Welcome to Assess Your Infrastructu

Welcome to Assess Your Infrastructure, part 1 of “The Axway Managed File Transfer
Survival Guide.” If your organization is currently using outdated or ineffective file transfer
methods — for example, FTP or homegrown data exchange tools, or web-based file
transfer services — you’re likely experiencing problems such as lost files, unmet SLAs,
fines for non-compliance with privacy regulations, inefficient business processes, and
mounting control issues. If you’re ready to do something about it…
You’ve downloaded the right Guide.
The goal of this Guide is to arm you with the information you need to identify the
best possible MFT solution for your organization — one that will improve security,
governance and compliance, and reduce costs as you align business and technical
initiatives. If you follow the steps in this Guide, you’ll be equipped to implement a
consolidated, comprehensive, company-wide managed file transfer system.
The Guide is divided into three easily digestible white papers designed to be on-point
for your entire file transfer team — from the CIO to your solutions architects to your
LOB managers.
The three white papers are:
1. Assess Your Infrastructure. This is an overview of basic file-transfer challenges
and technologies and the compelling reasons why companies today need
true managed file transfer, versus FTP and other legacy methods. This white
paper also guides you through a comprehensive assessment of your own
infrastructure so that you can determine what MFT capabilities you have today,
where your problem spots are, and what you can do to solve them.
2. Design and Optimize. This will lead your team through a five-step design
process for creating the ultimate managed file transfer infrastructure, and
includes detailed use cases and relevant ROI data.
3. Implementing a Successful MFT Strategy. This white paper guides you through the
seven phases of incremental MFT implementation necessary to ensure a smooth
transition to the world of high-end managed file transfer, from building a solid
business case for the project, to product testing, to rollout and support.