Tuxera Expands Collaboration with Microsoft on SMB Licensing Solution

Tuxera, Inc. is expanding its collaboration with Microsoft Corp. through a new Server Message Block (SMB) partner agreement.

The agreement enables business solutions for customers by allowing Tuxera to provide SMB technology and an SMB patent license from Microsoft in one competitively priced solution.

“Currently we see huge demand for unstructured data from different industries and use cases. We see media and entertainment with a growing need of collaboration with very large video contents, healthcare with requirements on large imaging contents for AI scenarios, and many more require fast file transfers that we provide,” says Antti Alila, VP enterprise business. “Having compliant software solutions including patents, business critical support, and future innovation is highly welcome in this market.”

“Building on top of our strong collaboration with Tuxera, this agreement enables customers to focus on file sharing scenarios and innovations using compliant, quality solutions for SMB file transfer,” says Rob Kowal, director, IP licensing, Microsoft.

SMB is the native Microsoft protocol used to share files over a LAN, virtual private network, and cloud-based solutions. It is widely adopted WW, thanks in part to Window’s global reach. According to Statista, about 70% of the global desktop operating systems use Windows.

SMB is common in mixed environments due to its interoperability. It allows file transfer between Windows and non-Windows-based OSs, as well as between many different types of devices.

This new agreement lowers any perceived hassle or barriers for licensing SMB technology. It also adds significant value for customers who use Fusion File Share by Tuxera, which provides the fast and reliable access to shared file resources and enterprise-grade features unique among SMB implementations using Linux.

Tuxera is an only company to offer a fully licensed, high-availability, cloud-scale SMB solution for enterprise storage requirements, as well as SMB for embedded devices.

The firm has been collaborating with Microsoft from 2009 onward and is also a designated licensing aggregator for exFAT technology since 2019. This new agreement builds on earlier cooperation with Microsoft to develop and release a product based on Microsoft’s SMB technology, Fusion File Share by Tuxera.

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Microsoft’s licensing program is available at their Tech Licensing programs page.