IBM Connect:Direct

File Transfer systems are increasingly critical for the successful operations of every organisation. 55% of internal and external system integrations accomplished via files.

Unreliable FTP/SFTP based solutions are expensive

6%

Average percentage of transfers using FTP that do not complete successfully 

29 min

Average time it takes to troubleshoot and FTP transfer erro 

3 hours

of time wasted per 100 transfers 

$117

cost per 100 transfers

Organisations need a secure point-to-point file transfer solution for their critical transfers

Reliable
Direct point-to-point transfers with high availability minimises potential failure points

Secure
File is only stored on source and destination points, nowhere in-between

Fast
Only transfer files once, not twice or more with hub and spoke models

Why choose IBM Sterling Connect:Direct?

Provides high-volume, reliable and security-rich enterprise file transfers

Scalable and highly performant

  • Reduces latency and increases transfer speed for large files over high-speed networks
  • Provides capabilities such as automatic retry, compression, checkpoint and restart to existing FTP transfers
  • Supports a range of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Systems Network Architecture (SNA), and optional high-speed add-on based on the Aspera FASP technology

Automated, reliable file transfer

  • Supports 24-hour unattended operations and schedules jobs on a one-time, recurring or continuous basis
  • Assigns and manages file transfer workloads, and, in the event of network interruptions, automates the recovery process
  • Provides built-in automation and checkpoint restart to ensure lights-out operations
  • Detailed logging is included to track data movement within and across enterprises and diagnose errors if they occur

Advanced security features

  • Strong user authentication and data encryption capabilities through Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) as well as X.509 certificates
  • Helps you meet regulatory and industry requirements within your file transfer operations, including compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, FIPS-140-2, Payment Card Industry (PCI) and healthcare (HIPAA) requirements
  • Performs Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) checking, and provides a thorough audit trail of data movement through extensive statistics logs

Hybrid Cloud capabilities and support on multiple platforms

  • Strong user authentication and data encryption capabilities through Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) as well as X.509 certificates
  • Helps you meet regulatory and industry requirements within your file transfer operations, including compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, FIPS-140-2, Payment Card Industry (PCI) and healthcare (HIPAA) requirements
  • Performs Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) checking, and provides a thorough audit trail of data movement through extensive statistics logs

Connect:Direct is the Gold Standard on IBM System Z

  • Connect:Direct delivers mission-critical files on time ensuring that SLAs are met
  • Connect:Direct drives operational scale – from a handful of endpoints to thousands
  • Connect:Direct is the security standard for file exchange inside and outside the enterprise
  • Connect:Direct was born on the mainframe, and continues to exploit System z innovation:
  • • Parallel Sysplex, zLinux, IBM Workload Manager, zIIP, zEDC, zFBA, and now IBM z15
Modern web-based UI
  • Reduce administrator efforts and empowers less technical users with a web-based UI providing modern user experiences
  • Get simplified and unified access to all the product capabilities through a modern dashboard, including recent transfer activities
  • Transfers, Partners, Statistics and Settings options are also easily available from the home screen
Centralised management and end-to-end visibility
  • IBM Sterling Control Center Director allows central management of multi-node Connect:Direct deployments through a single console
  • IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor tracks, reports, and alerts on crucial events across your MFT software
  • Both solutions provide centralised and improved visibility, governance, customer service and operations to help power your MFT investment

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct helps you with

Reliable File Deliver

to help ensure predictable assured delivery of files

Secure File Transfer

to support regulatory compliance measures

High Performance

to handle the most demanding workloads

  • Proprietary “never been breached” Connect:Direct protocol
  • Proven and adopted by 80 of the top 100 banks worldwide
  • Consistently ranked by IDC as MFT leader with highest MFT market share
  • Trusted as the file transfer backbone of the U.S. Federal Reserve for payment and clearing

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