Transferring files is still a common way of achieving enterprise application integration. In fact, its importance in the present business environment has grown and its requirements have evolved as outlined in the interview with Gartner Analyst L. Frank Kenney. New demanding features are emerging for Managed File Transfers and are outlined during this interview as is the relationship with ESB architecture.

Primeur shares Gartner analyst's view on MFT and has evolved its MFT product along those lines expressed in the interview, while the white paper (Requirements and Solution for a Managed File Transfer) shows how Spazio FTFI meets the general requirements for transferring data in a safe, flexible and manageable way and proposes a solution valid for a broad spectrum of companies.