Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Managed file transfer

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. But will tag for cleanup, as the discussion leans towards agreeing that this article has NPOV problems. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:03, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Managed file transfer

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Subject not notable. Article is not NPOV, very few sources, no independent/reliable sources. Vectro (talk) 21:52, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Vectro (talk) 21:52, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Vectro (talk) 21:52, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Comment [email protected] (talk · contribs) left an interesting comment on the article's talk page. Vectro (talk) 21:55, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

• Someone else has done an interesting promotion on this page! Djm-leighpark (talk) 13:38, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

*Keep: Especially in the new days of GDPR failure to use Managed file transfer (MFT) could result in a charge of gross negligence (OK that's an WP:ORGINAL statement but if I was to be in a situation where MFT is required then its a Yes Sir, No Sir, three bags full Sir from me). Yes its a grummble grumble from me about the state of the article and I think it is currently making a right dog's dinner of describing this. I've tried a little quick fixing and attempted to give it a little love but I'd need a clear head and some digging to do better and I am currently totally defensive. I think this may be sometimes called or related to secure data exchange or secure data transfer. This is also about files/documents, not about emails. Though some products may cover both secure messaging and file transfer from an encyclopedic point of view these are best kept apart.Djm-leighpark (talk) 13:11, 12 May 2019 (UTC) *Delete: That's what consensus will want. Djm-leighpark (talk) 20:12, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, T. Canens (talk) 23:49, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

• Keep: On review I'll strike my earlier commnet. We have a nom. who claims no independent/reliable sources (always a dangerous claim as there can be things online). One reasonably assumes Gartner AGF would be reliable but the nom. has not checked. I also note the nom. has introduced a username with a specific company to this discussion has therefore perhaps used this discussion as a promotion vehicle. Some IP also seems to be wittering on the talk page of this discussion. More practically I added a reference from IBM covering the area in general area. I also note we have a PC mag review which seems pretty independent and reliable but more at the sub enterprise level I suspect but I might try to kludge it on the article; the enterprise level solutions will likely be too big bucks for PC Mag.Djm-leighpark (talk) 19:17, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 01:51, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

• Comment: Another reference to peruse about MFT: [1]. Is the UK government a WP:RS ? Probably ought to be but no doubt can be taken for a ride.... on a Parkie 39 bus? Djm-leighpark (talk) 04:34, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
• Comment: I get the feeling this is also sometimes being called Secure file transfer although from a purist viewpoint that is possibly a subset of managed file transfer. Please also note Secure file transfer program/protocol mean very specific things and should not be merged with this. Somewhat probably beyond the periphery of this AfD entering Secure file transfer picks up the Secure File Transfer redirect to the disambiguation Secure file transfer protocol ... and this set of disambigs/redirects probably needs a re-jig to allow a disambig from secure file transfer to managed file transfer.Djm-leighpark (talk) 05:10, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

• Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
  1. Ross, Brandon; Arslan, Engin; Zhang, Bing; Kosar, Tevfik (2014). "Managed File Transfer as a Cloud Service". In Li, Xiaolin; Qiu, Judy (eds.). Cloud Computing for Data-Intensive Applications. New York: Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 379–399. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-1905-5. ISBN 978-1-4939-1904-8. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  2. Khanna, Rohit (August 2013). "Data breaches: the enemy within". Computer Fraud & Security. 2013 (8). Elsevier: 8–11. doi:10.1016/S1361-3723(13)70071-X.
  3. Kulkarni, Pranav; Jain, Sahil; Kumar, Vinay (2014). "Cloud Based Managed File Transfer Services". International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies. 5 (3). AIRCC Publishing Corporation: 2700–2702. ISSN 0975-9646. Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  4. Kulkarni, Pranav; Jain, Sahil; Kumar, Vinay (2014). "Cloud Based Managed File Transfer Services". International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies. 5 (3). AIRCC Publishing Corporation: 2700–2702. ISSN 0975-9646. Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  5. Dunford, Dan (2013-09-18). "Managed file transfer: the next stage for data in motion?". Network Security. 2013 (9). Elsevier: 12–15. doi:10.1016/S1353-4858(13)70103-X. ISSN 1353-4858. Retrieved 2019-05-26.

