Network file system (NFS), server message block (SMB) and common internet file system (CIFS) are all file access storage protocols, used to access files on remote servers and storage servers (such as ...

Chrome OS is gaining better native support for SMB file sharing, one of the most common Windows file server protocols. As announced on Google+ by François Beaufort, the latest Canary builds of Chrome ...

For years we have used Sun Solaris servers sharing filesytems (/home etc) via NFS to other Unix servers and Samba to users' desktops. This has worked extremely well but our primary file server is due ...

FREIBURG, Germany & YOKNEAM ILIT, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paragon Software Group, a global industry leader in embedded and desktop file system drivers, and Visuality Systems, a global leader in ...

In OS X Mavericks, Apple will begin migrating from its own legacy Apple Filing Protocol to Microsoft's SMB2 in an effort to enhance performance, security and cross platform file sharing. Macs running ...

Apple was the first computer company to make networked file sharing easy. Decades after introducing that feature on the Mac, it’s less important in an era of cloud storage. Unless you’re on a ...

If things seem a little backward in the BYOD era (bring-your-own-device), it’s because in some respects they are. And BYOD is causing problems for small and midsized businesses that put a premium on ...

Microsoft has forged a deal with a University of Michigan research unit to create an open-source version of the NFS (Network File System) version 4 protocol that will work with Windows. Microsoft ...

With the release of Windows server 2012, Microsoft extended the capability of its flagship operating system by including a number of new storage features that enable Windows to provide the ...