IBM Sterling Connect:Direct

Provides high-volume, reliable and security-rich enterprise file transfers

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Gain the trusted file transfer solution your business needs

IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct provides security-hardened, point-to-point file transfers to lessen dependency on unreliable FTP transfers. It's optimized for high-volume delivery within and among enterprises, ensuring more reliable movement of files, from batch integration and movement of large images or catalogs, to synchronization with remote locations.

Sterling Connect:Direct also supports hybrid cloud deployment through certified containers which ensures easy and consistent deployment life-cycle management.
Centrally managed 

Manages fresh installs, seamless upgrades/updates and rollbacks through Control Center Director.​
Designed for multiple platforms

Supports a wide range of platforms including IBM z/OS, OpenVMS, i5/OS, HP NonStop, Microsoft Windows, UNIX and Linux.
High performance

Handles your most demanding workloads, from high volumes of small files to multi-gigabyte files.
Reduce installation and patch time

Significantly reduces installation and patch time from hours to minutes by deploying your solution with a certified container that has all required components.

Highlights

Certified containers

IBM Certified Containers for Sterling Connect:Direct are enterprise-grade, security-rich product editions with horizontal Pod autoscaling, integrated common software services for consistent deployment life-cycle management including easy install and configure options, management of upgrades and roll-back, scalability, and security.

Automated, reliable file transfer

Supports 24-hour unattended operations and schedules jobs on a one-time, recurring or continuous basis. The solution also assigns and manages file transfer workloads, and, in the event of network interruptions, automates the recovery process. You can benefit from automatic alerts that notify users of the success or failure of file transfers.

Performance capabilities

Reduces latency and increases transfer speed for large files over high-speed networks by up to four times their previous speed. Provides capabilities such as automatic retry, compression, checkpoint and restart to existing FTP transfers. The solution also supports a range of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Systems Network Architecture (SNA), and optional high-speed add-on based on the Aspera FASP technology.

Advanced security features

Offers user authentication and data encryption through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) as well as X.509 certificates, and enables you to meet Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 and Common Criteria certifications. In addition, the software performs Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) checking, strengthens the overall security through multi-factor authentication (MFA) and provides a thorough audit trail of data movement through extensive statistics logs.

User interfaces

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Modern User Interface​

Connect:Direct web console offers a modern web-based user interface with improved user experience.​
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Holistic view on File Transfers​

Connect:Direct web console gives a holistic view of all your file transfer activities along with its status.​
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Manage Partners with ease​

Connect:Direct manages the file transfers with trading partners with ease.​
Direct login screen capture of IBM Sterling Connect
Multi-factor Authentication​

Connect:Direct web console supports Multi-factor authentication to strengthen the overall security of the application for the interactive users.​
IBM Sterling direct users screen capture
Modern User Interface​

Connect:Direct web console offers a modern web-based user interface with improved user experience.​
Screen capture of IBM Sterling holistic view on File Transfers​
Holistic view on File Transfers​

Connect:Direct web console gives a holistic view of all your file transfer activities along with its status.​
IBM Sterling direct partners screen capture
Manage Partners with ease​

Connect:Direct manages the file transfers with trading partners with ease.​
Direct login screen capture of IBM Sterling Connect
Multi-factor Authentication​

Connect:Direct web console supports Multi-factor authentication to strengthen the overall security of the application for the interactive users.​
We are transferring on average around ... 300,000 Connect:Direct files per day on the IBM platform — and we are confident that the system will provide us with sufficient capacity to serve our needs for at least the next three years without scaling up.
Carsten van den Bogert Middleware Specialist Rabobank
Read the Rabobank story Our suite of IBM Sterling solutions enables us to meet practically any of our clients’ requirements around file transfer protocols and encryption standards... We have been using IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for more than 30 years, and it continues to be an extremely reliable solution.
Ove Kolstad Technical Lead Manager for Managed File Transfer Nets

Resources

Data sheet: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct (PDF)

Learn why organizations have never seen a greater need for reliable and secure file transfer.

 Ovum report: IBM managed file transfer

Ovum shares details about how IBM is modernizing MFT solutions for evolving business IT requirements.

 Recent security breaches in MFT

Technical analysis and lessons

 White paper: Four keys to effectively monitor and control secure file transfer

Learn how IBM can help enable your company to meet the demands of business today and tomorrow.
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