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Transferring Government Files: MFT Addresses Biggest Challenges

Whether big government or small, assuring the security of files in the public sector is of utmost importance for security, as well as assuring any information from citizens is protected. According to 2021 US Census data, there are 90,000 government entities. Protecting the data these agencies handle is admittedly a big lift.Not only are government...
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FTP vs. SFTP: Considerations for Secure File Transfer

Businesses today rely on the safe transfer of data to operate securely in today’s digital economy. There are several protocols that can be used for this purpose, and each offers a different benefit to your organization. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) has been around longest and is the default file transfer method for many companies with legacy...
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Take the Risk Out of Email with Secure Mail

One “Oh, crud” moment. That’s all it takes for sensitive information like social security numbers or credit card data to fall into the wrong hands. Maybe an employee used unsecure email to send a confidential file to a trading partner, or an email was sent to individuals not authorized to receive the files attached. Now your organization is vulnerable to the possibility of a data breach.
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Secure Cloud File Transfers: Best Practices for Organizations

In today's data-driven world, organizations increasingly rely on the cloud to transfer files securely and efficiently. Whether you are working in a pure cloud environment, a hybrid setup, or leveraging Managed File Transfer as a Service (MFTaaS), ensuring the security of your file transfers is paramount. In this blog, we'll explore the best...
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Considerations for Cloud File Transfers

Whether your organization is debating on moving your file transfer process entirely to the cloud, adopting a hybrid environment, or using a hosted SaaS solution, review the considerations below to help better clarify and get the organizational support needed for a cloud-based file transfer solution. There are no absolute right or wrong answers to...
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Fast File Transfer: Obstacles and Options

Fast, faster, and fastest. With technology comes the benefit of speed to get through tasks easier and yes, faster. Transferring files is no exception. Organizations want and need files to get to their destination quickly and reliably. What Might Slow Down a File Transfer? Getting that business-critical file where it needs to be can sometimes be...
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11 Popular File Transfer Protocols Explained

Edited on 5/8/2024Check out the brief video below, which quickly covers these 11 file transfer protocols, their uses, and the security that comes along with them: 1.FTP7.TCP2.FTPS8.AS23.SFTP9.AS34.SCP10.AS45HTTP11.PeSIT6.HTTPS As organizations have become more cloud-based, connected, and remote what was once easily done – transferring files securely – has become...
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Info-Tech Rates GoAnywhere Highly

GoAnywhere is an industry leader according to the well-respected Info-Tech Research Group. Read on to download the MFT Category Report and learn what goes into this rating.
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Top 10 Takeaways: Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report

A good look at one of the industry’s most trusted annual cybersecurity reports will tell you attackers are stepping up their game — and leaning into what works. The Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report analyzed 16,312 security incidents and 5,199 breaches this year, crunching the numbers to find the patterns. From the soaring cost of ransomware to a staggering trend towards financially...
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How to Further Protect Your MFT Server Identity

Securing your important files in transit and at rest is vital to protecting your data. There are, however, additional methods that can guard your GoAnywhere MFT server identity and keep your documents safely in your private network. The GoAnywhere Gateway provides the following security, performance and load balancing benefits: Forward and reverse proxy capabilities Help with meeting your...
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How MFT Helps Move Large Files

What is Needed to Move Large Files?Big files need big solutions, or rather solutions capable of reliably and securely moving files in and out of an organization. Instead of relying on free or open-sourced solutions that “might” move a big file, consider your organization’s needs around file sizes, security, encryption, compliance requirements for...
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Fortra’s MFT Annual Upgrades & Health Check Bundle

The Annual Upgrades & Health Check Bundle provides dedicated resources to update your organization’s GoAnywhere environment to the latest version. It includes a review of your organization’s upgrade strategy plan by a Technical Consultant, a Health Check of your system, and a consultation on risks and compatibility issues associated with an upgrade.
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Collaboration Tools Like Box.com vs. MFT: What Do You Really Need?

Collaboration tools like Box.com and managed file transfer (MFT) tools like GoAnywhere MFT, are not the same. Both, however, have unique advantages, depending on your organization’s requirements around data. Box is a cloud-based tool for organizational teams to collaborate, manage, and store content. GoAnywhere MFT is a secure managed file transfer...
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Introducing FileCatalyst Direct v3.8

Summary Topic: Introducing FileCatalyst Direct v3.8 Presenter: President, CFO & Co-Founder of FileCatalyst, John Tkaczewski The FileCatalyst team has been hard at work to bring you FileCatalyst Direct v3.8 this spring. Our Co-Founder & President, John Tkaczewski, is looking forward to sharing the exciting new features and updates for FileCatalyst Direct v3.8. This is a webinar you do not want to...
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Accelerating Cloud Transfers with FileCatalyst

Summary FileCatalyst’s Director of Strategic Partnerships & Cloud Services Elton Carneiro as shows attendees how FileCatalyst can accelerate cloud deployment workflows by providing unprecedented transfer speeds. Elton covers various licensing options for cloud and on-premise deployments, our cloud marketing place listings, our Per GB pricing model and support for object storage. What & How ...
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Acemby File Accelerator: The Future of Cloud Transfers

Summary In recent times there has been an explosion of data; from big data to cloud storage and the content we create. The cloud has become a powerful way to archive and share data, but the migration process is slow. FileCatalyst and Acembly have teamed up to provide such a solution: Acembly File Accelerator, powered by FileCatalyst! With Acembly File Accelerator, businesses are able to realize...
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Beyond FTP & hard drives: Accelerating LAN file transfers

Summary There are plenty of consumer-based solutions for sharing files, be it point-to-point or to the cloud. But when it comes to enterprise applications, these solutions usually fall short in terms of features and performance. The reason that most of these solutions don’t meet the needs of enterprises is because they are based on the TCP protocol. Designed in the 1970s, TCP was not built to...
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FileCatalyst & Caringo

Summary As the size and amount of files continue to increase and become more dispersed across remote locations, especially in the media and entertainment space, there is an urgent need for more efficient file transfer, management, and storage solutions. In this webinar, Caringo’s VP of Marketing Adrian Herrera and FileCatalyst’s Director of Strategic Partnerships & Cloud Services come together...
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FileCatalyst’s Amazon S3 Integration

Summary FileCatalyst’s Co-Founder and CEO Chris Bailey hosts this webinar that gives an overview of the FileCatalyst Amazon S3 integration. In this webinar, Chris gives an overview of what Amazon S3 is, the architecture of S3 and how FileCatalyst has integrated Amazon’s SDK into a system file driver using Java NIO.2. He also provides a live, in-depth demo that shows the solution in action, as...