AWS re:Invent 2025 - Beyond SFTP and NFS: Automate enterprise file transfers at scale (STG361)

Modernizing Enterprise File Transfers with AWS

Challenges with Legacy MFT Solutions

• Managing hardware and software renewals for on-premises MFT solutions
• Responding to security issues and vulnerabilities in legacy systems
• Difficulty finding talent familiar with legacy MFT technologies

AWS Approach to MFT Modernization

• Encryption of data in-flight and at-rest with checksum validation
• Automation of MFT workflows using AWS services like Step Functions, Lambda, and EventBridge
• Extensive logging and reporting for compliance needs

Key AWS Services for MFT

AWS Data Sync

• Enables fast, secure, and reliable data migrations from on-premises, other clouds, and within AWS
• Supports a variety of protocols including NFS, SMB, HDFS, and cloud storage APIs
• Provides detailed metrics and enhanced mode for accelerating large-scale migrations
• Customers like London Stock Exchange Group have used Data Sync to migrate 30PB of data in 3 months

Recurring Data Transfers

• Customers use Data Sync to create secondary backups of on-premises data in S3 for data protection
• Enables seamless integration of machine-generated data into cloud-based AI/ML workflows
• Example: Merck used Data Sync to bring manufacturing defect data into S3 for analysis, reducing rejects by 50%

AWS Transfer Family

• Fully managed service for secure file transfers over industry-standard protocols like SFTP and AS2
• Enables customers to exchange sensitive data and documents with trading partners and regulatory bodies
• Integrates with EventBridge and DynamoDB for event-driven, customizable file processing workflows
• Customers like FICO and Trustwell's Food Logic have used Transfer Family to streamline MFT operations

Automating EDI Integrations with AWS B2B Data Interchange

• Provides automated translation and validation of EDI documents like X12 and EDIFACT
• Enables seamless integration of EDI data into modern data pipelines and business applications
• Leverages generative AI to simplify EDI mapping and transformation
• Customers like a food and beverage company have saved over $1M annually by migrating from legacy EDI solutions

Key Takeaways

• AWS provides a comprehensive set of services to modernize enterprise file transfer workflows
• Data Sync and Transfer Family enable secure, scalable, and automated data movement both on-premises and in the cloud
• B2B Data Interchange simplifies the integration of legacy EDI data into modern data and application architectures
• Customers have achieved significant cost savings, improved compliance, and unlocked new data-driven capabilities by leveraging these AWS services