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HULFT Transfer
Enterprise Managed File Transfer (MFT)
Current File Transfer State
- How do you handle file transfers today? (FTP, SFTP, custom scripts)
- What MFT solutions have you used or evaluated?
- What are the main pain points with your current approach?
- Are you replacing an existing MFT solution? Which one?
Transfer Volume & Patterns
- How many file transfers do you process daily?
- What is your peak transfer volume?
- What is the size range of files transferred? (MB, GB, TB)
- What is your largest single file transfer requirement?
Transfer Types
- What types of transfers do you need? (Internal, B2B, cloud-to-on-prem, cross-platform)
- How many external trading partners do you exchange files with?
- Do you need to support multiple protocols per partner?
Protocol Requirements
- What transfer protocols do you need to support?
Security & Compliance
- What compliance requirements apply? (PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOX, GDPR)
- What encryption requirements do you have? (In-transit, at-rest, PGP/GPG)
- Do you need non-repudiation / delivery confirmation?
- What are your audit and logging requirements?
- How long must transfer logs be retained?
Reliability & Performance
- What are your uptime requirements? (99.9%, 99.99%)
- Do you need high availability / failover?
- Do you need guaranteed delivery with retry logic?
- Are there SLAs with partners for transfer completion?
Automation & Scheduling
- How are transfers triggered? (Scheduled, event-driven, manual)
- What scheduling tools do you use? (Control-M, Autosys, cron)
- Do you need workflow capabilities (dependencies, sequencing)?
Monitoring & Infrastructure
- What visibility do you need into transfer status?
- What alerting is required on failures?
- Where will the MFT solution be deployed? (On-prem, private cloud, public cloud)
- Do you have DMZ requirements for external transfers?