MFT Cloud Services
Lightwell provides cloud MFT services built on the IBM market-leading Managed File Transfer portfolio and extensive expertise with MFT solutions and hosting.
Why Consider Managed File Transfer
in the Cloud?
Challenges driving companies to consider moving MFT to the cloud include:
- Outdated infrastructure: Their current infrastructure is outdated and can’t adapt to demands
- Security and Risk Concerns: Security threats are greater than ever, and they don’t have the right capabilities in place to address requirements
- Rising costs of maintaining legacy file transfer applications
- Lack of expertise: Insufficient internal IT resources to keep up with current technologies and demand
- Inability to scale: File transfer technologies used today can’t scale to meet growth in file volume, SLA requirements, and business needs
What if you could have an experienced team you trust free you from these headaches? What if you could improve your agility and scalability to address the high growth in file transfer demands, while enjoying a predictable cost model?

MFT in the Cloud Service
We can help. Lightwell provides a flexible cloud MFT solution that is built on the IBM proven, market-leading Managed File Transfer portfolio. Built to address the challenges and demands of today’s enterprises, our solution:

Automates file transfers and processes them in the cloud

Supports all major protocols and file formats, with practically no limit on file sizes

Supports ad-hoc person-to-person file transfer

Enables greater visibility and governance over file transfer activity

Supports dynamic routing of files

Provides proactive support on errors and file monitoring

Accelerates trading partner onboarding

Accommodates your cloud needs and preference
Whether you prefer your own private cloud, the IBM cloud, our cloud, or cloud services like Azure, AWS, and Rackspace, we will accommodate your needs.

Advantages of MFT in the Cloud
With our MFT in the Cloud services, you’ll address file transfer concerns while enjoying world-class enterprise file transfer capabilities, including:

Experience and expertise:
A team of skilled professionals to optimize your B2B transfer operations.

Integrated, broad solution portfolio:
A suite of industry-leading file transfer solution option to address your needs as your business changes and grows.

World-class security:
Gain numerous security capabilities such as multiple security layers, multi-factor authentication, simplified security management, and protection for your internal networks while supporting internet-based data exchange with partners, customers, and suppliers.

Greater visibility at your fingertips:
Actionable visibility for business, operations and compliance, with key indicators to provide insight into file transfer volume, potential issues, file transfer performance, and health of the environment.
Cloud MFT Solution Components
- Industry-leading solutions
- Lightwell MFT solution hosting
- Solution and Hosting Expertise
Industry-leading solutions
- IBM Sterling File Gateway
- Lightwell virtual cloud offerings
- Lightwell MFT monitoring tools
- Add-on capabilities including: IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager, IBM Sterling Control Center, Connect:Direct, and solutions for large file exchanges
- Visibility and reporting
Lightwell MFT solution hosting
Whether you choose to host in your own private cloud, IBM cloud, our cloud, or cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, Google, or others, we can accommodate your needs. With our cloud solution offering, you’ll benefit from:
- A fully redundant architecture, removing any single point of failure
- Exceptional uptime, reliability, and performance
- Continuous, active monitoring and alerting with industry-leading, proprietary monitoring tools
- Multiple layers of monitoring and notification
- Support including best practices, cost optimization, real-time monitoring and alerting, and 24x7x365 helpdesk availability
Solution and Hosting Expertise
Our team has extensive expertise in managed systems, from architectural design to robust security to contingency planning. We have been hosting and managing IBM solutions for over 10 years, and have been working with the solutions themselves extensively over the last two decades.
We have a proven, comprehensive system setup and onboarding process that ensures we’re in lockstep and our goals and timelines are aligned. Learn more about our MFT Managed Services capabilities.
Illuminating Resources
MFT Cloud Services
Interested in discovering whether our MFT in the Cloud solution is right for you? Contact us to discuss your needs with one of our experienced professionals.