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GoAnywhere One of Two Gold Medal Winners for Fortra in the 2022 SoftwareReviews Managed File Transfer Data Quadrant Report

MINNEAPOLIS — April 13, 2022 — Fortra today announced that managed file transfer (MFT) solutions from GoAnywhere and Globalscape have been recognized as gold medalists in the 2022 Managed File Transfer – Enterprise Data Quadrant report from SoftwareReviews, a division of IT research and consulting firm Info-Tech Research Group. GoAnywhere MFT retained its spot as the market...
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GoAnywhere Earns Spot on G2's 2022 Best Software Awards for IT Infrastructure Products

MINNEAPOLIS (February 14, 2022) - Fortra today announced that its GoAnywhere MFT software has been named to G2’s 2022 Best Software Awards, placing on the Best IT Infrastructure Products list. G2’s annual Best Software List ranks the world’s best software companies and products based on authentic, timely reviews from real users. GoAnywhere earned this honor thanks in part to...
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Fortra Acquires Enterprise Data Loss Prevention Leader Digital Guardian

    Digital Guardian strengthens Fortra’ data security portfolio with SaaS and managed service-enabled endpoint, network, and cloud data loss prevention. MINNEAPOLIS, October 27, 2021—Fortra announced today the acquisition of Digital Guardian, the industry’s only SaaS provider of data loss prevention (DLP) solutions for large and mid-sized...
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Fortra Completes Tender Offer to Acquire GlobalSCAPE to Grow Data Security Portfolio

MINNEAPOLIS, MN August 28, 2020 – Fortra today announced the successful completion of its cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of managed file transfer solutions provider GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (NYSE American: GSB) at a purchase price of $9.50 per share in cash. Fortra’ tender offer expired at one minute after 11:59 p.m. New York City time, on August...
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ECS International BV Signs Partnership with Fortra for GoAnywhere MFT Product Suite

Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) August 19, 2020 – ECS International BV (ECS), a trusted advisor for data communication, integration, and transformation, today announced an enhanced partnership with Fortra to provide its GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution to customers in EMEA. GoAnywhere, recognised for its powerful file transfer and integration solutions...
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GlobalSCAPE and Fortra Sign Merger Agreement

SAN ANTONIO, TX June 20, 2020 – GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (NYSE American: GSB) and Fortra, LLC today jointly announced they have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Fortra will acquire all outstanding shares of GlobalSCAPE for $9.50 per share in cash. The combined company would focus on providing the most comprehensive collection of trusted security and automation...
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Fortra Adds New MFTaaS Solution and Enhances Secure File Collaboration

MINNEAPOLIS June 10, 2020 – Fortra today announced a new release of its award-winning secure managed file transfer (MFT) software GoAnywhere MFT. The new version includes a release of the Fortra SaaS solution, as well as more robust collaboration via secure email and forms. With the release of its new MFTaaS offering, GoAnywhere MFT can now be deployed as a SaaS solution. This...
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Fortra Partners with StarLink to Provide GoAnywhere MFT in the Middle East

MINNEAPOLIS February 20, 2020 – Fortra announced today an enhanced partnership with Dubai-based StarLink to provide customers in the Middle East, Germany, Turkey, and Africa with GoAnywhere secure managed file transfer (MFT). As a global provider of security solutions for sensitive data, Fortra needed a partner with strong insight into these markets and a proven ability to...
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Fortra Adds New EDIFACT and Global Support for MFT Solution

MINNEAPOLIS August 22, 2019 – As the fastest-growing MFT solution in the world, Fortra recognized an increasing need for worldwide compatibility. As a result, GoAnywhere is now EDIFACT compatible. GoAnywhere’s support for the global EDIFACT standard allows you to read and write EDIFACT files in GoAnywhere with trading partners all over the world. "EDIFACT (Electronic Data...
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GoAnywhere Ranks as #1 Managed File Transfer Solution in Report by Info-Tech Research Group

MINNEAPOLIS April 3, 2019 – In a new report released by Info-Tech Research Group, GoAnywhere, a Fortra solution for Managed File Transfer (MFT), received the highest scores from end users when considering product satisfaction and features along with vendor experience and capabilities. Info-Tech’s 2019 MFT Category Report provides a comprehensive evaluation of leading products...
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GoAnywhere Named Market Leader in Managed File Transfer for Cyber Defense Magazine InfoSec Awards 2019

MINNEAPOLIS March 7, 2019 — Today GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer received the 2019 InfoSec Award for Managed File Transfer from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), a leading information security publication. More than 3,000 companies were evaluated, with fewer than 200 chosen as winners. For the third year in a row, GoAnywhere, a Fortra solution, was selected as the top Managed...
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Fortra Improves Visibility of Transfer Activity in Latest GoAnywhere MFT Release

Minneapolis, MN, December 7, 2017—Fortra has announced the newest version of its managed file transfer product, GoAnywhere MFT. This release introduces several enhancements to current features, including a Google map view that gives users visibility into their worldwide file transfer activity and a new database-driven way to manage keys and certificates. Fortra is dedicated to...
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Fortra Acquires Linoma Software To Meet Rising Security Demand

June 3, 2016– Fortra announced today the acquisition of Linoma Software, whose secure managed file transfer (MFT) and data encryption products have propelled exciting growth. The acquisition broadens the Fortra security portfolio with solutions that fit specific needs and run on major operating systems,including in hybrid IT environments. Linoma Software is a Nebraska-based...
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GoAnywhere Developer Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary

December 9, 2014 - Linoma Software [now Fortra], the developer of GoAnywhere software, is celebrating our 20 year anniversary helping organizations around the world to automate their IT processes and protect sensitive data. The company will commemorate this milestone anniversary with the much anticipated unveiling of their new corporate headquarters, groundbreaking new software...
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Clustering, Bandwidth Throttling and Disk Quotas Added to GoAnywhere MFT

Omaha, Neb - August 20, 2013 Linoma Software has released a major new version of the GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer suite to provide more enterprise-level features for its customers with automatic failover, load balancing and more management controls.  The new 4.5.0 release of GoAnywhere Director adds clustering to provide organizations an "active-active" environment where...
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Virtual Folder Highlight GoAnywhere Services 3.0

Omaha, Neb - September 26, 2012 Accessing files quickly across growing storage networks while ensuring data remains secure is crucial for any company in today's business environment. The latest release of GoAnywhere Services 3.0 with its new "Virtual Folders" feature and network shares option makes secure online access to information seamless for the end user and easy to...
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Managed File Transfer Solution for IBM System p and System z

(October 20th, 2009) - Linoma Software [now Fortra] is proud to announce that its GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution has been validated to run on IBM System p and System z platforms. Linoma worked with IBM through a special program, named Chiphopper, for the validation testing of GoAnywhere. Through the Chiphopper program, IBM provided Linoma's engineers with the...
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Linoma Software [now HelpSystems] release New Solution for Managed File Transfers

(Ashland, NE) - August 24, 2009 - Linoma Software [now Fortra] proudly releases GoAnywhere Services - a new collection of secure data transfer services for your enterprise. GoAnywhere Services allows trading partners (e.g. customers, employees, vendors, etc.) to securely connect to your organization for exchanging files, documents and other types of data. This innovative...