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Product updates, release notes, and practical guidance from the team behind SFTP Gateway and StorageLink. Stay current on secure file transfer, cloud compliance, and how to get more out of your deployment.

Try SFTP Gateway Free for 14 Days — No Server to Stand Up, No Credit Card

Trying self-hosted software normally costs you an afternoon before you’ve even decided you want it. Spin up a VM, open the right ports, work through the marketplace listing’s prerequisites, and hope the image boots the way the documentation says it will. That setup tax is

SFTP Gateway 3.9: More Control, Better Performance

A client opens an SFTP connection and never lets go. Maybe it’s a scheduled job that lost its network path mid-transfer, maybe it’s a misconfigured script retrying without backing off; either way, the connection sits open, holding a slot on your server indefinitely. Multiply that

Introducing the SFTP Gateway Product Support Lifecycle

SFTP Gateway now publishes a written Product Support Lifecycle and a Version Support Calendar for every cloud marketplace, so you always know exactly how long your version stays patched, and when. Thorn Technologies is introducing the SFTP Gateway Product Support Lifecycle: a written commitment to

Secure Cloud Migration: How SFTP Protects Your Data When It’s Most Vulnerable

Most cloud migrations look solid on paper, and some still fail in production. Teams spend months mapping infrastructure, modeling costs, and stress-testing performance. Then, file transfer security gets two bullet points in the project plan, and that’s exactly when sensitive data slips through the cracks,

Ransomware Protection for File Transfer: Lessons from the Cleo Breach

Cl0p doesn’t really hack organizations. They hack file transfer platforms. The math is simple: find one exploitable vulnerability in a widely deployed MFT product, and you don’t compromise one company; you compromise every company running that software simultaneously. In late 2024, Cl0p ran that playbook

Highly Secure File Transfer: What’s Really at Stake in Healthcare, Finance, and Logistics

Organizations in highly regulated industries face a frustrating paradox. The same file transfers that keep operations running also create their biggest compliance vulnerabilities. Every patient record, financial statement, and customs document that moves between systems represents both business necessity and regulatory risk. A single ransomware

AWS Transfer Family vs. SFTP Gateway: The Complete Comparison (2026)

When evaluating SFTP solutions for your cloud infrastructure, AWS Transfer Family might seem like the obvious choice. It’s built right into AWS, fully managed, and promises to eliminate the hassle of running and maintaining your own servers. But before you commit, you need to understand

What Your Board Actually Wants to Know About File Transfer Security

A recent piece in IT Brew got us thinking. Drawing on 2026 benchmark data from IANS Research, the article found that most CISOs get just 15–30 minutes per quarter with their board, and even then, stakeholders often leave without a clear grasp of actual business

The Hidden Cost of IBM Sterling File Gateway: What Most IT Leaders Aren’t Calculating

Let’s dive deep into the cost of IBM Sterling File Gateway, and then a way you can escape it. Every enterprise IT leader knows IBM Sterling File Gateway is expensive. But most are only counting the license fee. The real cost of running Sterling, when