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Leading Manufacturer of Generic Liquid Pharmaceuticals Selects Axway's Hosted Solutions for Life Sciences
Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc. Chooses Business-to-Business Integration Solutions Based on Axway's Breadth of Offerings, Customer Service
PHOENIX - June 28, 2010 - Axway, the Business Interaction Networks company, today announced Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc (PAI) has selected its
business-to-business integration (B2Bi) solutions to manage electronic data interactions (EDI) in its multi-enterprise business processes. PAI, a leading manufacturer of generic liquid pharmaceuticals, expects the implementation to augment ongoing efforts to provide superb visibility and seamless customer service to their many trading partners and clients.
"We were faced with unpredictable and increasing costs under our line-item payment structure with our previous EDI vendor," said Becky Ochenreider, director of business affairs, PAI. "We have limited resources to implement our solution on-site, so a full service, flat-fee hosted solution with world-class customer service was crucial. We weighed several vendors, and after intensive research it became clear that Axway's B2Bi technology, managed services and support capabilities made them stand out as the best solution for us. Additionally, we recognized they have a well-rounded on demand platform of targeted solutions for life sciences, which gives us the option to access additional compliance and business solutions from the same product family in the future."
Axway offers a hosted "life sciences on demand " platform with targeted solutions to help companies like PAI address compliance requirements and business needs that can be selected and deployed individually or in combination. PAI will utilize Axway's B2Bi solution, along with the Axway ePedigree solution PAI implemented earlier. Axway also provides Channel Analytics, Controlled Substance Ordering (CSOS), Track & Trace, eSubmissions and Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions as part of its life sciences product family. Axway's on demand platform solutions are hosted to allow life sciences organizations to reduce costs, speed implementation, expand trading partner community and offer immediate access to innovation.
"Healthcare IT environments today need robust, scalable solutions that can accommodate every phase of business growth," said Ruby Raley, director, healthcare solutions, Axway. "Axway's unique Business Interaction Networks model makes us a natural partner for companies like PAI, which are looking to streamline and secure their data interactions."
For additional information on Axway life sciences on demand solutions, please visit: www.axway.com/landing/life-sciences-on-demand.
For additional information on Axway B2Bi solutions, please visit: www.axway.com/products-solutions/b2b/b2bi-solutions.
View the Axway video blog post: Life Sciences on Demand
Follow Axway on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Axway.
About Axway
Axway is the Business Interaction Networks company - the only provider in the market today to manage, run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email, files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments, partners and suppliers. Axway's comprehensive offerings include business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Axway's global presence spans 20 countries.
About PAI
APharmaceutical Associates, Inc. and its parent company, Beach Products, Inc., is an opportunity-driven health care enterprise that has been a leader in the generic liquids marketplace for over 35 years. Whether developing and producing liquid generics or providing R&D and manufacturer resources for the benefit of another manufacturer, we're always leveraging our resources, insight and expertise to provide the products and services that patients, doctors and pharmacists depend on.
Today, Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc. manufacturers more than 60 specialty generics including 20 ANDAs - many of them exclusively. Everyone at PAI shares a commitment to providing the highest quality products and offering knowledgeable, personalized service. We are the only company that continues to expand a 20 year commitment to institutional unit dose needs with our line of Dura-Dose® liquids with bar-coding down to the unit-of-use.
The company markets its products nationwide to the largest Wholesalers, Distributors, Retailers and GPO's in the USA. Patient Safety, Quality, Integrity and Regulatory Compliance - PAI has followed these standards for over a quarter of a century and will continue to honor them into the next.
For more information on Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc. visit www.paipharma.com
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Caretower partners with Axway to protect customers against data loss
Axway Managed File Transfer and File Transfer Direct products to secure and manage data in motion
London - 15 June 2010,Axway, the Business Interaction Networks company, today announced its partnership with Caretower, a leading reseller of IT security solutions. Caretower will be delivering Axway's leading Managed File Transfer (MFT) products, including their ad hoc offering File Transfer Direct, to its customers in the UK and Ireland to protect their corporate data when in motion.
High-profile incidents of data loss are putting extra pressure on businesses to protect their data from accidental loss or deliberate theft. To meet this need, Caretower wanted to offer its customers a complete security solution that secures and manages the transfer of data as it moves within, and out of, an organisation. Caretower was looking for industry-leading and reliable products that would enhance its existing solution portfolio.
