REHAU Achieves Increased Efficiency and Data Security with Axway Transfer CFT

PHOENIX - March 3rd, 2011 - Axway, the Business Interaction Networks company, announced today that REHAU, a global developer, manufacturer and supplier of polymer-based solutions, achieved a significant increase in security and efficiency in its data transfers with the help of Axway Transfer CFT. Axway Transfer CFT is a comprehensive solution that enabled REHAU to automate, schedule, manage, secure, track, and audit the movement of all data transfers within its organization.

With approximately 15,000 employees in more than 170 locations worldwide, REHAU is a premium brand for polymer-based solutions used within the construction, automotive and manufacturing industries. The family-run business consistently links industry-specific know-how from these three areas to strengthen its market position with innovations and system offerings at the product, consulting and service levels.  As such, REHAU maintains high quality standards for its products, communication and IT infrastructure.

Given its success as a global company, REHAU needed a solution that would simultaneously adapt to global expansion while providing for a consolidation of various systems, languages and protocols. Additionally, REHAU was looking to reduce the rising number of time-intensive manual processes that were driving significant increases in transfer volume, complexity and costs.  With Axway Transfer CFT, REHAU chose a user-friendly solution that enables secure data transfer and provides extensive monitoring capabilities to control the global exchange of data from application-to-application (A2A).  Axway Transfer CFT is the cornerstone of a long-term managed file transfer strategy at REHAU.

"With Axway Transfer CFT, we pave the road towards smooth running global processes in production and logistics," said Thomas Schott, Director of IT at REHAU. "Our data exchange is secure and automated. The manual effort has decreased extremely and the administration is very simple. With Axway Transfer CFT we are completely satisfied."

Axway Transfer CFT is a non-intrusive multi-platform file and message transfer controller designed for growing organizations that need to maintain business agility. Ensuring the same quality of service and a uniform interface to users and applications throughout the enterprise — regardless of the underlying platforms — Axway Transfer CFT reduces the design, implementation, and operations costs associated with increasingly complex and interdependent business processes.  Axway’s Transfer CFT solution:

• Guarantees end-to-end transfer of data
• Provides event auditing, monitoring and alerts, scalability, tracking and centralized configuration management
• Facilitates the implementation of service-oriented architectures (SOA) thanks to the provisioning of business process synchronization services in Web Services mode
• Is available and certified on over 20 operating systems (OS), including MS Windows, Linux, UNIX, z/OS and GCOS

With Axway Transfer CFT, REHAU now has centralized management functions, plus automation and end-to-end security for data transfers throughout the organization. In addition, the high-availability solution’s compression capabilities have helped REHAU to achieve an 80 percent reduction in volume of data transfers.  REHAU also requires real-time capability of business processes with A2A transfers, such as just-in-time and just-in-sequence processing for its automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers.

“The exchange of data at the application level, especially in areas such as production where several applications are in use, is a vital concern for  the global coordination of sales, manufacturing and logistics,” said Joe Fisher, EVP, worldwide marketing, Axway.  “Due to the nature of its business, with an extensive product line and a multitude of applications, Axway Transfer CFT provides REHAU with the business flexibility, visibility and reliability demanded by the supply chain industry.”

Axway Transfer CFT also has automated restart mechanisms, thus ensuring the continuation of uninterrupted data transfers. Because the solution requires little setup time, automates data exchange and supports open File Transfer Protocol (FTP), it was an ideal choice for REHAU.

For more information on Axway’s Transfer CFT, visit: www.axway.com/products-solutions/mft/a2a-mft/transfer-cft

Related link: Axway Positioned in the "Leaders" Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer

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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 REHAU
REHAU delivers "Unlimited Polymer Solutions", and is the premium worldwide brand for polymer-based innovations and systems in building solutions, automotive and industry. The company generates continuous growth through its expertise and innovative capabilities in materials development, systems design and surface technology. More than 15,000 employees at over 170 locations around the world ensure the success of the independent and privately held company.