Info Security Products Guide has awarded Linoma Software its 2011 Best Deployment Scenario award in the Secure File Transfer category. The award recognizes ways in which Linoma’s popular GoAnywhere Director secure file transfer solution has benefited Connecticut's Bristol Hospital. 

“In the wake of so many stories about companies suffering data breaches, finding ways to secure data transfers, as well as protecting data stored on site, are critical,” says Linoma Software president Bob Luebbe, who expressed pleasure upon the company's receiving recognition from Info Security Products Guide. 

Multiple factors led Bristol Hospital’s team to reach out to Linoma Software for help. 

Every day, the hospital exchanges information with dozens of doctors, insurance companies, billing systems, and vendors. Data includes a variety of sensitive information from electronic health records to purchase orders and claim information.  Protecting patients’ information, while meeting all HIPAA/HITECH compliance regulations, remains of paramount importance to the Bristol team. 

Linoma Software’s GoAnywhere Director provided the solution Bristol Hospital needed. It allowed hospital staff to bypass the time-consuming and risky option of transferring sensitive data from their main system to designated PCs by keeping all the conversion, encryption, and transfer functions centralized on their main system. 

In addition, Bristol Hospital is now able to manage individual file transfers, as well as schedule automated secure data transfers across multiple platforms within its organization, including IBM i (iSeries), Windows, Linux, UNIX, Solaris and others. GoAnywhere Director has made it easy to implement dual encryption that supports popular standards such as Open PGP, Secure FTP over SSL and SSH, ZIP with AES, and HTTPS. 

The IT staff at Bristol Hospital says it has seen significant improvement in its data security management processes with GoAnywhere Director. 

“The clean dashboard interface provides a heads-up summary of GoAnywhere Director’s file transfer activity and audit logs,” says Jorge A. Machado, manager of Applications, Programming and Systems Integration. “It is a very intuitive application that required very little training to use.” 

Luebbe complimented Bristol Hospital for demonstrating its commitment to its patients by proactively implementing a solution that will ensure that their sensitive data is protected. 

“Some organizations wait until they experience a data breach to take action,” Luebbe said. “Bristol Hospital is leading the health care industry with its conscientious approach to data protection.” 

Info Security Products Guide sponsors leading conferences and expos worldwide and plays a role in keeping end-users informed on the choices they have in protecting their digital assets. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize excellence in all areas of information security.

Founded in 1994, Linoma Software provides innovative technologies for protecting sensitive data and automating data movement. Linoma Software has a diverse install base of over 3,000 customers around the world including Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations and government entities. Linoma’s success has been built on being very responsive to its customers' requirements. Suggestions on how the company can improve its products to better serve your organization are always welcome. Readers are encouraged to review the many positive testimonials on the company's web site. Customer references can also be supplied upon request. Linoma Software is dedicated to its install base of enterprise platforms and maintains professional partnerships with user groups, data security policy groups, and operating system companies.