Axway's credentials assured Caretower of the maturity and reliability of its enterprise-class security solutions. Recently, Axway was positioned as a "leader" within the Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer.*
"The breadth of existing deployments in business-critical environments across multiple vertical markets, in addition to the industry credentials, further proved that the Axway MFT and File Transfer Direct products were the correct fit for our portfolio," said George Neophytou, Caretower's Managing Director. "As Axway's products can be easily integrated into existing infrastructures, we are in the position to implement straight away and start allaying our customers' fears over data loss."
Axway MFT enables companies to secure and manage the transfer of information when at rest and in motion between disparate platforms, applications and people, and third-party trading partners. Axway File Transfer Direct is the first and only ad hoc file transfer solution, reducing risk and improving compliance by securely delivering large files while incorporating policy management and data visibility for corporate governance and data loss prevention.
Stuart Feargrieve, Managing Director for Axway UK, commented: "Caretower understands that enterprises are under immense pressure to secure and manage their business interaction networks. With the integration of Axway MFT and File Transfer Direct into its portfolio, they will be providing a complete security solution to achieve this. We look forward to working closely with this fast growing and award winning reseller to secure their customers' communication of data."
Initially, Caretower will focus on MFT and File Transfer Direct but intends to integrate and deliver additional Axway products within its portfolio.
For more information on Axway's comprehensive MFT solutions, visit: www.axway.com/products-solutions/mft
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About Axway
Axway is the Business Interaction Networks company - the only provider in the market today to manage, run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email, files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments, partners and suppliers. Axway's comprehensive offerings include business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Axway's global presence spans 20 countries.
About Caretower
With uncompromising dedication to information security, for over 10 years Caretower has stood committed to delivering tailored solutions to their customer's diverse security challenges. Founded in 1998, Caretower has established longstanding relationships with all the majority security vendors and has grown to become one of Europe's leading value added resellers in network security, offering complete, practical and more importantly impartial advice through a consultative sales process. This in turn leads to improved satisfaction in solution delivery and post implementation support.
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Axway Expands Security Capabilities for Award-Winning MailGate®
MailGate Becomes One of First Email Security Software Products to Support IPv6
PHOENIX - June 2, 2010 - Axway, the Business Interaction Networks company, has released the newest version of its MailGate security appliance, which boasts expanded security and compliance functionality and improved ease-of-use. New features of MailGate include enterprise multi-tenancy, support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and additional capabilities for digital rights management (DRM). These features build upon MailGate's award-winning functionality to provide inbound threat protection, outbound data loss prevention, and archiving capabilities.
Email remains the most relied-upon tool for interacting with partners, customers and coworkers. Ferris Research asserts that 6 trillion emails are sent annually from business users, and that a typical business user will send and receive 600 emails per week.
"Email is the cornerstone of many business interactions, but it represents a serious security risk for organizations," said Dave Bennett, chief technology officer for Axway. "Preventing data loss is front and center for any organization, and placing policies on outbound emails is a critical component of that effort. We continue to invest in data loss prevention (DLP) to reduce risk for our customers."
MailGate now includes enterprise multi-tenancy, which allows administrators to use one MailGate box but still segregate policy, user groups, DLP and management access for each business unit/department. Enterprise multi-tenancy lowers MailGate's total cost of ownership (TCO) by leveraging efficiencies and reducing deployment and maintenance costs.
An email, while it may lack the formality of a memo on company letterhead, can be just as legally binding as a traditional printed document. As such, Axway has made further enhancements to DRM functionality by adding a custom watermark to sensitive documents when it converts Microsoft® Office documents into password-protected PDF files. MailGate can also remove metadata and edit outbound messages to preserve corporate policy.
Support for the IPv6 protocol is increasingly essential for private sector and government entities, particularly since U.S. government agencies are mandated to start adopting the protocol and approximately half of European governments have mandated it as well. Axway MailGate is one of the first email security solutions to support IPv6.
Implementing MailGate enables organizations to:
- Eliminate a wide range of spam, viruses, botnets and other malicious email attacks, protecting the corporate network and greatly reducing email traffic.
