News from 2008

16 December - DeskCenter Management Suite update introduces brand new features - With the new version 8.1, the DeskCenter Management Suite (DCMS) makes a huge leap forward and sets new standards for ergonomics and automation of IT processes. The goal is to offer a complete and holistic system management solution with the character and the benefits of an enterprise solution that is perfectly suitable for small and medium sized businesses. DeskCenter puts high emphasis on constantly optimizing the smooth and efficient interaction between the different program modules. Thus, a seamless and fully automated process flow is always guaranteed. The solution demonstrates its high performance and uncompromising reliability, even in complex and multifaceted IT processes.

13 August - Likewise Software named Great App for Bridging Windows, Linux and Macs by Network World Magazine Network World magazine’s blog “A Better Windows World” lists Likewise Software as one of 12 great applications for bridging Windows, Linux and Macs.

5 August - The Gap Saves Time and Money with Likewise Enterprise
CIO Magazine highlights Likewise Enterprise in a 5 part series on IT cost cutting and illustrates how Likewise Enterprise was able to save the Gap time and money with its solution.

2nd July - Peer Software has partnered with Parallels to provide continuous data protection on virtualization platforms. Peer Software is certified with Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to provide world-class data protection solutions for data files and databases. Parallels Virtuozzo Containers is the world's leading OS virtualization solution. This virtual infrastructure creates isolated containers on a single physical server and OS instance. Compared to other virtualization technologies, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers offers the highest levels of density, performance and manageability. Since Peer Software products are not are not tied to a specific hard disk, as long as a drive is visible by the Virtuozzo Container as a local drive, Peer Software products will be able to read and monitor its content.

26 June - Likewise Wins Red Hat Innovator Award. Likewise Software accepts the Red Hat Innovator or the Year Award 2008 for Enhanced Security at the Red Hat Summit event in Boston.

5 May - Ubuntu 8.04 AD via Likewise Open. It appears the kind folks at Canonical have hit a home run, maybe even a grand-slam with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. I took some time today to build a new template for VMWare Server with the 8.04 LTS Server ISO and then started playing.

4 April - Likewise Software: sandwiched between Microsoft and open source. What's it like to be an open source company that's also a Microsoft partner dependent on the Windows world? Not bad, says Barry Crist, CEO of Likewise Software. The rise of Linux in the data center, and on the desktop (along with the Mac's suddenly chic status) is creating nice fat demand for a tool that can integrate non-Windows operating systems with Microsoft's Active Directory.

25 March - Likewise opens Windows networks to Linux, Macs Much has been said about the evils of vendor lock-in. The reality is that there are definite advantages to being a "Windows shop," particularly in terms of manageability and unified IT support. We like the idea of introducing Linux or Mac OS X into our companies, but it isn't always so easy in practice.

5 February - PeerSync 7.4 released PeerSync 7.4 provides expanded functionality and improved performance for enterprise-level synchronization and backup. PeerSync 7.4 offers tighter integration with peerlock and enhanced scan processing to more efficiently handle large volumes of data and complex directory structures. “Managing data in enterprise environments demands a continual balancing of functionality/power and performance,” said Paul Marsala, CEO of Peer Software. “Often, one comes at the expense of the other. The new version of PeerSync was developed to offer a true enterprise-grade file management tool that delivers uncompromised functionality and performance—IT admins now have the ability to efficiently manage larger volumes of data, provide users with a transparent, reliable collaborative framework by way of PeerLock, and maintain complete data availability without overburdening network resources.”

January 15, 2008 - Who says you can't use Active Directory with Linux? Like it or lump it, Microsoft's Active Directory is the heart of many corporate networks. That, however, doesn't mean that Linux and Mac systems can't work and play with Active Directory. With Samba, they can. And, with Likewise, Linux and Mac can work and play well with Active Directory.

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