Likewise Releases Open Source Software for File Sharing Among Linux, Mac, Unix and...

Likewise Releases Open Source Software for File Sharing Among Linux, Mac, Unix
and Windows
Modern architecture focuses on scalability and performance

BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Likewise announced today that it is
releasing a high-performance, Windows-compatible file server, Likewise-CIFS.
It is designed for independent software vendors and large organizations that
require access to Linux, Unix, and Mac servers from Windows computers.

Likewise-CIFS is available at www.likewiseopen.org and in Likewise Open 5.3
under GPLv2 licensing terms. Likewise will also license Likewise-CIFS under
commercial licensing terms that allow original equipment manufacturers to
embed Likewise-CIFS in a variety of network attached storage devices,
including network appliances and clustered storage solutions.

Likewise-CIFS supports both the SMB1 and SMB2 versions of the Server Message
Block protocol. It is designed to be a high-performance, highly-scalable
protocol stack. Its modular and extensible driver architecture lets OEMs, such
as storage vendors, extend their systems with a scalable solution for sharing
files.

"Likewise-CIFS represents an expansion of our Windows-compatible distributed
systems framework that we've built for Linux, Unix, and Mac systems," said
Krishna Ganugapati, vice president of engineering at Likewise. "Our customers,
especially those with NAS solutions, enthusiastically encouraged us to develop
a modern, high-performance Windows-compatible file server that is available
with commercial support options. Likewise-CIFS is the realization of this
market demand."

Deni Connor, an industry analyst and the founder of Storage Strategies Now,
said, "We believe storage technology vendors will be very interested in this
multi-platform file server software. It is available with full support and a
commercial license, which makes it easy to integrate with their proprietary
code."

Next week, Likewise senior software engineer Gerald Carter will be speaking
about Likewise-CIFS in a session at the 2009 Storage Developer Conference in
Santa Clara.

About Likewise
Likewise provides integration and identity management solutions to improve
security and operational efficiencies and to help achieve regulatory
compliance in mixed networks. Likewise Open lets organizations securely
authenticate Linux, Unix and Mac users with Microsoft Active Directory.
Likewise Enterprise includes all the core authentication technology that comes
with Likewise Open, plus world-class migration, group policy, auditing and
reporting modules. More information is available at the company's Web site,
www.likewise.com.

Likewise is a trademark of Likewise Software. All other trademarks referenced
herein are the property of their respective owners.

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