- Ensure regulatory compliance with corporate, security and industry/government regulations. The intuitive GUI makes it easy to build role-based rules by senders, recipients, content, attachments, message headers and file size.
- Control accidental data leakage, as well as compliance lexicons for the financial services and healthcare industries. It includes checkbox content filtering for credit card, personal identification and banking/trading (CUSIP) numbers and DRM capabilities to preserve the integrity of email attachments.
- Manage traffic with IP reputation services.
More information on MailGate and Axway's comprehensive email security solutions can be found at
www.axway.com/products-solutions/email-identity-security/comprehensive-email-security.
View the Axway video blog post: Are You Ready for IPv6?
Follow Axway on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Axway
About Axway
Axway is the Business Interaction Networks company - the only provider in the market today to manage, run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email, files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments, partners and suppliers. Axway's comprehensive offerings include business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Axway's global presence spans 20 countries.
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Axway Strengthens Security and Compliance Capabilities with Newest Version of File Transfer Direct
File Transfer Direct Continues to be Only Ad Hoc MFT Offering for Automated Policy-Based Data Loss Prevention
PHOENIX, May 19, 2010 - Axway, the Business Interaction Networks company, has released an updated version of File Transfer Direct, which combines the ease of email with the vigorous security capabilities of Axway's core managed file transfer (MFT) products.File Transfer Direct is the only ad hoc MFT solution that enables organizations to establish predefined rules to prevent loss of sensitive information like confidential intellectual property, customer data, employee records and financial information. Since it works in conjunction with users' existing email systems, it enables them to send large files without having to use personal email accounts or physical media that circumvent security measures.
With the latest release of Axway's ad hoc MFT solution, administrators can set governance policies requiring recipients to identify and authenticate themselves – via a user name and password or single sign-on – prior to downloading sensitive attachments. File Transfer Direct provides comprehensive audit trails for regulatory compliance, and speeds on-boarding for partner and customer communities with auto-enrollment and self-registration, while reducing associated costs.
"Approach the governance of file transfers as an ongoing program," recommends Thomas Skybakmoen, senior research analyst, Gartner, Inc. "All file transfers should undergo a continuous mapping to ensure that they are visible, governed and part of existing MFT solutions to enforce policy based on risk." ¹
The Knott Group manufactures components and braking systems for commercial and off-highway vehicles. As part of that effort, employees frequently need to send and receive large 3-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) files. Limits on email attachment size and security regulations with military original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) compelled the Knott Group to implement Axway's File Transfer Direct.
"Since Axway's File Transfer Direct solution has been implemented, file transfer is so much easier for us to manage, and it is also easier for our customers," said Torsten Kynast, Head of IT, Knott Group. "Transferring large files with enhanced security rules often used to take two days using physical media and courier services. Now it is done in half an hour. It is an entirely worry-free procedure for everyone involved."
By implementing Axway File Transfer Direct, organizations are able to:
- Protect data in transit - Secures the transport channel. Scans attachments for sensitive content and requires identification, authentication and authorization to access attachments. Generates a complete audit report for compliance, which provides in-depth information about recipient, attachment name and date/time of download.
- Increase productivity – Exchanges large data files/attachments (up to 50GB) using the email or browser interface, making it easier to send large files. Eliminates the need to turn to less secure methods, such as private email accounts, unsecure file transfer protocol (FTP), DVDs and USB flash drives.
- Reduce costs – Saves administrative overhead by enabling self-enrollment for fast on-boarding, as well as by automatically removing user accounts after defined periods of inactivity. Also reduces costs by shortening email backup and restore times, and reducing size of email traffic.
- Offload large email attachments – Reduces the size of email storage and alleviates pressure on email servers while ensuring corporate policies are enforced.
- Deploy via preferred model – File Transfer Direct supports multiple deployment options – on a hardened appliance, in the cloud or in a virtualized environment.
"Nearly everyone knows firsthand the frustrations involved with sending large files. The issue becomes more complex when you are dealing with highly confidential and sensitive data," said Dave Bennett, chief technology officer for Axway. "End users need the tools to conduct their business interactions, while IT departments need to prevent data loss and protect the organization from risk. And once the data leaves the organization, you need control over how that information is disseminated to other individuals. The new version of File Transfer Direct addresses that concern with authentication that makes the data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities even stronger."
