Likewise Software Experts to Speak at Samba eXPerience 2008x
Conference to focus on open source products
BELLEVUE, Wash. – April 08, 2008 – Likewise® Software, a leader in delivering authentication and audit solutions for mixed networks, today announced that its experts Krishna Ganugapati, VP of engineering, and Brian Koropoff and Rafal Szczesniak, software design engineers, will be presenting at Samba Experience 2008. Samba eXPerience 2008, organized by Sernet, takes place April 14-18, in Goettingen, Germany at the Hotel Freizeit. It is a conference for industry leaders and implementers interested in tracking developments within the Samba project and other Windows domain integration open source technologies.
"Likewise Software has been a supporter of Open Source throughout our history," said Jerry Carter, project director for Likewise Open. "We understand the potential for Open Source and what it means to development and technology communities. At Likewise, our goal is to remain an Open Source company and continue to contribute in significant ways in the areas of authentication and interoperability of all platforms."
Likewise experts Ganugapati, Koropoff and Szczesniak are scheduled to speak on the following topics at the noted times:
- Krishna Ganugapati will present Windows Interoperability Efforts at Likewise Software on Friday, April 18 from 10:45 am-11:30 am
- Brian Koropoff and Rafal Szczesniak will present Let's go to the Library - Advantages and Difficulties of Creating Componentized DCE/RPC Environment on Friday, April 18 from 1:30 pm - 2:15pm
"We just released Likewise Open, an Open Source offering which provides fast and easy integration of Linux, UNIX and Mac systems with Microsoft's Active Directory," noted Krishna Ganugapati, vice president of engineering at Likewise. “Our products now support over 110 Linux, UNIX and Mac Platforms. Likewise Open alleviates a number of challenges with authentication across multiple platforms and helps organizations improve security and demonstrate regulatory compliance. Likewise Open exemplifies how Open Source can benefit organizations in a number of ways."
Availability and Pricing
Organizations can request a free evaluation copy of Likewise Enterprise 5.0 here or by calling 800-378-1330. Likewise Enterprise list prices are $249 per server license and $49 per workstation license.
About Likewise Software
Likewise Software provides identity management solutions designed to improve operational efficiencies, increase security and help achieve regulatory compliance in mixed network environments. Likewise Open allows large organizations to securely authenticate Linux, Unix and Mac systems with a unified directory such as Microsoft Active Directory. Likewise Enterprise includes all of the core authentication technology that comes with Likewise Open, plus world-class migration, group policy, audit and reporting modules. For more information, visit www.likewisesoftware.com.
Likewise is a trademark of Likewise Software. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.
