Connect Direct
Connect: Direct (C: D) is a file transfer product used in data processing.
Originally developed under the name NDM ( Network Data Mover ) to exchange data in text or binary format in the " mainframe " world, later in the " midrange " area. The manufacturer Sterling Commerce , which was taken over by IBM in 2010, later changed the name to Connect: Direct , but the old name "NDM" remained in use, especially in the Anglo-Saxon language area. Traditionally, NDM was based on the SNA protocol from IBM . In the early 1990s, TCP / IP was added, which has become the norm today.
Compared to a pure FTP transfer, C: D offers the possibility of embedding in the batch operation , controllability, the acceleration of the transfer by means of compression and securing the transfer by TLS with the option Secure Plus .
The main advantage of C: D compared to the open source tools SFTP , SCP and rsync , which have the same scope of functions , is not only the variety of natively supported platforms, but also the extensive logging of transfers on both sides and thus the multi-client capability.
C: D is used extensively in the financial world, public administration and other large companies where a large number of computers must exchange large amounts of data.
C: D is not to be confused with the similar-sounding peer-to-peer software Direct Connect .
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- ↑ IBM - Sterling Connect: Direct (English)