Senior Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5
2024-09-19T14:28:00Z
Sep 19, 2024
We use Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct primarily for transferring files using different protocols like SFPP and FTPS. We also use the mailbox platform and certified gateway connectors.
The solution is a proprietary tool built by Sterling, which was acquired by IBM. It is a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol. If I want to send data from one location to another, the solution should first be installed in both locations. Only then can we transfer the data.
Systems Infrastructure Manager at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank - Egypt
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Top 10
2023-03-20T13:27:41Z
Mar 20, 2023
We are using Connect:Direct to move some application files from point to point, from one application to another application, which might be used by another application and which should maybe use the tool process and make selections on these files. So, simply, we are using Connect:Direct to move one application to another application.
We use this solution for the secure internal transfer of information. We also use it as a way of introducing people to the different products that we offer. I'm a presales engineer and we are customers of Sterling Commerce Connect.
Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct can be deployed in many ways. We mainly deploy it on-premise, because the cloud and hybrid deployments are more recent. It's has been in the last five years that they have been implementing the cloud and hybrid versions. I had been installing and providing services in a hybrid role with containers, on-premise, public cloud, and private cloud for different customers. Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct is an MFT solution, and in this case, IBM offers the same solution that can also work for B2B, such as file translation. These are solutions that are independent of the industry of the customer. For example, I live in Spain and the target market was finance. I work on several different finance customers with some specific use cases. In Italy, for example, I work with logistics, distribution, manufacturing and the use case are different. In the financial sector, we propose the MFT solution to banks in corporate areas to get the onboarding of the customers of the banks. It allows each bank to propose to their customer a file sent automatically using each type of protocol and providing a lot of facilities. If we talk with the logistic or distribution departments they are most focused on EDI messages to interchange with their providers, such as orders, invoices, and dispatch advisement. With IBM it is on the same solution. Depending on the target market where we move on, we can identify a different business case. In the last two years in the financial market, consider that there is a huge migration of standards related to SWIFT. All the banks around the world must translate their MT messages, SWIFT messages, to ISO 20022. We are proposing a combination of the MFT solution with the ITX, that is the IBM mapper. This is the use case most used in the last two years, more or less.
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Senior Site Reliability Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2022-01-04T21:51:00Z
Jan 4, 2022
We use Sterling Commerce ConnectDirect for limited transfers where the third party only wants to use this protocol. Currently we have five administrators that manage, maintain and set-up the exchanges with other partners.
IBM's Sterling Connect:Direct is a software product that offers security-hardened, point-to-point file transfers to reduce reliance on insecure File Transfer Protocol (FTP) transmissions. It is designed for high-volume file distribution within and between businesses. The solution guarantees more reliable file movement, from batch integration and movement of large images or catalogs to synchronization with distant sites. Sterling Connect:Direct also enables hybrid cloud deployment through...
We use Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct primarily for transferring files using different protocols like SFPP and FTPS. We also use the mailbox platform and certified gateway connectors.
The solution is a proprietary tool built by Sterling, which was acquired by IBM. It is a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol. If I want to send data from one location to another, the solution should first be installed in both locations. Only then can we transfer the data.
We are using Connect:Direct to move some application files from point to point, from one application to another application, which might be used by another application and which should maybe use the tool process and make selections on these files. So, simply, we are using Connect:Direct to move one application to another application.
We mainly use this solution for node-to-node file transmissions.
We use this solution for the secure internal transfer of information. We also use it as a way of introducing people to the different products that we offer. I'm a presales engineer and we are customers of Sterling Commerce Connect.
Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct can be deployed in many ways. We mainly deploy it on-premise, because the cloud and hybrid deployments are more recent. It's has been in the last five years that they have been implementing the cloud and hybrid versions. I had been installing and providing services in a hybrid role with containers, on-premise, public cloud, and private cloud for different customers. Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct is an MFT solution, and in this case, IBM offers the same solution that can also work for B2B, such as file translation. These are solutions that are independent of the industry of the customer. For example, I live in Spain and the target market was finance. I work on several different finance customers with some specific use cases. In Italy, for example, I work with logistics, distribution, manufacturing and the use case are different. In the financial sector, we propose the MFT solution to banks in corporate areas to get the onboarding of the customers of the banks. It allows each bank to propose to their customer a file sent automatically using each type of protocol and providing a lot of facilities. If we talk with the logistic or distribution departments they are most focused on EDI messages to interchange with their providers, such as orders, invoices, and dispatch advisement. With IBM it is on the same solution. Depending on the target market where we move on, we can identify a different business case. In the last two years in the financial market, consider that there is a huge migration of standards related to SWIFT. All the banks around the world must translate their MT messages, SWIFT messages, to ISO 20022. We are proposing a combination of the MFT solution with the ITX, that is the IBM mapper. This is the use case most used in the last two years, more or less.
We use Sterling Commerce ConnectDirect for limited transfers where the third party only wants to use this protocol. Currently we have five administrators that manage, maintain and set-up the exchanges with other partners.
We primarily use the solution for file transfers.