Extending the Capabilities of Sterling Connect:Direct

Enhanced Security
Sterling Connect:Direct contains basic security consisting of user authentication and user proxies that enable you to control who has access to the Sterling Connect:Direct server and what actions they are allowed to perform. Enhanced security is available through the following additional MFT products.

Enterprise Management with Sterling Control Center
Sterling Control Center provides centralized management and monitoring of large-scale, distributed Sterling Connect:Direct server environments. It enables you to enhance operational productivity and improve the quality of service for Sterling Connect:Direct file transfers and activities in your environment from one central location through:

Process Integration with Sterling B2B Integrator
Sterling B2B Integrator enables a business to define business processes in a software application and route data between enterprise systems using different protocols and formats.

Unattended File Management with Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent
Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent is a component of Sterling Connect:Direct that provides unattended file management. It provides monitoring and detection capabilities that enhance the automation you accomplish with Sterling Connect:Direct Processes.

Other Tools/Options to Extend Capabilities
There are several tools/options that extend the functionality available in Sterling Connect:Direct, including:

Additional Sterling Connect:Direct Products
You can extend the capabilities of a single Sterling Connect:Direct server with IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Select and IBM Sterling Connect:Direct FTP+.

Speciality Product: SWIFTNet
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for SWIFTNet for UNIX and IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for SWIFTNet for Microsoft Windows are special Sterling Connect:Direct solutions that were developed to work with SWIFTNet, which is a highly secure, proprietary network in Europe used by financial institutions. The Sterling Connect:Direct for SWIFTNet solution supports the FileAct (real-time file transfer service) SWIFT service.