FTP Connection object - Gain platform independence

If you have any files to be read as source from Windows server when your PowerCenter server is hosted on UNIX/LINUX, then makes use of FTP users on the Windows server and use File Reader with FTP Connection object. This connection object can be added as any other connection string. This gives the flexibility of platform independence. This will further reduce the over-head of having SAMBA mounts on to the Informatica UNIX boxes.