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The Why, What, and How of Managed File Transfer in Business
Secure and reliable file transfer is a critical function for many IT organizations. Transferring data efficiently, securely and rapidly to internal and external partnes is a skill that's critical to remaining competitive. Now more than ever, IT organizations must closely track file flows, identifying who is handling files, with whom data is exchanged, and how files are being transferred. For this paper, ZIff Davis Media commissioned a survey on File Transfer which examined how organizations are meeting the challenges of finding more secure and reliable ways to manage file transfers.
SecureTransport Product Family Overview
SecureTransport™ (ST) is a family of products that offers a robust solution for file transfer meeting the needs of enterprises for
security, automation, and application integration, as well as flexible deployment configurations that can lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
and provide return on investment (ROI) over other solutions.
Does FTP Have What It Takes?
Organizations frequently consider the FTP protocol as an easy solution for data movement. Free and widely available, FTP has experienced
increasing popularity over the years since its development in the early 1970's. The academic and government communities gave birth to FTP
in a spirit of openness and cooperation that reflected university cultures of the day. The standard enjoyed wide public distribution, which
led to its proliferation within the software development community. This proliferation supports the continued broad base use of FTP around the world today.
Evolving Standards for Managed File Transfer
Over the past few years, multiple standards have emerged based on varied protocols, transfer models, and security approaches. Solutions in
this market are evolving based on the blend of emerging standards along with enhanced file transfer features demanded by financial institutions,
large enterprises and others building large, diverse communities with their partners and customers. This paper also addresses the practical
adoption, interoperability, and ROI benefits of multi-protocol solutions that can offer a "best fit" approach to meet varied needs of multiple
partners in a single, centrally-managedinfrastructure.
Secure Check Image Transfer through the Internet
The savings and top-line potential for developing new service offerings are so compelling that, long-term, no financial services firm will be able
to side-step check truncation and check image processing. There are many ways to deploy a check truncation and image transfer system, but it is
Tumbleweed's belief and experience that cost efficiencies will drive all institutions toward schemes that connect banks to their branches, to each
other, and to their correspondent check processors over inexpensive IP-based networks or even Internet connections. The technical challenge of check
image transfer through Internet technology is one that will be faced by most every one of the 64,000 bank branches in the United States that receives deposits.
Insurance Claims Processing in the HIPAA Era
The cost of healthcare in the U.S is rising. Estimates suggest that health plan rates increased 11 percent from 2000 to 2001 as compared
to 9.8 percent from 1999 to 2000 and 7.5 percent from 1998 to 1999 (Source: Watson Wyatt, a Maryland-based benefits consulting company and
the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation). Additionally, health plans must contend with the managed care backlash from both the media as well
as consumer advocates. Managed care, once considered a white knight for controlling costs, has not lived up to expectations. Complaints due
to cost increases are further compounded by the fact that plan members are increasingly dissatisfied with lack of choice, access to providers, and
quality of healthcare.
Cash Management: Secure, Online Delivery of Transaction Information for Corporate Treasury
With the advent of the Internet, banks and other Financial Institutions are rethinking their corporate banking strategy. The Internet opens
a new channel for delivering services to corporate clients and helps these institutions remove cumbersome and expensive paper processes. Services
such as Cash Management, Trade Finance, and Payments delivered over public networks not only streamline a bank's internal processes, but also
increase the ratio of fee-based revenue to more traditional interest-based revenue. This paper describes the benefits of delivering Cash Management
services over Internet and secure and reliable data delivery solutions provided by Tumbleweed for this purpose.
Pros and Cons of SecureTransport and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
In the past, large organizations have relied on EDI VANs or point-to-point leased lines to ensure confidential and reliable data transfer with
their customers, partners, suppliers and government agencies. These legacy systems were only available to larger companies, as they consumed
considerable resources to set up and manage. The development of the Internet enables companies to enjoy the benefits of electronic data transfer
without having to build an extensive telecommunications infrastructure. By allowing organizations to easily and quickly exchange data and share
resources, the Internet helps businesses to integrate and streamline internal processes, increase the productivity of workers, and enhance
collaboration with customers and partners.
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