By Hugh Garber -

Got questions? Well, I know that other members of the FTPplanet community have some answers!
Let’s get some new activity at the FTPplanet discussion forums. Our recent server issues wiped out a few weeks worth of discussion forum threads ….. so let’s get going and create some new ones!
The link to the FTPplanet discussion forums is located in the top right corner of this page…. it’s the first link in the “Quick Links” section.

By Erik Small -

The American Customer Satisfaction Index recently conducted a study on consumer’s satisfaction of today’s PCs.
The study looked at how consumers view — service quality, price, problems, future or repeat purchase plans, and satisfaction related to expectations.
The results are interesting with Apple coming out on top with Compaq. (Compaq ranking really represents HP). A positive Compaq rank is the surprise, since they had such poor satisfaction pre-HP, but have made up some ground.
One thing I know for sure is that my Dell’s battery went from 3 hr battery life when bought new, to a mere 30 minutes in less than a year. Hmmm, Dell seems to have slipped a little and not keeping their customers happy.
Take a look at the artice from ZDNet

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6202366.html?tag=nl.e622

By Hugh Garber -

Here’s an article on the ComplianceHome website that showcases how WS_FTP Secure File Transfer products are helping companies achieve regulatory compliance.
“Keeping our customers’ information and documents secure and compliant with all regulations is essential in our line of business,” said Rashpal Bains, senior B2B analyst, Teleplan International. “With the unrivaled advanced security and logging capabilities of WS_FTP Server with SSH, we are able to keep track of all necessary documents and transfer critical business data easily and with assurance that no sensitive information will be compromised.””
WS_FTP secure file transfer products enable compliance with today’s most common compliance regulations such as HIPAA (healthcare), Sarbanes-Oxley (financial services), PCI DSS (retail), Basel II (european banking community) and J-SOX (Japanese version of Sarbanes-Oxley).

By Erik Small -

Web-based music players are readily available on the Web for Myspace and other social networking site users, but here is a popular list Peter Butler reviewed on the Webware blog. All the players he reviewed allow for custom playlists, which is a nice feature for embeddedable music players.
Read the full article here:

http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9758036-2.html?tag=cnetfd.mt

By Hugh Garber -

Here’s some great advice from IT veteran Steve Borsch on protecting yourself when connecting to the Internet from public locations.
“Security is an issue other than just at home…but it’s an underreported problem in internet cafes or public places that leave their networks wide open so it’s easy to get on them. Without a company Virtual Private Network (VPN) for your personal laptop, or some way to create a Secure Shell (SSH) to another computer for a secure tunnel, you’re vulnerable to prying eyes (email passwords go in the clear, etc.).”
Here are some smart tips from Steve to follow:
* Make certain to use a ‘real’ wireless access point.
* Turn on your firewall & turn off filesharing.
* Buy anti-virus software and use the update feature.
* Access your email with an https (versus http).
* Use encrypted FTP (ie: SSL / FTPS or SSH / SFTP).
Remember, surfing naked is hazardous to your health! Dress appropriately and be careful of the dangerous tide.

By Erik Small -

Google disables own blog as spam. Sometimes the processes, filters, automatic checks, scripts can be too good for their own good.
“The company says it accidentally disabled one of its own corporate blogs after mistaking it for spam. Google Blogoscoped first reported the problem with Google’s Custom Search blog…”
Take a look at the article picked up on CNET news.

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9757773-7.html?tag=blgfd

By Hugh Garber -

Here’s a nice tip from the Polysyncronism blog about the advanced encryption capabilities of the WS_FTP Professional secure file transfer client.
“A while ago I had someone tell me about a FTP client program that supports OpenPGP for uploads and downloads. The cool thing about it is that it does the encryption and automatically selects the correct PGP key for each FTP destination. Incoming files of course use your own matching private key and they are automatically decrypted upon receipt…. If you are looking for a nice FTP program and you also need to worry about PGP encrypting the files, then WS_FTP Pro is worth getting.”
Most people are aware that WS_FTP Professional provides 256-bit AES transport encryption over SSL and SSH protocols. But as the blogger at Polysyncronism.com points out, WS_FTP Pro also includes the unique ability encrypt individual files with PGP file encryption. If encrypting files is an added-layer of security that interests you, then that capability alone justifies the cost of WS_FTP Professional as some plain PGP clients cost well over $100…. and a single license of WS_FTP Pro costs about half that amount.

By Erik Small -

Here’s a nice little story in the highly circulated Golf Today… straight from the playing field on WS_FTP. As you can see we have managed to place the Helensburgh Golf Club case study in this high circulation, vertical online publication. You can view the story direct online here: . The editor has included a link to the Ipswitch site at the foot of the piece.
http://www.golftoday.co.uk/equipment/press_releases/ws_ftp.html

By Hugh Garber -

Ok, so I bet you’re wondering what happened to the FTPplanet blog the last couple of weeks.
I wish I could tell you that I won the lottery and took some time to pamper myself in luxury while I pondered over how to spend my millions.
NOT!
The sad truth is that we’ve had all kind of server and virus problems that resulted in the blog administration to suddenly stop working, and the problems took way to long to sort out.
The good news is that we’re back up and running now and our regularly scheduled programming will resume tomorrow morning….