Software AG TechEd 2015 User Conference

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1 Software AG TechEd 2015 User Conference Leveraging Active Transfer for Simple, Secure & Reliable File Transfers April 21-22,

2 Agenda Who are we? webmethods at USG Current File Transfer Issues Why we chose Active Transfer? Active Transfer Implementation & Challenges Next Steps 2

3 USG Corporation Industry Leading Manufacturer of Building Materials Headquartered in Chicago; Sales and Operations in over 20 countries Key Products: Wallboards, Ceilings, Joint Compound Sheetrock Ultralight panels Securerock Glass-Mat Roof Board Sheetrock Ultra Lightweight All Purpose $3.7 Billion in Sales in 2014 Founded in 1902; NYSE listed since 1931; Ticker: USG 3

4 webmethods at USG webmethods - USG s Enterprise Standard Integration Platform for 10+ years Integrations include B2B Transactions webservices File Transfers EDI Transactions Cloud Integrations (SFDC, Taleo, etc.) Speaker: Karthikeyan Rajamani IT Systems Designer at USG Building Integration Solutions extensively using webmethods for 10+ years Worked in JP Morgan Chase, Motorola & Ingersoll-Rand 4

5 Current File Transfer Issues Typical File Transfers at USG Sales data to Trading Partners Financial documents Flat files to & from various Partners/Customers Data synchronization between Cloud and On-premise apps Key Issues with Current File Transfer Home-grown MFT limited features; error prone, changes need extensive regression testing Many MFT issues; Longer time to resolve MFT errors causing business interruptions and damage to reputation Limited alerting & monitoring capability leading to more efforts on IT Support staffs 5

6 Why we needed a comprehensive MFT solution USG Needs: MFT Solution should Address our File Transfer issues Our Goal: 20%+ fewer MFT issues & 4x faster time to resolution of MFT errors Guarantee Delivery, Checkpoint Restart & Receipt Confirmation no manual intervention required Real-time alerts, analytics, and centralized reporting of all connections/ transfers Enable easier & faster on-boarding of customers and partners Last but not least: Leverage Our Strategic Investment on webmethods Platform webmethods Active Transfer became our choice for an Integrated MFT Solution. 6

7 Active Transfer Implementation First Implementation End of Mar 2015 Involved Business Critical transactions using SFTP for both Internal & External Customers. Components Used Version 9.7 Active Transfer Server (ATS) Active Transfer Gateway (ATG) MyWebMethods Server (MWS) Mashzone Server Benefits On-boarding was faster Less than an hour to configure events Streamlined setup of new partners (i.e. folders, permissions) Detailed Event & Transaction logging makes troubleshooting MFT issues easier. 7

8 Challenges faced Getting DMZ, VIP and Firewall Rules set-up for Active Transfer. Leveraging existing webmethods 8.2 environment connecting seamlessly with Active Transfer in

9 Next Steps Configure Business Group to use Active Transfer as Self-Service portal. Migrate file transfers from custom MFT and non-standard applications to Active Transfer environment. Create role-based dashboards, charts and graphs to gain insight into file transfers. Enable inbound file transfers initiated by partners via Active Transfer Gateway. 9

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