MFT Server - Overview

Support for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X environments provides the flexibility of deploying MFT Server anywhere in your organization.

Support for a variety of protocols lets you easily exchange data with your customers, regardless of their file transfer requirements.

Licensing and support costs are significantly reduced as there is no client software to install.  Your clients need only a web browser to start transferring files. Users are not concerned about strict internal firewall policies since most organizations do not restrict web-based traffic.

AFTP (Accelerated File Transfer Protocol) is a file transfer protocol developed by JSCAPE. AFTP is designed to accelerate file transfers over high speed networks that are unable to fully utilize network throughput due to high latency and packet loss.  Under these conditions, AFTP can accelerate file transfers up to 100 times faster than FTP and other file transfer protocols.

Web Document Viewer simplifies content distribution by embedding a document viewer in the MFT Server web interface. Supporting numerous document formats, the server lets you view documents directly negating the need to download them or install additional software.

Your sensitive data is protected during transit and at rest using high-grade OpenPGP and SSL encryption technologies. This is critical for many companies who are subject to PCI-DSS, HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley data protection requirements.

Prevent the loss of sensitive data using an embedded Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules engine.

Perform email-based file transfers while avoiding the issues commonly experienced with large email attachments.

MFT server automates processes by listening for specific events (e.g., a file upload), and when they occur, the Trigger and its associated Actions execute. For example, when a file is sent to your MFT Server, you can automatically compress the file (Action #1), then forward it via email to the configured recipient (Action #2).

Authenticate Users against existing LDAP, NTLM, Active Directory, PAM, SSO, RADIUS, or relational database servers. This greatly simplifies the integration process, especially in organizations with a large number of users.

Publish subscribed server events to any Java Message Service (JMS) queue for further processing.

Restrict MFT Server Admin capabilities and data visibility using roles and tags.

Triggers let you define one or more Actions to execute in response to matching events and event conditions. Over 150 built-in Actions allow you to execute tasks like file compression, OpenPGP file encryption, send emails, and more.  Additionally, the Java-based Trigger Action API lets you define your own Actions if you have any special requirements. For example, assume you would like to parse a PDF document upon upload, and communicate the parsed data to another server via JMS.  This can be accomplished using the Action API.

REST API is available for both client and administrative users. The REST API lets you programmatically initiate file transfers and manage the server.

Large file transfers over the Internet are subject to occasional failure due to network-related issues. In the event of a failed file transfer, checkpoint and restart support allows you to restart the transfer from the last byte of data successfully transferred - as opposed to re-transferring the entire file. This is critical for organizations that transfer very large files, or have service level agreements that require they transfer files within a given time period.

Checksum verification is a post file transfer process that verifies the integrity of files transferred.  This is accomplished by comparing checksums of the file for both the sender and receiver, ensuring that files are transferred correctly.

Receive email notifications regarding events that are important to you. For example, as MFT Server Administrator, you may wish to be notified via email if a User account is disabled due to a successive number of invalid log in attempts.

Use OpenPGP encryption and decryption to ensure that your data is encrypted while at rest, and to automatically decrypt files that are sent to you encrypted using OpenPGP.

Automatically transfer files to and from the server using FTP/FTPS/SFTP/SCP protocols. This lets you transfer files on a schedule-basis or based on other event conditions.

Using the database logging features, all server activity is safely stored in a remote database.

Map remote services to virtual directories on your server. This allows you to grant users access to remote services using a single sign-on account. Users no longer have to remember multiple hostnames, usernames and passwords. This feature is also very useful streaming data between a public server located in the DMZ and a private server located behind your firewall.  Support for FTP/S, SFTP, Amazon S3, SMB and other protocols.

Lock down your server using access rules based on a client IP address.

Define a virtual file system, users, and permissions without having to create users or permissions at the operating system level.

Create multiple Domains if you wish to maintain separate groups of Users, Trading Partners, services, etc. For example, you may have one Domain for internal file transfers, and another Domain for customer file transfers.

Securely manage your server remotely from anywhere in the world. There are several authentication methods to choose from.