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Is Automation All It’s Cracked Up to Be?

  Image Automation is Key We’ve all had our moments of being skeptical when something sounds too good to be true. However, automation is no joking matter. Automation is a great way to boost your business by saving time, money, and important resources.       What is Automation? Automation is the use of electronics and/or...
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Top Data Breaches of 2019: How You Can Minimize Your Risks

  Image   Top Data Breaches of 2019: How You Can Minimize Your Risk   Your organization made the headlines! That’s great, right? Not if it’s because you had sensitive data breached. A data breach can wreak financial and logistical havoc for you, your customers, patients, employees, and others. More importantly, it can severely...
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Resolve to Make Files More Secure in the New Year

  Image   Make Resolutions - AND Keep Them Resolutions. Every year you make them. Every year you break them. Make 2020 the year you finally resolve to make your file transfers more secure. Do it — even if you’re a stranger to the gym, you still sport those extra 10 pounds and haven’t called your mom in a week. Don’t wait until mid...
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8 Surprising Ways to Use GoAnywhere's Secure Folders Module

  Image   What is Secure Folders? Secure Folders is a licensed module GoAnywhere MFT offers its users. It provides access to authorized files and folders on the server or network location through a HTTPS Web Client. However, it can do so much more with its array of features. Read on to learn 8 surprising ways to use GoAnywhere’s...
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How Banks are Benefiting from MFT Integration

  Image Trying to integrate and tie diverse internal and external banking applications, branches, systems and trading partners together so they work seamlessly with internal and central banking applications can have your IT department constantly untangling complex knots to ensure transactions and information flows easily. There is a...
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Can Your MFT Solution Do These 20 Things?

  Image   The Possibilities Are Vast GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) can do so much more than just transfer sensitive data securely. Do you know if your MFT solution can do these 20 things? 1. It Can Integrate with Applications GoAnywhere offers out-of-the-box Connectors that let you easily integrate with the external...
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What is an MFT Server and How Do I Use It?

  Image An MFT server is any server that is using a managed file transfer (MFT) solution to improve data transfers. An MFT solution is software that simplifies server-to-server file transfers, and typically encrypts, automates, and monitors processes, whether inside an organization or to outside trading partners. What is MFT and Why...
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Real-Life Ways GoAnywhere Saves Your Peers Time, Money, and Resources

  Image It’s Time to Get Real Let’s be real – time, money, and resources are all equally valuable in the business world. If you’re looking for a solution that can help you substantially save all three in your everyday life, look no further than GoAnywhere. Time After Time Time after time, GoAnywhere can help you maximize the time...
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Making a Case for MFT

  Image You’re not on trial when you present a new tool or software to internal stakeholders, but it can certainly feel that way some days. Making the case to adopt managed file transfer software can also be trying; while the solution is evident to you, your audience may need some convincing. Read all our tips or check out the...
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Should You Use a File Sharing App?

  Image Should You Use a File Sharing App? File sharing apps like Dropbox and Google Drive certainly have their appeal. They are user-friendly, often free, and do the job of getting information from one user to another. Until they don’t. Or, until your files are hacked, get into the wrong hands, live in infamy, have unrestricted...
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SCP vs. SFTP: Which is Better?

  Image The Secure File Sharing Matchup: Differences Between SFTP and SCP When sizing up SFTP vs. SCP you’ll find that the two file sharing protocols are quite similar. And, for some file transfer situations, they could be nearly interchangeable. Your need for speed, functionality and security will determine which protocol is best...
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Transferring Big Files: Everything You Need to Know

  Image We’ve all done it. Held our breath, crossed our fingers, or simply hoped for the best when hitting “send” to electronically share a large file. With a solid managed file transfer (MFT) in place, that critical keystroke doesn’t have to be so tense. With MFT, users can confidently move previously unwieldly files, knowing that...
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What is Secure File Sharing?

  Image What is Secure File Sharing? Secure is the operative word here. Dozens of applications allow you to transfer files – small to large – between different users or organizations. A secure file transfer solution, at its most basic, secures the movement of files while at rest and in transit confidentially – all within a protected...
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Need a Cloud-Based MFT Environment? Try a Hybrid Cloud Setup

  Image Cloud integration is growing in popularity, but committing 100% to the cloud isn’t always practical or secure for organizations. If you’re in the market for cloud-based solutions, read our quick overview below. For a more comprehensive exploration of when to choose a hybrid cloud and how keep your data encrypted through and...
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What are SFTP Servers?

  Image   What are SFTP Servers? A typical file transfer server helps transfer files server-to-server or client-to-server, and SFTP servers are a more protected version: they encrypt data to keep sensitive information secure while moving files, and some have the added bonus of encrypting files at rest. SFTP servers use a single...
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What Port Does SFTP Use?

  Image       Different Protocol, Different Port Ports, also known as channels, are an integral part of the successful delivery and communication process of secure files. Although the specific protocols that operate on these ports makes the most difference, are you aware of which actual port SFTP uses? What is SFTP? SFTP (SSH...
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Trending in the Forum: Our Experts Answer Your MFT Questions

  Image   With so many features available through GoAnywhere MFT, you're bound to have questions as you get started. Our forums for GoAnywhere users have resources from support staff and users themselves across all industries. Read some of the most popular Q&As below:   Getting Started & General Information 1. How do I Debug a...
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Open PGP and GoAnywhere MFT: What You Need to Know

  Image       Which Solution is Right for You? Open PGP vs. GoAnywhere MFT If you have sensitive files that need to get from point A to Point B securely, you may have considered utilizing Open PGP or a managed file transfer solution, like GoAnywhere MFT. Do you know which option is the best fit for your organization? What is...
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All You Need to Know About MFT as a File Transfer Solution

  Image       Learn All About Managed File Transfer Many organizations, in industries from healthcare, to banking and finance, to insurance and retail, are transitioning from programming scripts and free FTP solutions to a powerful do-it-all managed file transfer solution. Read on to find out why. What is Managed File Transfer ...
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How MFT Streamlines the Onboarding of Trading Partners

  Image       Start Streamlining Now Every company needs to onboard trading partners, and the administration of that can be time-consuming, especially if you work with a lot of different trading partners, all with unique circumstances of their own. From large retailers needing to set up EDI translation with vendors, to mom and...