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 encrypt and decrypt the file.


Typical data can often be reduced to 1/10th of its original size. Informatica Managed File Transfer supports the zipping and unzipping of large files that can be multi-gigabytes in size.

After zipping the files with Informatica Managed File Transfer, the resulting .ZIP file can then be placed on the Local File System, distributed to a FTP server, or sent to one or more email recipients. 

Compression tasks cannot compress or decompress files or folders located from SMB network shares or encrypted folders. Alternatively, files or folders from these resources can be copied into a Project Workspace to be compressed or decompressed, and then moved to an SMB network share or an encrypted folder.