More information on Axway File Transfer Direct can be found at www.axway.com/filetransferdirect.
Related link: Axway Positioned in the "Leaders" Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer
Download the Knott Group case study to learn how File Transfer Direct reduces costs and increases data security.
Read Axway's blog post: Don't Just Retrofit: Have an MFT Strategy from the Get-Go
Follow Axway on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Axway
¹Gartner, Inc., "Q&A: MFT Manages More Than You Think, and Governs Too," Thomas Skybakmoen, February 3, 2010
About Axway
Axway is the Business Interaction Networks company — the only provider in the market today to manage, run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email, files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments, partners and suppliers. Axway's comprehensive offerings include business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Axway's global presence spans 20 countries.
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New Report Reveals U.S. Federal Data Security Vulnerabilities and Opportunities for Improvement
Despite Federal Guidance, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Use Persists
Alexandria, Va., May 10, 2010 - MeriTalk (www.meritalk.com), the government IT network, and Axway, the Business Interaction Networks company, today announced the results of the "Why Encrypt? Federal File Transfer Report," which examines Federal file transfer practices and identifies opportunities for file transfer security improvement. The study reveals data security vulnerabilities that exist within U.S. Federal agencies due to employees’ use of unsecure methods to exchange information, such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP) - despite the Secure File Sharing Act, which the U.S. House of Representatives passed on March 24, 2010 to prevent government employees from using peer-to-peer file-sharing software, including FTP.
According to the Federal File Transfer Report, Federal employees are exposing data to cyber criminals. Though 71 percent of Federal IT and information security professionals are concerned with Federal file transfer security, 54 percent admit they do not currently monitor for FTP use within their agencies. Federal employees admit to using unsafe methods to transfer files, specifically citing the following:
- 66 percent use physical media (e.g., tapes, CDs, DVDs, USB drives, etc.)
- 66 percent use physical media (e.g., tapes, CDs, DVDs, USB drives, etc.)
- 52 percent e-mail work files through personal e-mail accounts (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, etc.)
The Federal File Transfer Report shows that agencies must secure top management support and educate employees to lock down Federal data. Federal employees at agencies with management that understands the impact of threats are more than twice as likely to follow these policies (53 percent to 12 percent); and currently, just 58 percent of those surveyed are aware of agency file transfer policies.
"In addition to revealing a major data security gap within Federal agencies, the report sheds light on a disconnect between increased Federal cyber security spending, which peaked $7.9 billion in 2009, and the level of accountability from Federal agencies," said Taher Elgamal, chief security officer, Axway. "The Federal government should take this discrepancy as a call to educate management and employees. This report shows a tremendous opportunity for the Federal government to apply common security policies across all forms of interactions, including file transfers and e-mails, and to develop and enforce government-wide file transfer security standards. Overlaying the communications and policies with visibility technologies can also prevent security lapses."
The "Why Encrypt? Federal File Transfer Report" is based on an online survey of 200 federal IT and information security professionals in April 2010. To download the full study results and to register to attend the Axway Federal Executive Conference on June 9, 2010, in Tysons Corner, please visit http://www.meritalk.com/2010-ftpsecurityreport.php. In addition to hearing more about the Federal File Transfer Report, conference attendees will learn more about the government mandates surrounding information security and network protection, as well as the current state of government security from U.S. Federal executives.
About Axway
Axway is the Business Interaction Networks company - the only provider in the market today to manage, run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email, files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments, partners and suppliers. Axway's comprehensive offerings include business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Axway's global presence spans 20 countries. For more information, visit www.axway.com.
About MeriTalk
IT is enabling significant changes in our government. The implications for average Americans are profound. The voice of tomorrow's government today, MeriTalk is an online community that combines social networking and thought leadership to drive the government IT community dialogue.
Developed as a partnership among the Federal Business Council; Federal Employee Defense Services; Federal Managers Association; GovLoop; National Treasury Employees Union, the largest Federal workforce union; New Ideas for Government; United Service Organizations; and WTOP/WFED radio, MeriTalk is a community site. For more information, visit www.meritalk.com or follow us on Twitter, @meritalk.
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