Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) & File Transfer

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Managed File Transfer within a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) offer tremendous advantage for organizations looking to pursue an enterprise integration strategy. But integration strategies can fall unacceptably short when they focus solely on message-based approaches. These can include:

Much of the attention of SOA strategies today is focused on message-based systems, which results in file transfer requirements being too often overlooked. But message-oriented technologies cannot effectively solve all business integration scenarios. This includes effective support for legacy applications, support for large volumes of data or batch-oriented systems, or support for business applications that span beyond company boundaries.

CyberFusion Integration Suite™: Centralized Control and Management in an SOA

Message-based systems do not offer ways to tie reliable file-based integration into an integration strategy moving forward. This is where Proginet's CyberFusion Integration Suite (CFI)™ come in. CFI is an advanced managed file transfer (MFT) solution that can easily be deployed alongside your other integration technologies, offering a complete solution for any integration project.

Deploying CFI as part of your overall integration strategy delivers greater flexibility, allowing you to choose the right tool for each specific project. CFI goes far beyond simply solving the security problems of file transfer. CFI offers a centralized management capability for all file transfer and utilizes open standards to make itself available as a service within an SOA environment. CFI also:

The bottom line? Integration within an SOA will be most successful if it includes file-based functionality. Talk to Proginet today about implementing file-based integration within your SOA.