| By Glenn Rossman |
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| September 8, 2010 08:48 AM EDT |
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Making Linux and Windows play nice together isn't easy, but it's essential to the continued growth of Linux in the enterprise, according to Likewise engineer Michael Szymczak. He will discuss that topic at this year's Ohio LinuxFest 2010 September 10-12, 2010 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
It might sound odd if you're not from the area, but Columbus is indeed one of the hotbeds of the Linux community in the U.S. and home to one of the powerhouse annual Linux get-togethers, Ohio LinuxFest.
"Specifically, I'm going to cover how to use open source tools to authenticate against Microsoft Active Directory (AD) so that Linux systems can work as peers in a mixed network," said Szymczak. "I'll talk about the various open source tools that are available, and what the pros and cons are of each."
Likewise will also have a booth at the event, and will be answering questions about Likewise, AD authentication for Linux, and also learning from the attendees about what they're using and problems they have in mixed networks. Likewise is also proud to be a Gold Sponsor of Ohio LinuxFest, helping to fund the event and keep it free for attendees.
Likewise joins desktops and servers running Linux, Unix, and Mac OS to an organization's existing network using AD. This provides a single, secure framework for authentication and access control in mixed networks.
Szymczak will talk at Noon on September 11 in the FOSS in Other Worlds track.
About the Ohio LinuxFest
The Ohio LinuxFest is a grassroots conference for the GNU/Linux/Open Source Software/Free Software community that started in 2003 as a large inter-LUG (Linux User Group) meeting and has grown steadily since. It is a place for the community to gather and share information about Linux and Open Source Software. The Ohio LinuxFest welcomes people from all 50 states and international participants.
About Likewise
Likewise provides more than 70,000 organizations with integration and authentication tools for mixed networks - enabling secure access of Linux, Unix, and Mac OS systems on networks using Microsoft Windows.
Likewise provides integration and identity management solutions to improve security and operational efficiencies and to help achieve regulatory compliance in mixed networks. Likewise Open lets organizations securely authenticate Linux, Unix and Mac OS users with Microsoft Active Directory. Likewise Enterprise includes all the core authentication technology that comes with Likewise Open, plus world-class migration, group policy, auditing, and reporting modules. More information is available at the company's Web site, www.likewise.com.
Glenn Rossman has more than 25 years communications experience working at IBM and Hewlett-Packard, along with startup StorageApps, plus agencies Hill & Knowlton and G&A Communications. His experience includes media relations, industry and financial analyst relations, executive communications, intranet and employee communications, as well as producing sales collateral. In technology, his career includes work in channel partner communications, data storage technologies, server computers, software, PC and UNIX computers, along with specific industry initiatives such as manufacturing, medical, and finance.
Before his latest stint in technology, Glenn did business-to-business public relations on behalf of the DuPont Company for its specialty polymers products and with the largest steel companies in North America in an initiative focused on automakers.
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