“Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP), the leading provider of
network-attached data access and content management solutions,
today announced a corporate donation to the University of Michigan,
supporting a multivendor effort to develop Network File System
version 4 (NFS v4) interoperability for the Linux operating
system.”
“Network Appliance believes in open industry protocols and has
been involved with standards efforts for protocols like NFS, NDMP,
and ICAP for many years,” said Brian Pawlowski, chief technical
officer, international, for Network Appliance, Inc. “Part of
making an open protocol successful is making open source
implementations available to third parties and industry
associations for development and testing. Network Appliance is
committed to, and supports, this multivendor effort to increase
Linux and NFS interoperability.”
“Bev Crair, software engineering manager, Sun Microsystems,
said, “The strategy behind codeveloping the standard with other
vendors is to achieve seamless interoperability. We want to provide
customers the best possible solution set. Developing and supporting
effective standards is one great way to do this. With both Network
Appliance and Sun involved in the University’s effort, customers
end up with better, more innovative solutions.”