Nissan Motors Case Study
Nissan Europe Reduces Costs and Streamlines Processes with Stonebranch's Intelligent File Transfer Solution
Opswise Managed File Transfer replaces insecure FTP/SFTP solutions to centralize and secure file transfer and provides business-driven visibility throughout the enterprise.
"Opswise Managed File Transfer has provided Nissan Europe with an extremely robust process for guaranteed, secure file transfer. The entire process is now centralized, self-managing and has become the preferred method for data transfer within Nissan Europe."
Ian Porter
IT Planning Section Manager for Nissan Europe
Challenge
Nissan Europe managed and maintained hundreds of different FTP/SFTP scripts that
provided no consistency or defined standards, leading to high maintenance costs and low reliability. With more than 30 partners involved in the file transfer process, it was clear that a new approach was needed.
Ian Porter, IT Planning Section Manager for Nissan Europe, said, "There seems to be two major misnomers regarding FTP; first, that it is free and second, that it is a global standard. I found neither to be true as we were investing a lot of time and money in daily support of our FTP processes, causing a negative impact on our mission-critical business processing.
Solution
Porter needed a Managed File Transfer solution that provided reliability and consistency of all file transfers while protecting sensitive data. Additionally, the solution needed to be
centralized for easier management and visibility. After looking at a number of solutions, Nissan Europe implemented Opswise Managed File Transfer, Stonebranch's Intelligent File Transfer solution, to replace its insecure and costly FTP/SFTP solutions.
Results
Stonebranch's Intelligent File Transfer solution satisfied all of Nissan Europe's functionality requirements and its flexibility enables them to create new standards extremely quickly. Adds Porter, "Opswise Managed File Transfer required very little configuration or set up. Within a thirty minute conference call with one of Nissan Europe's partners, the partner had logged into the Stonebranch Web site and run its first secure file transfer."
- Reduced cost
- Centralized data transfer process
- Increased transparency to business partners
- Business-driven visibility
With regards to Nissan Europe's more than 30 partners, Porter said, "Opswise Managed File Transfer allows us to make the entire process as transparent as possible to our partners. This business-driven visibility enabled Nissan Europe to meet all of its business and operational needs" Porter concludes, "Opswise Managed File Transfer has provided Nissan Europe with an extremely robust process for guaranteed, secure file transfer. The entire process is now centralized, self-managing and has become the preferred method for data transfer within Nissan Europe."
About Nissan Motors
For more information on Nissan Europe, please visit: http://www.nissan-europe.
com/global/nissan-europe/qashqai/.
