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WS_FTP Professional is a commercial FTP client, suitable for serious home users or corporate users who need to get files to or from the Internet, quickly and securely.

WS_FTP Professional 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. WS_FTP 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 offers the end-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. The built-in scheduling, synchronization, scripting, desktop search and email notification features to build industrial-strength data automation applications.