Softcat resource - Comparison Questionnaire

Simple Workflow Automation

What do you need to do?

Move files around your local area network (LAN)

Move files around your wide area network (WAN)

Receive files from your trading partners

Send/push files to your trading partners

Host files for collection by your trading partners

Pull/download files from your trading partners

Which inbound/receiving protocols do you require?

FTP

FTPS

SFTP

HTTP

HTTPS

POP3

Which outbound/sending protocols do you require?

FTP

FTPS

SFTP

HTTP

HTTPS

IMAP

SMTP

How many trading partners would you have?

How would you like to instigate file transfers?

On a schedule

A custom calendar

Folder monitor

Manually

REST API

SOAP API

Command Line Interface (CLI)

Do you need to be able to prioritise one file transfer over another?

Yes

Which of these file transfer workflow features do you require?

Date stamping files

Renaming files

Zip & unzip files

Create bespoke forms for uploads

Advanced Workflow Automation

Which of these advanced protocols do you need to support?

AS1

AS2

AS3

PeSIT

OFTP

SCP

WebDav

Which of these Cloud Storage vendors do you need to connect to?

Amazon S3

Box

Citrix ShareFile

DropBox

Google Cloud

Google Drive

Microsoft Azure

OneDrive

Oracle Cloud

Sharepoint 2016

Sharepoint Online

Which of the following applications do you need to integrate with?

SAP

SalesForce CRM

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Would you need any file name overwrite options?

Rename

Append

Enumerate

Not required

Secure Email & Attachments

Which email application do you need to support?

Microsoft Outlook plugin

Microsoft Outlook 365 plugin

Gmail extension

IBM Notes plugin

Webmail provided by application is enough

Which of these features do you need?

Secure message body

Allow secure replies

Restrict destination domains

Shared folders (Workspace)

Trading partner self registration

Archive old messages

Automatic expiry of temporary accounts

Do you need a mobile phone secure messaging app?

Android app needed

iOS app needed

Windows mobile app needed

We don't need secure messages on mobile phones

How many internal users require secure email?

Web Browser File Collaboration

Which file collaboration features would you require?

File locking

Secure file upload via batch

Version control / file history

End user device synchronisation

Desktop synchronisation

Shared folders (Workspace)

Trading partner self registration

Automatic expiry of temp accounts

Security & Compliance

Which security features and compliance standards are required?

Whitelisting

Tamper evident database

File encryption at rest

Data sanitisation

FIPS-140-2 certified

Automated cleanup

Blacklisting

PCI-DSS report

Which file content security features do you require?

AntiVirus for incoming files

Data Loss Prevention for outgoing files

Redaction for outgoing files

What type of Admin GUI would you like?

Web-based admin console

Server-based admin console

Infrastructure

Where would the solution need to be installed?* This field is required.

On premises

Hybrid (Cloud and On Premises)

Your public cloud - e.g. AWS, Azure

Your private datacentre

Fully hosted & managed service

Which operating system will you be using?* This field is required.

Windows

Linux

Unix

ISeries

Do you have a requirement for a specific database?

MySQL

SQL

Server

Oracle

DB2

PostgreSQL

MS SQL

Oracle

Redis

Other

Would you require the solution to be highly available?

Active:Active (single site)

Active:Active (across multiple sites)

Active:Passive (single site)

Active:Passive (across multiple sites)

Not required

How would you like to authentic users?

Local user

Active Directory

LDAP/s

Single sign-on

What file storage options are required?

Local

Shared drive

UNC path

SAN

NAS

Cloud storage

Monitoring & Reporting

What type of reporting do you require?

Basic reporting

Permission based reporting

Customised reports

How would you like to analyse file transfers?

Via a dashboard

Live view

Service level agreements

How would you like to monitor file transfers?

Write to event logs

SNMP traps

Syslog server

Email alerts

Which branding options are important for your solution?

Colour scheme

Logo

Remove all vendor information

Project Scoping

What type of licensing model would suit your requirements?

Perpetual

Annual subscription

Would you require a non-production licence?

Yes

What level of support would you like for the solution?

Community support

9x5 support

24x7 support

First Name* This field is required.

Surname* This field is required.

Phone Number* This field is required.We ask for this in cases where we need to ask you some more questions to further narrow down the potential solutions.

Area Code

Phone Number

Email* This field is required.

example@example.com

Company Name* This field is required.