Agile Messaging Framework

AMF from MftLabs, a Peta-byte scale file transfer solution used by some of the largest banks

AMF is a peta-byte scale Managed File Transfer (MFT) eco-system that integrates well with traditional vendor platforms like IBM Sterling File Gateway, IBM Sterling Global Mailbox, etc to support SFTP & Connect Direct protocols and also provides connectivity to modern protocols like S3, Azure ADLS, Azure Blob Storage, SharePoint, etc

AMF can be implemented in one of these two modes:

• Companion to an existing MFT product like IBM Sterling File Gateway or IBM Sterling Global Mailbox, Axway, etc to enhance the protocol support and enrich the processing experience while keeping it simple for operations to manage. AMF is enabled as a self-service role-based fabric on top of a complex IBM MFT portfolio to onboard & manage systems like SFG, B2Bi, SSP, etc. Most of our IBM customers that use AMF don't even go to SFG or SSPCM portals to manage onboarding because AMF is so simple & yet secure to use for Engineering and Operations alike.

• Stand alone enabling peta-byte scale file transfers securely in a zero-trust world while supporting protocols like SFTP, S3, Azure ADLS, Azure Blob Storage, SharePoint, UFA etc .

AMF is designed to solve some of the following challenges for Supply Chain customers using Managed File Transfer (MFT) technologies:

• Rapid on-boarding -> Standardize on-boarding of trading partners and communication protocols with repeatable actions orchestrated by workflows

• Global processing -> Provide a distributed processing workflow engine that allows customers to have a scalable processing capability across data centers and/or cloud providers

• Guaranteed delivery -> Decouple the delivery from processing and guarantees the delivery despite the target environment's availability at the time of transfer. What this means is, if there is a failure in an outbound (MFT initiated) file transfer, there is no need to reprocess that failed file manually but auto-requeued for delivery by AMF.

• Granular traceability -> Ability to ingest all events that originate from the framework to an event mesh that can be aggregated in an analytical platform of choice.

• Role based access -> Granular role based access to allow Business Units or Groups to manage the permissions and enable segregation of duties for different roles in an organization.

• Universal File Agent (UFA) -> UFA is a built-in protocol within AMF that is Secure By Design and meant to be used in a zero-trust environment with the following features:

  • designed to be secure out of the box with zero-config on the client/agent

  • meant for transferring really large files (A 150 year old Bank from the EMEA region moves several files larger than 100GB on a daily basis using UFA and the best part was there is no end point configuration required from the application side other than installing them, which is automated using Ansible or otherwise with most of the customers using this.

  • centrally managed in AMF

  • ability to do PGP encryption natively for files at rest

  • Cleanup on delivery to reduce the storage burden in high velocity/volume systems

  • Large file cleanup on delivery based on file size threshold

  • Run a task before upload or after download