Ipswitch, Inc. Announces Worldwide Availability of Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 2007

World’s Most Popular FTP Client Maintains Leadership Position with Security Advancements, Innovative Search and Automation Designed for Business and Advanced Users

Lexington, Massachusetts - July 18, 2006 - Ipswitch, Inc., a leading IT software vendor, today announced the worldwide availability of Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 2007. Building on its success as the global leader in managed file transfer, WS_FTP Professional 2007 now offers several new advanced features, including industry-leading integration with desktop search technologies, backup capabilities, enhanced folder synchronization, best in class SHA512 file integrity checking and 256-bit AES encryption for compliance applications and security-conscious users. The new Citrix®-enabled framework allows administrators to rapidly accelerate the deployment and management of centralized implementation of WS_FTP across an organization.

“With more than 40 million users worldwide, WS_FTP is the de facto standard for secure file transfer. With the release of WS_FTP Professional 2007, we’ve taken file transfer and data management into a new realm,” said Kevin Gillis, director of product management at Ipswitch. “It isn’t just about moving files to and from FTP servers – it’s about automatically and securely managing your data and knowing with absolute certainty that the transfers were 100% completed without compromise.”

“WS_FTP Professional 2007 gives the user the power to automatically encrypt, compress, and schedule backup data to any device, whether that is a remote server, DVD drive, or USB memory stick,” Gillis added. “You can easily use the built-in scheduling, synchronization, scripting, desktop search and email notification features to build industrial-strength data automation applications. It’s incredible how far WS_FTP has come from the days of simple file transfer.”

Based on feedback and requests from its users, Ipswitch designed WS_FTP Professional 2007 to provide the most advanced and secure file transfer capabilities available, while retaining the ease of use that has made WS_FTP the gold standard for file transfer for nearly 15 years. Highlights of the product include:

• Bullet-proof security protects files before, during and after transfer – Best-in-class 256-bit AES encryption secures files during SSL / FTPS and SSH / SFTP and HTTP / HTTPS transfers, combined with the industry’s first integrated OpenPGP mode to encrypt individual files with key sizes up to 4,096, enables the safe transfer and storage of your private and confidential files, and facilitates compliance with regulations such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX). SSH transfers are now up to twice as fast.
• Fully Integrated Search Tools – Quickly find and access files through the seamless integration with desktop search technologies from Google™, Copernic® and Windows®. Find and instantly transfer files. Sort, compress, zip, encrypt and send all with one mouse click. Search by parameters such as file names and within file contents, search data range and file type. Transfer only new or updated files and choose the direction of the synchronization.
• Guaranteed Safe Delivery of Files – File Integrity Checking uses built-in file verification mechanisms validate that transferred files have not been compromised in any way, and ensures that the source and destination files are exact matches. Using industry leading SHA1, SHA256 and SHA 512, WS_FTP Professional delivers the strongest level of integrity checking available.
• Back up to any drive, device or server – Safely archive folders and files to protect against data loss. Schedule and compress backups to any location such as USB or DVD drives, network directories, server connections or Internet hosting service.
• Easy Administration – Centrally manage and rapidly deploy multi-computer installations with Terminal Services or Citrix software management. Administrators can use WS_FTP’s silent installation capabilities to unobtrusively install or upgrade remote clients.
• Enhanced Synchronization – Have one folder mirror the contents of another folder. Improved functionality now lets you synch to any location, virtually any device, drive or server. Easily define which files get transferred and how new or updated files are handled. Great tool for updating a website or sharing files on a server.
• Time and Bandwidth Reduction and Automated Notification – Automatically compress files into .ZIP format before uploading, smart transfers check for file changes on the destination before actually transferring and instantly reconnect to frequently-used sets of local and remote connections and folders with WS_FTP Workspaces with lockstep navigation. Email notification functionality allows users to automatically send email notifications when file transfers occur to immediately inform people that a new file has been transferred.

“The promise of desktop search is to reduce the amount of time spent looking for documents,” said Eric Bouchard, vice president, products of Copernic. “Combining Ipswitch’s WS_FTP Professional 2007 with Copernic’s desktop search capabilities allows users not only to transfer important files, but to find and access them regardless of where they reside. It’s a terrific time-saving feature.”

Pricing and Availability
WS_FTP Professional 2007 is available in English and German versions, and can be purchased directly from Ipswitch’s web site at www.ipswitch.com, as well as from Ipswitch’s worldwide partners, a directory of which can be found at www.ipswitch.com/partners. Volume discounts and site licenses are available.

About Ipswitch
Ipswitch develops and markets software that works for small and mid-sized businesses worldwide. More than 100 million people use Ipswitch software every day to collaborate via Ipswitch Collaboration Suite, monitor their networks with Ipswitch WhatsUp®, and transfer files over the Internet using the market leading Ipswitch WS_FTP® Professional client and Ipswitch WS_FTP Server. To view the Ipswitch blog visit http://blogs.ipswitch.com. Ipswitch values community involvement; visit http://icare.ipswitch.com to find out how to become involved. For product and sales information, write to or visit http://www.ipswitch.com.