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IBM: IBM Brings Enterprise and Web File Sharing to Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 1, 1998

Today, IBM’s Transarc subsidiary unveiled its first Enterprise
File Systems products for Linux.

AFS Server and AS Client are now available for users to add
Linux into their enterprise environments, enabling interoperability
between and amongst servers and clients for Linux; Microsoft
Windows 95, 98 and NT; and other Unix operating systems.

The new version of AFS, version 3.5, will be available on Red
Hat Linux, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, Digital UNIX, Windows NT and
gateway support for Windows 95 and Windows 98.

Complete
press release.

This is the official IBM press release. Compare PC Week: Transarc
porting AFS to Linux from November 30.
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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