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uppose that your company’s field reps regularly upload files to the server, and the proper people need to be notified when these files arrive. Perhaps you need to monitor and
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Those of you who already know me as The Remoting Guy won’t be surprised to hear that I was positively excited when I read the first announcement of Intrinsyc’s Ja.NET.