Five Things to Consider When Replacing an SFTP or FTP Server When it comes to old technology lurking around in your network, there is as good a chance as any other that an FTP or SFTP server is part, having been a staple of most IT teams for a very
How to Automate File Transfers with Azure using MOVEit For those of you who use MOVEit Automation to automate the transfer of files between different hosts, you will know that while there are a number of supported hosts from SFTP servers to Amazon
8 Things That You Didn't Know You Could Do With MOVEit With over eleven years' of technical experience with Pro2col MOVEit solutions, we quite often are asked about how the solution might be able to solve some of the requirements which are not
Comparing Progress WhatsUp Gold and SolarWinds
The old adage says that you should not attempt to reinvent the wheel, as it is both a waste of time and has been perfected already. Instead, it is common accepted that wherever there is an existing standard, one should use that.
It has to be said that Microsoft SharePoint is not everybody's cup-of-tea. But, with Microsoft dominating the office productivity landscape via it very popular Office 365 subscription service, it is probably the most common document library software
If you are reading this blog, chances are you are familiar with IBM's MFT (Managed File Transfer) solution Sterling. If you are not, Sterling is an acquisition which IBM made a number of years ago, taking with it a large swathe of international
Today, if you are not embracing the cloud then it would seem you are in a steadily declining minority. Cloud is the buzz term that refuses to die; and so instead we find ourselves in an age of migration toward the cloud or in a state of hybrid
For a protocol with nearly fifty years on the clock, FTP can sometimes be a lot more complicated than most would assume. In particular, there is often a strong misunderstanding of the differences between active and passive FTP sessions, which can
If you have worked with file transfer systems for any length of time, you might have heard of or even seen settings available which refer to AS2. Despite this protocol and its predecessor AS1 having existed since the 1990s, very few people know what
Today we heard some news which had passed relatively quietly through the usual media outlets, despite it being highly embarrassing for the cloud-based managed file transfer vendor WeTransfer.
So, you have installed MOVEit Automation and have started to create automated workflows for moving files from one location to another. But with that initial requirement now fulfilled, what else can you get out of the solution?This is a question we
You may have noticed that this is our second blog post on the different configurable modes of FTP, in recent days - after our previous blog on the differences between active and passive FTP. We often write about our experiences at the time and the
FTP has been around for as long as I can remember; and according to Rapid7 is still in widespread use today with over 21 million FTP servers on present on the internet today.
If you are using the Info-Tech MFT Data Quadrant to help select a Managed File Transfer solution, please read this blog first. It’s written by experts with over 15 years’ experience with this technology.
Repliweb software goes end of life on January 31st 2022. This is the time to review your organisation’s requirements and see what other alternative software is available.
Pro2col are excited to announce the acquisition of Advanced Cyber Solutions. This will support Pro2col’s continued growth and help expand our technical and consultancy services.
Pro2col, independent MFT experts take a closer look at Microsoft’s latest announcement of SFTP support for Azure blob storage
Take part in the Christmas Jumper Day games Tournament! For a small donation, compete in Mario Kart, Scalextric or Jenga. Challenge your colleagues, meet people from the local community and raise funds for a great cause.
Pro2col is inviting the Christchurch community to raise some much-needed cash for Save the Children, and get into the festive spirit together.
Members of the Pro2col team took part in a beach clean at Solent beach on 26th September 2021.
This article looks at why you should think twice before testing in a live environment, when you need to consider an MFT dev environment and details of the six stages for testing and development.
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The Starry Award is awarded to staff that accumulate the most starry nominations by the end of the financial year. Recognising achievements however big or small. The winner(s) receive a generous donation to a charity of their choice.
Staff at Pro2col took part in the first fundraiser of the year. A 10K New Forest run, set in leafy Hinton Admiral to raise money for the Bournemouth Hospital NHS Charity.
We review Solarwinds Serv-U MFT Server and ask the question is it actually MFT and should it be seen as a leader in the market?
Pro2col’s Ailsa Gibbs offers pragmatic solutions to Gartner’s advice to government on digital transformation. This article covers crisis recovery, data standardisation and governance.