Consolidation is the Stepping Stone to Successful File Transfers
When you’re utilizing a managed file transfer (MFT) solution, consolidation is an impactful mechanism that helps you to make the most out of your file transfers.
With GoAnywhere MFT, you can successfully bring together multiple different technologies and platforms all under one solution. But how does GoAnywhere do this?
Discover the ways you can consolidate your everyday business processes into one powerful tool below.
One Powerful Tool
As stated above, with GoAnywhere you have the ability to consolidate your everyday processes all within one solution.
Although most MFT solutions are not capable of completing the robust request of seamlessly handling all aspects of file transfer, GoAnywhere MFT is capable. As an MFT solution it:
- Helps you to eliminate the need to use multiple products and scrips with automation via multi-step workflows, a built-in scheduler, and more.
- Achieves end-to-end automatic encryption by encrypting sensitive files at rest and in motion.
- Offers high availability (HA) and clustering, collaboration tools, and security tools.
- Provides an efficient and secure method of file transfer to your external trading partners with built-in features and granular user controls.
- Makes internal file transfers simple with an easy-to-use web client.
- Connects to third-party applications to optimize data flow between disparate systems.
- Sends both ad-hoc and scheduled transfers; transfer frequency and file size are rarely limited.
- Alerts you to both successful and failed file transfers.
- Provides audit logs, monitoring, and ad-hoc or scheduled reports.
- And More!
Connecting Cloud and On-Premises Solutions
Whether your files reside on-prem, in the public or private cloud, within a hybrid environment, or via a SaaS solution, GoAnywhere delivers the security and control needed to move data safely between locations, users, and trading partners.
Because MFT is a flexible tool, often compared to iPaaS solutions, it can solve many IT-related problems surrounding the integration of data flow between the cloud and daily web apps. With GoAnywhere MFT, your organization can have the necessary flexibility to tackle data integration.
Related Reading: SaaS vs. Cloud vs. On-Premises: What’s the Difference?
Know the Terms: GoAnywhere Glossary
Cloud Integrations
GoAnywhere MFT’s cloud integrations, also referred to as Cloud Connectors, are application integrations built so you can link to popular cloud-based tools. These include in-demand web and cloud services like SharePoint, Dropbox, Salesforce, and more.
By installing Cloud Connectors, you can better streamline and further consolidate your workflows using GoAnywhere.
Related Reading: 9 Ways to Use GoAnywhere’s Cloud Connector Integrations
Data Security & Compliance
Data Security
GoAnywhere uses industry-standard file transfer protocols to secure files in transit and uses encryption standards (like Open PGP and AES) to protect data in transit and at rest.
The stronger the stance you take around encryption, the better. When you protect your data, both when it’s in motion and at rest, you’re taking crucial steps to avoid a data breach.
Related Reading: Encryption for Exchanging Files
You can also discover new ways to understand the data within your organization and learn how to keep it secure at all points by implementing a supplemental data security solution by Fortra.
Check it Out: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) in GoAnywhere MFT
Compliance Regulations
Meeting (or failing to meet) location-based or industry compliance requirements like HIPAA/HITECH, PCI DSS, and GDPR can essentially make or break your organization in several ways. From taking a hit to reputation, to high fees due to non-compliance, it’s crucial to meet compliance requirements for your file transfers.
While no software can automatically make your organization compliant, solutions like GoAnywhere prioritize data security by limiting user access, encrypting data, and creating secure channels of communications. All these aspects combined can help you to meet the essential regulations within most of the compliance requirements you may be subject to.
Related Reading: Avoid a PCI Breach; Avoid Costly Consequences
MFT Agents
Remote agents are lightweight tools that can provide real-time remote file transfer functionality across distinct systems. If your organization has multiple locations where you need to move and manipulate files securely, an agent can get the job done easily, without the need for separate FTP, FTPS, SFTP servers, or other traditional transfer methods.
Learn More: Agents for Remote Automation
Automating & Scheduling File Transfers
It’s not uncommon for organizations to often have tedious file transfer processes or complicated system setups. File transfer automation allows you to manage recurring or high-volume file transfers, all while reducing or eliminating manual data processing. It can batch file transfers, monitor and alert you to issues or failed transfers, and overall give you the oversight and peace of mind needed to keep essential tasks running.
File transfer automation solutions benefit most organizations by offering reliability as transfers can run as scheduled and there’s no need to rely on manual processes to move data from point A to point B. This bolsters file security and allows for fewer opportunities for data breaches to occur since files aren’t moving from hand-to-hand.
As a secure file transfer automation solution, GoAnywhere MFT lets you automate file transfers and schedule projects to run via the built-in scheduler. Built-in scheduling allows for executing workflows at future dates and times. You can schedule workflows as “one time,” to run as often as needed, or to not run at all on days they shouldn’t.
Do You Know: Is Automation All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
Related Reading: 10 Ways to Improve Your Processes with Advanced Workflows
Use Cases
GoAnywhere MFT has been helping organizations around the world to consolidate their file transfers and business processes for years. Here are two spotlight use cases from real GoAnywhere users:
Use Case #1
A organization in the Entertainment industry was dealing with a significant challenge when users from different departments were installing their own FTP servers and using free solutions without any regard for security. As a result, they ended up victim of a data breach.
How Does GoAnywhere Help?
GoAnywhere helps this organization to bring together all their FTP servers to a more secure protocol (SFTP) and provides them with the addition of automation. GoAnywhere also helps them to automate secure communications via an email link to their end users so they can securely access confidential information relating to their account.
Use Case #2
This organization in the Retail industry needed a way consolidate multiple file transfer technologies into a single platform but were coming up short with the file transfer solutions they explored prior to GoAnywhere.
How Does GoAnywhere Help?
GoAnywhere helps this organization by deploying Agents at each of their convenience store locations, therefore allowing them to push/pull files back to their HQ. GoAnywhere also helps them with the complexity of their outbound file transfers as they have both PCI and Non-PCI networks.
Related Reading: How Are Your Peers Utilizing Automation in GoAnywhere?
