Case Study: Aon consolidates 10 custom servers and boosts security and automation with Globalscape EFT Enterprise

AON Replaces Ten Custom Servers with One EFT™ Enterprise Platform

Aon’s Human Capital division was managing a fragile, costly environment of ten custom servers and more than 100 separate processes that were hard to modify and offered limited security (only plain FTP with PGP and HTTP/S). The team needed real‑time data translation, stronger security, faster in‑house customization, consolidation of 10–15 servers, and a rapid deployment—so Aon selected Globalscape’s Enhanced File Transfer (EFT) Enterprise to address those challenges.

Globalscape replaced Aon’s ten custom servers with a single EFT Enterprise server, using 150+ Event Rules to automate workflows and integrate nearly 100 systems. EFT was deployed in seven business days, supports FTPS/SFTP/PGP/HTTP(S) and EFS at‑rest encryption, and uses DMZ Gateway for secure firewall traversal. The result: about 600 users now transfer files (typically 500–800MB, up to 3GB) in real time, new processes are implemented in under a day instead of weeks, professional services costs were avoided (previously ~$200/hour), and Aon realized measurable productivity, security, compliance, and cost savings with Globalscape.

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