A .ZIP file can be created to package, compress and encrypt one or more files. .ZIP files are very useful for reducing disk space, minimizing transmission times and for keeping related files organized together.

When creating a .ZIP file, a password can additionally be specified to secure the data using either standard protection or AES (Advanced Encryption Standard). This is a symmetric form of encryption, in which the same password will be used to both zip and unzip the file.

Typical data can often be reduced to 1/10th of its original size. Transfer Anywhere supports the zipping and unzipping of large files (multi-gigabyte in size).

After zipping file(s) with Transfer Anywhere, the resulting .ZIP file can then be placed on the Local File System, distributed to a FTP server or sent to one or more E-mail recipients. For instance, a transfer can be defined to automatically retrieve records from a database, create an Excel document from those records, then zip the document and e-mail it to one or more recipients.

Transfers can be executed from within the Transfer Anywhere graphical client or through native iSeries/Windows commands which can be incorporated into your scheduler or batch processes. Additional commands are included with Transfer Anywhere for performing command-line driven zipping and unzipping of files on the local file system.