• Supports 24x7 unattended operations
• Schedules jobs on a one-time, recurring, or continuous basis
• Assigns and manages file transfer workload
• Event driven alert notification
• Process language builds scripts to provide integration with back-end systems
• API and SDK for programmatic access by other applications

IBM® Sterling File Accelerator(128KB)

• Overcomes latency issues in TCP/IP protocol
• Increases transfer speed for large files over high speed networks by up to four times
• Built-in congestion control: Shares bandwidth with other business applications

• Supports checkpoint restart
• Automatic recovery from network interruptions
• Automated alert notifications for success/failure

• Interfaces with operating system security for user authentication
• Provides a complete audit trail of data movement through extensive statistics logs

IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct® Secure Plus(125KB)

• User authentication
• X.509 certificates for authentication
• Data encryption (SSL/TLS)
• Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) checking
• FIPS 140-2 and Common Criteria certification

IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct® FTP+(471KB)

• Adds Sterling Connect:Direct capabilities to existing FTP to provide assured delivery- automatic retry, compression, checkpoint/restart
• Authentication and data encryption with Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus, & utilizes the Sterling Connect:Direct protocol to improve security for existing FTP
• Audit and logging capabilities
• Server visibility through IBM Sterling Control Center

• Operating Systems Support
• z/OS
• OpenVMS
• i5/OS (OS/400)
• UNIX and Linux Network Protocols Support
• TCP/IP
• SNA
• UDT (UNIX 4.0, z/OS 4.8, Windows 4.5)
• Windows
• HP NonStop