Visuality Systems NQE Series to Be Integrated Into Paragon File System drivers
To deliver industry file-sharing capabilities with integrated SMB protocol for OEMs through better interoperability between Windows and non-Windows machines
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on March 4, 2019 at 2:18 pmParagon Software Group Corp.(PSG) and Visuality Systems Ltd, in commercial SMB (Server Message Block) software stacks, announce their partnership and cooperation in merging SMB server/client and file systems to deliver the best cross-platform SMB solutions for OEMs.
PSG’s File System Link (FSL) delivers industry cross-platform tools. Visuality Systems’ NQE is a portable client and server solution that can be integrated into any embedded device with any OS, a CPU or compiler.
NQE Architecture layers
With the partnership, NQE series will be integrated into Paragon’s file system drivers enabling device OEMs active in industry verticals such as automotive, storage industry, consumer devices, aerospace and defense, medical, industrial automation, smart devices, to deliver secure cross-platform file sharing solution to their end customers. The integrated file sharing solution features secure SMB3 encryption, substantially smaller footprint and memory usage compared to open source stacks, benchmark leading to data transfer speeds and reliability.
Since its inception in 1998, Visuality has pioneered the SMB protocol for commercial deployment developing the non-GPL licensed NQ products – a commercial replacement for open-source SAMBA. The NQ series are utilized in areas from storage, consumer devices, aerospace and defense, medical, industrial automation, smart devices. The partnership with will provide Visuality the ability to sell the NQ product line to more parts of the world and enter into further market sectors.
Sam Widerman, CEO, Visuality, said: “Visuality Systems is very proud to announce the partnership with Paragon. Both Visuality Systems and Paragon are industry experts with worldwide leading and certified technologies that are utilized in millions of devices around the globe. At the end it is all about customer requirements. Together Visuality Systems and Paragon can provide customers with solutions that are dependable, very well tested and reliable, plus introductions to more market sectors that will benefit both companies.”
Paragon’s engineering team that stands behind the Paragon product range is an extra asset for Visuality to extend growth and assist in keeping Visuality being the SMB worldwide standard with SMB solutions for all SMB market sections – embedded SMB server and client, JAVA SMB client and an enterprise SMB server for the storage market.
Konstantin Komarov, CEO, Paragon, commented: “Our collaboration with Visuality Systems addresses the market demand for the performance-optimized file system drivers. NQE carries tremendous flexibility and being integrated into Paragon’s drivers, it brings secure cross-platform file-sharing capabilities to the next generation of devices.“
NQE runs in millions of embedded devices, such as scanners, printers, home routers, mobile devices, automotive devices X-ray machines, automation devices, aerospace and defense, and virtually any device that is required to perform full file sharing functions in a Windows networking environment.