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Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT

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What is Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?

Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT is a secure file transfer solution that automates and encrypts data using industry standard protocols (e.g. OpenPGP, SFTP, HTTPS). With auditing and reporting, GoAnywhere can help organizations meet compliance regulations like PCI DSS and HIPAA.

GoAnywhere can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. As a VMware-validated product, it also runs in several virtualized environments including VMware, Amazon AWS, and Microsoft Azure. GoAnywhere exchanges batch and ad-hoc file transfers, executes tasks before and/or after transfers, and gives users and partners a secure way to exchange data. The vendor provides MFTaaS deployment to give users an easy way to transfer files while Fortra takes care of the setup, infrastructure management, and backups, all for an expected flat fee.

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The GoAnywhere Dashboard, where users can access features and choose customizable Gadgets that display vital system statistics and file transfer activity

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GoAnywhere MFT Secure Scalable and Simplified File Transfer

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Engineer in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Working as a technical support engineer, i have implemented multiple Goanywhere MFT server, addressing the file automation based on the needs of the customer and securely transfering the files from vendor to server using secure protocols like HTTPS, SFTP and FTPS, also i use internally to transfer the file to my customer and vendors securely.

Pros

  • Secure file Transfer using secure TCP protocols
  • File Automation(compression, encryption and file operators)
  • secure email option to send the file in a HTTPS link
  • Godrive for file collobration and file synching

Cons

  • Implementing the maker checker mechanism will be an improment
  • User base file type restriction will be better insted of global
  • Option to integrate with Ticketing tool inside the application will be better

Return on Investment

  • by securly share the file using GoAnywhere i am least bothered about ransomware attack.
  • Helps my organization achieve compliances such as ISO and PCI DSS
  • Complete audit logs are available in GoAnywhere for auditing purposes.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Progress MOVEit and Axway Managed File Transfer

Other Software Used

GTB Inspector, Mimecast Advanced Email Security

Move your data anywhere with Go Anywhere!

Incentivized
Stewart LocklearView profile
Senior Information Technology Project Manager in Information Technology at Harriss and Covington Hosiery (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Data extraction: You can pull data from nearly any database and send it to users/partners in a variety of formats.
  • Data transformation: Great for massaging data and transforming it to XML, text, spreadsheets, etc.
  • Data Integration: An extremely useful tool for moving data between different systems. I have used it to integrate data from Oracle, Netezza, DB2, SQL Server, and even Interbase.

Cons

  • There's no real drag and drop functionality as seen in Datastage or SSIS.
  • There's no way to track data lineage.
  • The scheduler is a kind of hard to use.

Most Important Features

  • Database access
  • FTP integration
  • Email integration
  • Data transformation

Return on Investment

  • GA has made life easier for our employees. Many processes that used to take a lot of time are now automated or semi-automated using GA.
  • GA has helped our IT team be far more productive. It would take weeks to put together code that we can do in GA in a day or less.

Other Software Used

DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Rocket Aldon

Powerful secure file transfer automation

Hernan GomilaView profile
Middleware Specialist in Information Technology at CN (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Comprehensive security configuration.
  • Powerful project designer.
  • File transfer automation.
  • Command line interface and web services support.

Cons

  • Reviewing support cases on support web site.
  • Testing remote resources is limited without creating a project.
  • With so many features, it can take awhile to master it.

Return on Investment

  • With the Secure Mail feature we automated massive secure mail distributions that were previously done by post.
  • By building corporate and EDI frameworks with the Project designer, we reduce the complexity of adding new project to adding a new configuration file to the framework.
  • Simplify security administration by having a single point of entry for process that need file transfers with external partners.

Other Software Used

webMethods Trading Network, WebSphere Message Broker, IBM DataPower Gateway

GoAnywhere MFT rocks

Parul PatelView profile
Network Analyst in Information Technology at Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Advance workflow.
  • Enhanced auditing.
  • Web user.
  • Admin roll and security roll.
  • PGP key.

Cons

  • The product is difficult to learn initially, but once you get a grip on it, it is not that difficult.
  • Sometimes simple tasks require more logic.

Return on Investment

  • It save lots of manual effort from end user and application to manipulate files. We have automated processes for the user. It saves almost 4 to 5 persons taking over 3 to 4 hours daily manually. Same task is done using GoAnywhere and takes about 1/2 hour.

Other Software Used

LRS VPSX, IBM Spectrum Protect, IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Usability

GoAnywhere MFT, not exactly what I expected.

Incentivized
Jesus Covarrubias, CEHView profile
Systems Administrator in Information Technology at Shane Co. (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Transfers files quickly and securely between locations.
  • It allows the setting of multiple schedules for automation to occur.
  • Supports encryption and allows changing keys easily.
  • Reduces the need to write custom scripts for transferring files.

Cons

  • In the beginning, when implementing, it can take a while to understand how it works thoroughly.
  • Due to the added abilities learning to configure the software can take some time.
  • Training for this product will cost extra. The training is also not excellent.
  • The software seems glitchy at times, sometimes being slow or corrupting jobs.

Return on Investment

  • Once it is up and running it requires little maintenance.
  • Allows you to provide access to the data owner to view or run the projects.
  • In time you will find other things to automate with the vast options available in the project library.

Other Software Used

Secret Server

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