Indian Ryussi Technologies and Microsoft in Partnership

Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC and Ryussi Technologies Private Ltd. announced a partnership in business and technology solutions covering Microsoft’s File Access Server Protocols for the enterprise storage market.

The agreement comes as Ryussi releases to the storage market MoSMB V 1.0, an ANSI C implementation of the SMB 2/3 protocol on Linux, which contains customer interfaces to integrate into diverse storage stacks.

“Microsoft’s patent collaboration with Ryussi Technologies will offer enhanced interoperability between Windows and non-Windows computers worldwide,” said Nick Psyhogeos, president, Microsoft technology licensing. “This SMB file-sharing relationship provides consumers with even better business solutions across products around the globe, continuing Microsoft’s legacy of supporting innovation, mobility and productivity for businesses.“

“The MoSMB enterprise architecture supports high performance, high scalability and continuous availability to meet the present and future needs of NAS manufacturers,” said Sandeep Bhambani, CEO, Ryussi. “Our collaboration with Microsoft will allow manufacturers to leverage MoSMB to expand its NAS offering to include SMB with a dramatically decreased time to market and increased ‘first time right’ chance.“

The patent agreement is another example of the role IP plays in ensuring a technology ecosystem. Since Microsoft launched its IP licensing program in December 2003, it has entered into more than 1,200 licensing agreements.