Alliance All-Ways Secure is an System i (AS/400 and iSeries) Enterprise solution that automates the tasks involved with sending and receiving database files and spool files with FTP (File Transfer Protocol). You can automatically send or receive files from a remote system on demand, on a scheduled basis, or under the control of your application programs. Alliance monitors the status of each transfer, records the results in a permanent history file, and provides diagnostic information for each session. Alliance All-Ways Secure is an ideal solution for eCommerce, Retail, Branch Office, Desktop, and Cross-Platform requirements. And it connects with major networks like IBM Advantis Global Network (now a part of GXS), AT&T, and AllTel.

The Alliance All-Ways Secure PGP Option provides a full implementation of PGP encryption, decryption, signing, and key management functions for the System i and iSeries platform. A native System i application, there is no need for a separate PC or UNIX server for encryption services. Alliance All-Ways Secure provides a full set of automation capabilities including IFS directory scan, library scan, Application Program Interfaces (APIs), and other services.  You can securely exchange files with your bank, insurance provider, benefits provider, and any EDI trading partner using the Alliance PGP Option.  PGP encryption is a HIPAA compliant data protection methodology.

All-Ways Secure includes support for AES encryption. You can encrypt DB2 database files, IFS files, and reports for secure distribution over the Internet or to a server. Alliance can distribute the encrypted file as a self-decrypting archive for execution on a Microsoft Windows platform. Additionally, Alliance AES support provides APIs you can use to encrypt fields in a DB2 database file. You can encrypt sensitive information such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and private information. The AES encryption support is NIST certified to help you meet federal and state mandates for secure data storage and distribution.

Alliance provides a complete FTP client implementation including support for 128-bit SSL encryption of your FTP sessions. You can use Alliance SSL FTP support to communicate with any FTP server that supports SSL FTP.  Sensitive information such as user Ids, passwords, and data are protected by the same encryption technology used in secure web browser sessions.  Alliance SSL FTP is compatible with IBM Global Network’s Information Exchange FTP service (IEFTP) and GE Information Services (GEIS) Interchange Services FTP. 

Alliance All-Ways Secure can be used to communicate with Value Added Networks such as IBM Global Network, GXS, and AllTel Networks.  For System i customers with frame relay connections Alliance All-Ways Secure can fully automate the exchange of data with these networks.  If you are exchanging data with GXS you can use the Alliance SSL FTP client to securely exchange data over the Internet.  Alliance SSL FTP can reduce your network and character charges while decreasing the time to exchange data.

The Alliance All-Ways Secure library scan facility can detect any files received from remote systems and process them into your business applications, or send files from any System i library to a remote system. And Alliance All-Ways Secure includes a complete interface to the native IBM scheduling facility. You have all of the tools you need to automate your file transfers.

To integrate FTP functions with your RPG, Cobol and CL applications the Application Program Interfaces provide an easy-to-use and flexible means of performing FTP sessions. Several source code examples show you how to use the APIs and will get you up and running fast.

Alliance All-Ways Secure includes support for sending spool files to remote systems. You can send reports in either text or HTML format and you can provide user-defined HTML headers and footers for your reports. An unlimited number of output queues are supported. Spool file selection criteria include spool file name, user name, job, and spool file user data. You can also combine any of these selection criteria to create complex spool file routings. Post processing options include moving reports to any output queue you define.

Alliance All-Ways Secure includes file compression routines to reduce transfer times. Compression support includes Gzip for Linux/Unix compatibility and Zip for Windows and Macintosh compatibility. You can compress any System i file before transfer and use standard PC applications like WinZip or PKZip to decompress the files. 

Sophisticated error notification includes system management notification using System i SNMP agent support. You can also define up to three System i message queues, three email addresses and a data queue for error notification. Alliance All-Ways Secure gives you the options you need to properly manage FTP on your System i and respond to error conditions.

Alliance All-Ways Secure includes support for conversion of Excel CSV and Unix tab-delimited files to and from System i DB2 database files. Full IBM FTP exit point security is supported with compliance logging.