DUBLIN, Ohio — File transfer protocol is one of the original means of moving information around the Web and is increasing in use despite concerns about security and reliability, a new survey showed.

Hilty Moore & Associates surveyed more than 100 organizations across a range of industries–from financial services to retail, manufacturing and government–and said 64% of the respondents reported using FTP more in 2007 than they did the year before.

Meanwhile, 93% said they experienced delivery stoppages or incomplete transmissions with FTP as much as 20% of the time, and respondents commented that they would be interested in investigating other options for file transfers.

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