MFT with AFS and Ipswitch MessageWay Solutions

MessageWay is a comprehensive, fully customizable solution for Managed File Transfer that enables companies to manage every aspect of file exchange and establish governance over file process operations. Ipswitch MessageWay solutions help organizations to centralize and govern managed file transfer with process management. Managed File Transfer (MFT) with Advanced File Services (AFS) allows you to deliver destination-ready files for target applications.

Industry experts such as Gartner continue to say that 80% of B2B e-commerce is really electronic file exchange. The same experts project that future file exchange volumes will continue to grow, both in numbers of files and size of payload. With so much riding on their file transfer programs, CIOs are already re-evaluating their transmission infrastructure to ensure they are able to meet current and future needs.

But while the secure exchange of files with trading partners is important, it’s just the tip of the iceberg. The most difficult segment of an electronic file exchange occurs after a file arrives on the edge of the network. Once a file is safely stored behind the firewall, it is subject to multiple transfers across multiple servers – and possibly multiple domains – in order to prepare it for delivery to its final destination. An MFT solution that fails to deliver on this key requirement is only doing half the job.

As a result, an increasing number of enterprises are turning to MFT with AFS to reduce costs and eliminate the risks inherent in other methods of file exchange and transformation. Ipswitch MessageWay technology and services provide a strategic AFS solution that completely meets these objectives through secure, reliable, and scalable communications over open protocols, full control and visibility of all file exchange traffic, efficient mapping of file or EDI formats, and a high degree of integration with related technology.