I have come across several requests wherein a team needs to upload an entire folder/source s3 bucket (that may contain subfolders) to another s3 bucket (destination).
We are all aware of the nice little AWS CLI command to complete the above task:
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I have come across several requests wherein a team needs to upload an entire folder/source s3 bucket (that may contain subfolders) to another s3 bucket (destination).
We are all aware of the nice little AWS CLI command to complete the above task:
Let’s take a minute to think about your current process for new MFT data flow creation. I’m sure you have tried to optimize this process based on the corporate standard tools and your own technical skills. Most teams gladly share an Excel spreadsheet with some computed values in protected cells, a few data field validations, and some rudimentary MS Basic macros. This is the first step, but I’m sorry to say: this is so 1990s. Maybe you’re more 2000s, presenting a web application to collect the right information from your business? A few screens to click through, a few dozen (technical) fields to fill in… Well, at least you’re not receiving hundreds of spreadsheets a month, and you’ve have gotten rid of poor version control based on file name. Nice! Can you do better? Certainly! And it’s actually pretty easy if you rely on an MFT Services portfolio.
Despite your well-thought web application, you still have to face recurring business users’ complaints.
A Managed File Transfer solution to move large volumes of unstructured data, differs from a plain File Transfer tool, like the world-famous FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client/server combination. It does this by offering technical capabilities that earned it the prefix “Managed.” These capabilities include:
All these criteria are characteristics of a Managed File Transfer solution and represented the boxes that vendors had to check during a Request for Proposal (RFP) processes back in the early days. Over time, the technologies and industry requirements (especially around compliance and risk management) have evolved, putting more pressure on the MFT vendors to come up with new points of differentiation. Here are six of those benefits to keep in mind when adopting a digitalized Managed File Transfer solution.