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This is more challenging than it initially sounds because IT departments are managing increasingly complex networks and file/data transfer streams in a hostile environment of regulatory compliance, corporate governance, data breaches, and class-action lawsuits. Server administrators need to make company data easily available to employees, vendors, and customers, while also preventing improper access to confidential company.
File transfer solutions are part of a business process, and must provide end-to-end visibility, security, auditability, and compliance management. Increasing regulatory compliance and government mandates such as HIPAA, PCI DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, MA 201 CMR 17, BASEL II, and FIPS are compelling companies to establish a management strategy that includes the file transfer process, integrates into existing compliance processes, and minimizes cost of compliance to the bottom line.
A secure and managed file transfer approach is crucial for companies to meet the challenge of safely and reliably exchanging electronic business information.
Ipswitch WS_FTP Server solutions deliver a suite of highly secure, fully featured, and easy-to-administer file transfer servers that enable industry-leading security, powerful administrative control over server access and user permissions, best-in-class performance, and a Web-based administrative interface.
"In an era where data breaches happen every day and businesses want to deploy solutions that best match business needs, Ipswitch continues to lead the way with simple, secure, and flexible solutions," said Jonathan Lampe, Vice President of Research and Development at Ipswitch File Transfer. "By working closely with our customers to determine requirements and staying on top of market demands, we continue to set the pace with the latest and most comprehensive technologies."
WS_FTP Server solutions feature 256-bit AES encryption over SSL and SSH (SFTP and SCP2) connections. They also feature Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 approved and validated cryptography and file integrity checking up to SHA-512 secure hashing algorithms.
Organizations can use WS_FTP Server solutions to help comply with the growing number of industry and government regulations because the products' security and workflow features ensure that files are handled properly by those authorized to work with them.
WS_FTP Server solutions can be used to construct business processes that aid in compliance. The Web-based administration interface of WS_FTP Server enables administrators to easily institute workflows, define security policies and manage user authentication and passwords. Administrators can also opt to have users authenticated directly from existing user databases, such as Active Directory, LDAP, NT, or any ODBC compliance database.
"In purchasing a WS_FTP Server solution, customers are investing in a scalable and compliant secure file transfer solution that's easily installed and configured in a matter of minutes," said Lampe. "WS_FTP Server delivers base of features that are proven for security, safe storage, file sharing and transfer."
For environments where less tech-savvy users need to transfer files, browser-based file transfer functionality is available through the WS_FTP Server Web Transfer Module. It works with today's top browsers and with multiple operating systems such as Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Macintosh, allowing end users to connect to WS_FTP Server from any Internet connection over HTTP/S protocol.
The Web Transfer Module allows administrators to simply enable Web access on the WS_FTP Server console, and all user settings (such as password rules, file/folder permissions, and disk quotas) are automatically enforced. For end-users there is no download required and there is nothing to install on their computers. Once set up, end users can easily upload and download files and create and delete folders on the remote server.
Administrators define who is authorized to connect to WS_FTP Server using the Web Transfer Module, which makes it an easy way for organizations to allow employees and external business partners to connect to company networks and share information securely. There is no limit on the number of Web client users.
"Ipswitch now offers a powerful file transfer solution that delivers total security wherever and whenever you need it," Lampe said.
WS_FTP Server solutions offer an unlimited number of user accounts and hundreds of concurrent user connections. WS_FTP Server also has a high-availability architecture that enables businesses to takes advantage of load balancing and clustering to maintain high availability. WS_FTP Server also features support of virtualization via the VMware ESX platform and support for Windows Server 2008.
Organizations of every size and across industries take advantage of WS_FTP Server solutions to transfer files in a secure and reliable fashion.
One of the oldest publishing organizations in the United States uses WS_FTP Server solutions to securely move large, encrypted files around the world in a predominantly Macintosh environment so its content can be translated into 15 foreign languages for its international editions.
It chose WS_FTP Server over Microsoft's built-in FTP service because WS_FTP Server solutions have superior security, reporting, and administrative features. WS_FTP Server makes the process of distributing content more secure and efficient. The organization's international editions can now download content from the WS_FTP Server instead of delivering it via CD-ROM, DVD, or tape.
A manufacturer of personal mobility products adopted WS_FTP Server to cut down on the number of files being transferred via e-mail and to allow an easy method for the transfer of large files. The company's legal and engineering departments like WS_FTP Server's security protocols, including SHA-512 file integrity checking. The IT department likes WS_FTP Server's event-driven communications features, which alerts users when it's time to change their password and guides then through the process, freeing up IT to work on other matters.
It's never been more important to keep your organization's data simultaneously secure and available to authorized users so decisions can be made, questions can be answered, and your business can grow. WS_FTP server solutions from Ipswitch File Transfer provide a solution to your file transfer problems that will benefit everyone from end users to IT and legal counsel.
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