  Sources with quotes

  Ross, Brandon; Arslan, Engin; Zhang, Bing; Kosar, Tevfik (2014). "Managed File Transfer as a Cloud Service". In Li, Xiaolin; Qiu, Judy (eds.). Cloud Computing for Data-Intensive Applications. New York: Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 379–399. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-1905-5. ISBN 978-1-4939-1904-8. Retrieved 2019-05-26. The book notes: An MFT application, in contrast, is used to schedule and coordinate data transfers between distributed endpoints, in a sense acting as “glue” for data storage and processing systems in the cloud. MFT applications do not necessarily act as a physical intermediary for data, though they are of course not excluded from doing so. They may instead communicate with remote storage systems using protocols understood by the end systems, and negotiate direct system-to-system transfers without data flowing through the MFT system. Such transfers are called third-party transfers. An MFT system might offer temporary data hosting (sometimes called “data parking” in this context) in order to offer improved transfer reliability, though this is not necessarily the case. MFT introduces a number of benefits over ad hoc data transfer implementations. For one, MFT services can offer asynchronous “fire-and-forget” functionality, where a client can specify an immediate or future data transfer and delegate reliability and performance concerns to the MFT system. The system will monitor transfer progress and deal with issues as they arise. Clients can check on transfer progress through the system, cancel or reschedule transfers if they so desire, and be notified by the system when the transfer completes or if it cannot be completed. MFT applications can also provide support for numerous transfer protocols, and even perform translations between otherwise incompatible protocols by acting as an intermediary. This allows existing storage infrastructure to be used without needing to reconfigure end systems to “speak” the same protocols. MFT applications may also offer suites of transfer performance optimizers to algorithmically tweak transfer settings and schedule transfers in order to minimize conflicts and avoid network congestion. Such optimizers can take into account transfer priority and user-specified deadlines. An MFT system can also maintain a historical transfer performance database for different systems to better estimate transfer completion time and schedule transfers to meet deadlines. The book notes that some examples of MFT are: "Globus is a service offered by The Globus Alliance at the University of Chicago. It is aimed at the scientific community and, introduced in November 2010, is one of the earliest examples of an MFT service in the cloud." "Ipswitch’s MOVEit Cloud is an MFT service aimed at enterprise organizations with large-scale data requirements." "Mover is another MFT application designed for use with popular cloud-hosted data storage systems such as Dropbox and SkyDrive, though it also supports transfers via FTP and WebDAV [2]." "StorkCloud is an MFT application created by the Data Intensive Distributed Computing Lab at the University at Buffalo (Fig. 1)." Khanna, Rohit (August 2013). "Data breaches: the enemy within". Computer Fraud & Security. 2013 (8). Elsevier: 8–11. doi:10.1016/S1361-3723(13)70071-X. The article notes: Solutions like Managed File Transfer (MFT) are breaking new ground by providing a way to manage data sharing, minimising risk through centrally controlling and tracking both impromptu and scheduled data transfer. MFT is not restricted to colleagueto-colleague exchange but includes exchanges with third parties, system-tosystem, user-to-system and even desktopto-mobile file transfers for users on the road. MFT offers businesses a means to restrict permissible receivers and senders, encrypt the data itself, integrate with data loss prevention products and provide a central log of all data transfers. ... So how does MFT work? An MFT platform lies at the heart of the business connected to both private (ERP, SCM, legacy, WS enabled) and public (EDI, B2B legacy, WS enabled) processes. The data from each process is adapted at source to avoid the issues of data replication and loss. Once on the platform, data can be managed from both a business process standpoint and a broker/ESB perspective. For internal purposes, data can be developed, deployed, analysed, monitored and finally accessed, whether that means pulling a report or sending an email. From an external or supplier side, data can be transported (eg, SFTP, AS2, SOAP, HTTP), transformed (eg, IDOC, XML, ACH, CSV) and adapted into the relevant ERP for further use. These are the base functions of MFT and the centralised point offers full visibility of data, regardless of source, while the endpoint provisioning provides secure multiprotocol communication through a fully integrated email client. ... By creating a strong audit trail and managing all data within the business on a single platform, MFT provides a solution that is ideally suited to highly regulated industries and addresses the issues raised by the array of ungoverned FTP solutions. MFT offers many industries, such as banking, specific features that make it ideal for both securing and tracking information. These aspects include: data control/ access options, secure login (SSL), password strength, notifications, event auditing and log aggregation (Syslog), protected data in motion (AS2 and FTP), protected data at rest (PGP and file encryption adapter), protected application meta data (database and files), SQL and JavaScript injection prevention, a modular design that fits a secure network model and ICAP interface compatibility with spam blocker and DLP. Kulkarni, Pranav; Jain, Sahil; Kumar, Vinay (2014). "Cloud Based Managed File Transfer Services". International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies. 5 (3). AIRCC Publishing Corporation: 2700–2702. ISSN 0975-9646. Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2019-05-26. The article notes: Many business projects are outsourced nowadays, which creates a need of file transfer mechanism for huge file with very high transfer rate with proper use of bandwidth. As the data is large there is possibility of network failure or any other network problems during the transfer of the data. So such broken downloads should not start from the beginning leading to larger time required. MFT will provide resume facility for such broken downloads. Also Cloud Based MFT will provide facilities of sending email notifications and account management. ... The cloud based MFT is created by making use of open source UDT services. UDT the UDP based transfer protocol uses the bandwidth effectively and transfer the data at higher rate. The user has to register and create an account in order to make use of MFT services. The user can transfer the data to any third party with a valid Id. The files can be transferred to other cloud as well. Dunford, Dan (2013-09-18). "Managed file transfer: the next stage for data in motion?". Network Security. 2013 (9). Elsevier: 12–15. doi:10.1016/S1353-4858(13)70103-X. ISSN 1353-4858. Retrieved 2019-05-26. The article notes: Now businesses are looking for managed file transfer (MFT) technologies to deliver enterprise-level automation and integration, while ensuring the security and integrity of all transferred data. Because of new regulatory demands, these technologies must offer strong audit and reporting capabilities to enable the tracking and control of all aspects of data movement. ... An advanced MFT solution could automate many fundamental business systems, enabling seamless integration with enterprise applications in support of mission-critical business processes. With a full complement of tools and functions to support unattended ‘lights out’ operations, file transfer activity will be structured and easily scheduled, resulting in significantly fewer manual (and therefore error-prone) processes.... New MFT solutions can provide a secure, easy and cost-efficient answer. They routinely automate data transfers and are easily integrated within a crossplatform network. They also make data transfer processes reproducible and will hold up in audits of corporate IT. There remains little doubt that they look set to offer a secure and cost-effective alternative to FTP.

  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow managed file transfer to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 05:27, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

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