Progress®(NASDAQ: PRGS), the leading provider of application development and  digital experience technologies, announced the completion of the acquisition of Ipswitch, Inc., a provider of award-winning and easy-to-use secure data file transfer and network management software. Progress announced the proposed acquisition on March 28th. 

 As part of Progress, Ipswitch will bolster Progress’ core offerings for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprises, enabling those businesses to respond faster to business-critical demands and to improve productivity. Ipswitch’s products include: 

• MOVEit®, for secure data transfer, which allows enterprise customers to securely transfer critical business information between users, locations and partners in compliance with data security regulations such as HIPAA, PCI DSS and the EU’s GDPR. 

• WS_FTP® delivers FTP-based secure file transfer server and client capabilities to meet the needs of small and mid-sized businesses.