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Case Study: Fortune 500 Industrial Manufacturing Company Replaces FileZilla with Serv-U

“Serv-U is a great tool at a reasonable cost.”

“Self-hosted FTP server software is much more secure and reliable for file transfer than cloud-based/SaaS services and FTP freeware.”

Challenges

  • Used FileZilla for file transfer before purchasing Serv-U.
  • Faced the challenge of securely encrypting and protecting file transfer data.

Use Case

  • Has more than 1,000 users (both internally and externally) that use Serv-U.
  • Purchased Serv-U Managed File Transfer Server along with Serv-U Gateway.
  • Use Serv-U to offer hosted file transfer services to clients.
  • Decided to buy Serv-U because of its:
    • Affordable cost
    • Robust security for file transfer
  • Key features of Serv-U that helped meet their IT requirements:
    • SFTP for file transfer
    • Active Directory/LDAP integration

Results

  • Benefits realized as a result of using Serv-U:
    • Enhanced security and data protection
    • Improved administration and governance of file transfers
    • Improved compliance with security policies
  • Rated Serv-U file transfer solution as 5 stars.




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