Ipswitch Releases New, More Secure WS_FTP

If you are working on the web, you know how important it is to have good, reliable FTP software.  After all, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is how your data gets from your PC to your webhost’s server.  Quite frankly, as far as I’m concerned, WS_FTP is the best.  Period.  That’s why I was pleased to see the improvements they’ve made in the newly released version 12.  Here are the upgrades that they mention in their e-mail release:

– Improve productivity by scheduling a post transfer action such as deleting, moving or renaming a file after it has been transferred.
– Complete security with Local OpenPGP file encryption, FIPS 140-2 Validated Cryptography, enhanced SSH and SSL capabilities, and more.
– Improve performance thanks to faster navigation through large directory trees.
– Support for Networked UNC Paths: Ability to access UNC shared drives in your local folder by either IP address or machine name.
– Support for Microsoft IIS and Apache Web Servers: Connect to and transfer files over HTTP/S connections with Microsoft IIS and Apache web servers with full file/folder listings and navigation.
– Support for Microsoft Windows 2008, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista

In the past, security wasn’t the huge concern that it is today.  Now, securing your data is vital, even if you’re just uploading to your website.  I’m glad to see that the new version of WS_FTP takes that on.

We’ll be doing a review of this product in the coming weeks.  If it’s as good as all the previous versions I’ve used over the years, I have no doubt it will be great.  Right now, I just wanted to let you loyal WS_FTP users (and prospective users) know that the new version is officially available.

For more information on the new release, click here.

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