Connect Direct - Performance and efficiency

jagadishan perumal

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Nov 9, 2011, 11:00:33 PM11/9/11

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Hi,

I am looking for a overall information on Connect Direct Tool(Product From
sterling Commerce). This research is just to know about the efficiency of
the tool on various aspects and its overall maintenance & Support .Could
anyone please share some information about Connect Direct Tool as i am
unable to fetch information about this tool.

Any information and guidance would be really appreciated.

Jags

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Ted MacNEIL

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Nov 9, 2011, 11:33:14 PM11/9/11

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Sterling Commerce was bought by IBM a few years ago.
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Timothy Sipples

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Nov 10, 2011, 1:31:10 AM11/10/11

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Ted MacNeil writes:
>Sterling Commerce was bought by IBM a few years ago.

Only last year (2010).

There's lots of information on IBM Sterling Connect:Direct available here:

http://www.ibm.com/software/commerce/managed-file-transfer/products/connect-direct/

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Lim Ming Liang

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Nov 10, 2011, 1:33:21 AM11/10/11

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Jagadishan,
If you're looking for an Enterprise Data Transport solution, you should
evaluate Connect:Direct together with XCOM from CA Technologies. Both of
these are being used in the Banks at this region.
http://www.ca.com/us/products/detail/CA-XCOM-Data-Transport.aspx
http://www.sterlingcommerce.com/SysReqs/Connect_SysRqmts/ConnectDirectRequirements.pdf

Regards Lim ML

On 10/11/11 11:45 AM, jagadishan perumal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a overall information on Connect Direct Tool(Product From
> sterling Commerce). This research is just to know about the efficiency of

> the tool on various aspects and its overall maintenance& Support .Could

Breton Imhauser

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Nov 10, 2011, 7:09:45 AM11/10/11

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Connect:Direct is one of the premier “MFT” (Managed File Transfer) tools available. There are others, as CA-XCOM has already been mentioned. Within the realm of MFT’s, they are rarely interoperable. If a business or trading partner needs to exchange via C:D, then you need C:D, etc. The primary advantage of an MFT tool over “low-brow” solutions, like rudimentary FTP, is that they have checkpoint/restart capabilities, as well as compression, security and scripting options. C:D has been very strong and reliable in the banking industry for many, many years. Pricing options will change at the start of the year, since the IBM purchase of Sterling.

Breton

Hal Merritt

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Nov 10, 2011, 9:12:12 AM11/10/11

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Um, I'm pretty sure that native z/os FTP supports both compression and checkpoint/restart. Of course, this is z/os to z/os. Other platforms vary widely on their interoperability and features. Oddly enough, many of these other platform products use Windows strategies rather than the RFC's.

Native z/os FTP under a suitable job scheduler is a pretty powerful combination for a pretty reasonable price: $0.00.

File transfer tools have a strong standing in the industry simply because there was no FTP and data had to be moved. And we all know about solutions that outlive the problems they once solved.

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