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After 19 years' of working with managed file transfer solutions (MFT), there is one use case which pops up time and time again. It starts with a requirement for a simple yet regular file transfer between two points, for which a script is created and run as either a cron job or Windows scheduler task...

Members of the Pro2col team took part in a beach clean at Solent beach on 26th September 2021. Organised by James Lewis, Managing Director of Pro2col, the event was part of the Marine Conservation Society’s Great British Beach Clean.

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.

Start your Managed File Transfer software comparison. Answer a series of questions about your business requirements. We’ll compare how the different solutions meet your needs and make a free recommendation.

Why Businesses Are Adopting Cloud Solutions for Secure File Transfer

We live in a world of integration and automation. One where isolated or siloed applications are no longer palatable for the complex tasks and operations of the modern organisation. One such example of this has been the efforts on the part of Microsoft to integrate all of their applications or solution stack, as they call it.

Wellbeing and mental health support are key components to Pro2col’s values. Part of fostering a happy work culture is to recognise and reward staff achievements. The Starry Award does just that. Each week Starry McStarFace, a star shaped trophy, is given to any colleague who demonstrates the values of honesty, excellence and teamwork.

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.

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.

Pro2col finally saw the anticipated increase in demand for hybrid managed file transfer (MFT) infrastructure in 2020. Will 2021 be its coming of age?

Throughout the Christmas season Pro2col have been collecting donations of items which are desperately needed by Little John’s House, a charity based in Romania providing care for children and young adults with special needs.

On a very windy and rainy Sunday in October Pro2col MD James ran the virtual London Marathon for the Willow Foundation, raising a brilliant £1,893.

We are delighted to share with our network that we have recently moved to our brand-new office space in Christchurch to accommodate our continued growth.

Throughout October the Pro2col team and neighbouring businesses collected supplies for the food banks St Joseph’s Church in Christchurch and Immanuel Church in Southbourne.

Jasmina Chehlarova alongside Pro2col colleagues, Daisy Shaw, Benjamin Smith and Helen Gilbert, are tackling the Dorset Hillfort Ultra Challenge this Sunday (1st Nov) as Team Nadia.

This year alone we’ve helped countless businesses tackle their MFT automation use cases – sourcing the right solution and building workflow automation. In this blog we’ve summarised four of the most common examples we’ve delivered recently.

Our experts explain how the UK government could have avoided the mistake that led to unreported coronavirus cases.

Using a DLP MFT combination, you can extend security, whilst minimising disruption to business processes and workflows.

To support businesses through COVID-19, we embarked upon a plan to give away our Certified File Transfer Professional (CFTP) training programme, completely free of charge.

Find out why Managed File Transfer (MFT) is a powerful business enabler, as businesses adapt to the new normal of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here we explain the process of backing up your Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) using an SFTP server. This can be applied to any SFTP server.

Use this post to determine the difference between SFTP vs FTPS. It explains the technology behind each protocol, and the strengths and limitations. It includes a list of the nine key differences between SFTP vs FTPS.

Pro2col upped the Christmas Jumper Day action and raised over £1600! Here’s a round up of all the activties to raise money for Save the Children.

Genomics England needed to speed up their complex approval system, enabling researchers to carry out ground breaking medical research within strict security protocols. They knew automation via Managed File Transfer (MFT) could be the answer. With requirements well beyond the scope of standard MFT, they turned to Pro2col for help.