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The web-based FTP client OzarWEB 2 FTP is now available as a free service to users of OzarWEB.com. You can now use your web browser also as an FTP client without any need to install any additional software.With OzarWEB 2 FTP, you can

• Navigate the FTP serverOnce you have logged in, you can browse from directory to directory and see all the subdirectories and files.
• Upload filesThere are 3 different ways to upload files: the standard upload form, the upload-and-unzip functionality, and the Java Applet.
• Download filesClick on a filename to quickly download one file.Select multiple files and click on Download; the selected files will be downloaded in a zip archive.
• Zip files… and save the zip archive on the FTP server, or email it to someone.
• Unzip filesDifferent formats are supported: .zip, .tar, .tgz and .gz.

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It is often difficult to find a low-cost or free whatsoever online service for webmasters to record, analyse and archive their web site statistics regarding visitors and hits.OzarWEB Logger is now available for a solution. It is a free online service for website statistics tracking and analysis as well as a hit counter maintenance tool. You can sign-up in order to get a free account where you can enter information about your web site and start tracking visits to your web site using the automatically generated javascript which you will place on the pages of your web site.It is also optional to display a hit counter on your pages as well as making your web site statistics publicly available. What’s more, you can also set up your profile and your web site to count the downloads of special links on your web site. Visit the news section of OzarWEB to read more about OzarWEB Logger, or go to OzarWEB Logger home page right away to sign-up and get started to tracking your web site statistics.

Industry experts say service-oriented architecture (SOA) will soon be the dominant enterprise IT architecture. Why? SOA has the power to transform IT from a bottleneck and cost center into a key source of business flexibility and competitive advantage. But when implemented incorrectly, SOA can disrupt the business. Instead of becoming more agile, your business could become more fragile.

What is SOA?

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an IT architectural style that supports the transformation of your business into a set of linked services, or repeatable business tasks, that can be accessed when needed over a network. This may be a local network, it may be the Internet, or it may be geographically and technologically diverse, combining services in New York, London, and Hong Kong as though they were all installed on your local desktop. These services can coalesce to accomplish a specific business task, enabling your business to quickly adapt to changing conditions and requirements.

When SOA implementation is guided by strategic business goals, you ensure the positive transformation of your business and can realize the chief benefits on an SOA, as follows:

• Alignment of IT with the business
• Maximal reuse of IT assets

Together, these help assure that investment in expensive IT projects result in lasting value to the business.

So, how do you tap into SOA, and how does it affect your business? IBM has identified five entry points for ensuring that every SOA-based solution undertaken delivers real business value. Each entry point is coupled with a scenario, or defined approach, that implements the technologies and thus the business values defined in each entry point.

IBM has an extensive article on the subject on its DeveloperWorks web site.

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