WS_FTP Server Overviews

Unrivalled Security. Powerful Administrator Control.

How secure is your data?

IT departments today are faced with the challenge of managing file transfers in an environment of data breaches, regulatory compliance, corporate governance requirements, and more. To overcome these challenges, server administrators need to make company data easily available to employees, data that is often highly sensitive, ranging from sales information, health records, and credit card information to earnings statements and intellectual property.

Managing this data includes the actual transport, but also other areas such as user provisioning and authentication, enforcing rules for server access, encryption, and user bandwidth as well as visibility into server logs for reports and audits. Additionally, IT departments not only need to enable person-to-server and system-to-system interactions, but they must also enable employees to share information with each other as well as with people outside the company. All of this must be accomplished while enforcing file and data transfer policies and preventing unauthorized users from accessing private company information.

How we can help you:

WS_FTP Server now delivers a solution for all of these objectives and more. This powerful suite of solutions delivers proven and secure file transfer solution that is easily installed and configured in minutes and requires very little training or support. WS_FTP Server delivers powerful management, administrative control and enforcement over server access and user permissions, leading encryption strength, reliable performance, person-to-person file sharing capabilities, and complete visibility into all file transfer activities for auditing purposes.

WS_FTP Server is also very scalable. Each WS_FTP Server solution scales to thousands of user accounts and hundreds of concurrent user connections. WS_FTP Server is used by administrators globally to support millions of end users and to transfer billions of files and petabytes of data.

WS_FTP Server is so effective because it makes file transfer fast, easy, and completely secure:

• Secure: Encrypted transfer over SSH / SFTP, SSL / FTPS, and HTTP / HTTPS protocols
• Automated: Server events can generate alerts and launch workflows
• Compliant: Exceeds stringent security and privacy requirements for secure file transfer
• Ad hoc and scheduled interactions: Supports impromptu and predefined transfers by people, systems, and processes

Industry-leading security. Powerful management, administrative control and enforcement. Flexible file transfer. WS_FTP Server delivers all of this and more – providing a proven, secure, and scalable solution that is right for you.

What’s New in WS_FTP Server 7.5

Ad Hoc Transfer Module
The Ad Hoc Transfer module enables secure person-to-person file sharing using a Web browser or Microsoft Outlook. Users can now send files to anyone in the world with an email address – quickly, easily, and securely. The Ad Hoc module enables companies to proactively manage file sharing interactions, create and enforce policies and rules, and deliver complete visibility into all file sharing activities

Operating Systems and Platforms
WS_FTP Server 7.5 now offers 64-bit support for Windows 2003: WS_FTP Server is a 32-bit application that can now be run on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system in both 32-bit (English and German) and 64-bit (English-only) modes.

Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V
Support for virtual servers running on VMware ESX and now also Microsoft Hyper-V platforms. The benefits of running WS_FTP Server solutions in a virtualized environment include reduced hardware costs and increased manageability and portability.

Browser Support
Adding support for the latest versions of Internet Explorer, FireFox, and Safari browsers for the WS_FTP Server web admin console, Web Transfer Module, and Ad Hoc Transfer Module.

System Requirements

Installation Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2008 Standard (32-bit and 64-bit English editions); Windows Server 2003 Standard (32-bit and 64-bit English and 32-bit German editions); Windows XP Professional (32-bit English edition)
• Supported Virtualization Environments: VMware ESX 3.0.2 Update 1 (32-bit Guest “Server” OS’s only); Microsoft Hyper-V 1.0 (32-bit Guest “Server” OS’s only; Windows 2008 64-bit only)
• Supported Browsers (For the Web admin console, Web Transfer Module & Ad Hoc Transfer Module): Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0 (Windows only); Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and 3.5 (Windows, Mac and RedHat Linux); Chrome 1.0.154 and 2.0 (Windows only); Safari 3.0 and 4.0 (Mac only)
• Supported Outlook (For the Ad Hoc Transfer Module Outlook plug-in): Outlook 2003 (32-bit only) and Outlook 2007 (32-bit only). Outlook plug-in is compatible with a variety of mail servers, such as Exchange (Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007 only) or IMail
• Microsoft Runtime Environment and Libraries: NET 2.0 for WS_FTP Server; ASP.NET (via IIS) and .NET 3.0 for Web Transfer Modules, WS_FTP Server Corporate
• Supported Database for all Products and Modules: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express/Standard (local or remote); Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express/Standard (local or remote); PostgreSQL 8.3.7 (local only)

Minimum Hardware Requirements

• 1 GB RAM and 250 MB of available drive space
• 1 GHz Pentium or faster OR minimum OS requirement