Free Whitepaper: The Need for a Better Way to Send File Attachments

Osterman Research on Secure File Transfer Technologies


Osterman Research secure file transfer whitepaperThe popularity and pervasiveness of email has created a very serious problem for organizations of all sizes: email was originally designed to send short, text-based messages. While that is still its basic purpose, email has also become the primary data and file transport system for most enterprises.

As the sophistication and size of the attachments carried in email have grown, the number of problems for IT administrators and users alike have also grown. For example, large attachments sent through email can dramatically reduce the performance of messaging servers and can cause them to crash in some cases... and large attachments also drive up costs of storage and can require expensive upgrades to network bandwidth.

Read this free report from Proofpoint and Osterman Research to understand:

  • The reasons why email file attachments are no longer the preferred method to send files
  • The differences between various file transfer solutions
  • The industry trend toward appliance-based secure file transfer
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About Proofpoint Secure File Transfer

The Proofpoint Secure File Transfer™ module adds robust and secure large file transfer capabilities to your Proofpoint deployment. It lets end users send large files (or files that require enhanced security) quickly and easily — while minimizing the impact of large attachments on your email infrastructure.

Proofpoint Secure File Transfer enables increased user productivity, cost-effective management of email infrastructure and better management of email attachments. The module offers enhanced security and compliance benefits versus sending files as email attachments, while eliminating frustrations with alternative file transfer methods such as secure FTP.