Necessity for secure file movement must ensure data delivery to the right destination within the right time window, so the receiving application can process and act upon it consistently—day after day, and year after year. The problem is many existing file transfer “solutions” built on FTP do not have the necessary mechanisms for management, monitoring, or advanced security. Connect:Direct is the point-to-point file transfer software optimized for high-volume, secure, assured delivery of files within and among enterprises. It’s the industry-leading solution worldwide for assured, secure delivery of files, especially in the demanding financial services and telecommunications industries. For those who need added security, Connect:Direct Secure+ is an add-on that provides configurable authentication and encryption Connect:Direct can deliver your files with:
Predictability – assures delivery via automated scheduling, checkpoint restart, and automatic recovery/retry
Security – ensures that your customer information stays private, and that your file transfers are auditable for regulatory compliance via a proprietary protocol, authorization, and encryption (FIPS 140-2, and Common Criteria certified)
Performance – handles your most demanding loads, from high volumes of small files to multi-gigabyte files. For reliable and secure file transfer, file transfer provided must be near real-time integration needed for applications as diverse as convergence billing in telecommunications, synchronization of central and disaster-recovery sites, secure transfer of check image files, and consolidation of credit card transactions. The Sterling Commerce Connect(Copyright): product line provides the:
1. management capabilities
2. auditing features
3. security enforcement and
4. workload balancing… that organizations need to address the inherent complexity and unreliability of networks. Connect: products have the ability to enforce security, balance the use of network resources, and automatically recover from the interruptions that invariably occur. FTP, by comparison, does none of these.
Connect: products have the following capabilities
