We released Likewise Open 6 this past week and have gotten some great press coverage on the launch. Likewise Open 6 includes some  great enhancements including a smart service manager and faster logons in complex environments. With these updates, the folks in the trenches who have been tasked with figuring out how to control a heterogeneous environment now have an even more powerful and free tool to start this process.

We are picking up speed on development thanks in part to the large OEM partnerships we have — the likes of HP, Cisco, and VMware to name a few. These OEM’s are building their products around our authentication engine, and contributing back to the Likewise Open project. This should provide some serious comfort to those evaluating our product, and should they recommend Likewise as the solution to their companies project, they are keeping good company.

We also get great feedback from communities dedicated to some of our large technology partners.  Fedora, SUSE, Ubuntu, and other distros’ communities provide great feedback, which all goes toward making Likewise Open 6 what it is today.  We’re grateful for the contributions of the community, and want to emphasize the part that our partners and community plays in delivering an excellent tool for cross-platform authentication and single sign-on.

Keep the feedback coming, guys!