The most significant change in Version 24 is one you will feel immediately: the FTP connection
system has been replaced with a secure HTTPS connection. If you have ever had planEASe refuse
to connect at a hotel, a coffee shop, or inside a corporate network, that was the FTP system
running into a firewall. Port 21, which FTP uses, is routinely blocked by IT departments and
public networks. The new HTTPS connection uses Port 443 — the same port your web browser uses
— which is never blocked. It works everywhere: corporate networks, hotels, client offices, and
public Wi-Fi, with no IT calls, no port forwarding, and no firewall configuration required.
With Version 24, your analysis files live on your own computer or network rather than on
the planEASe server. This means faster file access, no server dependency for day-to-day work,
and full control over your own data. We recommend keeping a backup of your planEASe files
folder in case of computer changes or hardware failure.
For users of the Portfolio Extension, this change is particularly noticeable. Portfolio
analysis requires reading multiple files in rapid succession, and the previous FTP connection
was a bottleneck that slowed this down considerably. With files stored locally, speed should increase significantly.
If you have analysis files stored on the planEASe server from a previous version, they
remain available on your home page the moment you log in, ready to download to your computer
in one click.