excessive manual processing
- Failure to meet service levels and processing windows
- Inability of legacy infrastru
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