• Wireless interoperability and remote management

There’s currently a lot of approaches for wireless streaming inside the home. There’s DLNA, there’s Airplay, there’s WiDi and there’s a host of proprietary company specific approaches. Some companies presented simple solutions just to get old devices into the connected world. A good example is Skifta from Qualcomm Atheros, basically a small wifi box with audio out. You control the thing with a mobile app.

• Android is the innovation platform

Android is everywhere and getting better every year as we go. At least I came to the conclusion the latest Android 4 phones on display have passed Apple in both form factor and specs. Android is clearly the leading innovation platform, the one where all the cool hardware and system software innovation takes place first. Both Apple and Microsoft are seriously trailing in that regard. Still, despite Google’s “Smart Home” talk where Android runs also inside your refrigerator it is still too early to say Google would end up being the interface in all devices in the future. What has been demoed on Android will work on other Linux based systems as well.

We started the second day with a PR with NETGEAR. Following the previous day’s announcement with Marvell, we wanted to highlight the impact of our work in high performance storage to actual devices on the market:

With the help of Tuxera, NETGEAR’s ReadyNAS Duo v2 and NV+ v2 products feature significantly faster back-up times and seamless user experience with portable storages.

While both Marvell and NETGEAR are key partners for us in the storage segment, Tuxera keeps on working with all the leading chipsets and their different platforms.

Another market we have been investing a lot at Tuxera is automotive infotainment. It is also clearly a growing area for CES. In the first day Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche gave one of the keynotes with the following observation of what’s going on:

Here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas there are some people who view the automobile as an accessory to consumer electronics. Conversely, at the auto show in Detroit there are many people who view consumer electronics as mere trimmings for the car. Both points of view miss the point: as much as a smartphone can be far more than just a tool for communication, a smart car can be more than just a means of transportation. Precisely at the interfaces between communication and mobility, vast potential for innovation lies dormant, and we intend to tap it.

It looks like every second car will have a tablet-like dashboard in the near future — a sort of placeholder for your digital identity. NVIDIA had the top design wins on show like the Lambo pictured above…

Annual CES kicked off today. We started the day by getting out a great PR with Marvell. The story is about scalable storage and top performance:

At 129 megabytes per second, Marvell and Tuxera’s NAS solution offers the fastest 2 GHz NAS performance on the market.

Coming to CES is all about meeting with customer and partners. It is always great to see partners thrive. One company I’m very happy we’re doing close cooperation with is Rockchip. They also had a bold announcement:

More than 80 percent of the Chinese tablet market is currently supported by Rockchip – a percentage that would make them a virtual behemoth in North America, clearly entrenching the company as the market leader in that country while laying the foundation for expansion into Europe and North America.

SD Association has its member goodies on show. Nice booth, and a lot of cool technology. Toshiba had the previously demoed FlashAir on show and there was also a related PR from SDA on combining SD memory and wifi chip in the same physical card:

This standard is applicable to full size SD/SDHC/SDXC and microSD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards. It taps into a billions-strong SD standards market for which manufacturers can develop products and consumers can reliably use Wireless LAN applications.

For this vision to become mainstream there is a lot of work to be done in the software side. Something we at Tuxera are working on.

Apple® today announced that in just one day, over one million users bought and downloaded Mac OS® X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system… users are buying Lion faster than any other OS release in Apple’s history.

Now that’s just huge!

While the popularity of Mac is skyrocketing to new records, we’re also seeing more and more people using multiple operating systems and not just one. Windows is not disappearing any time soon and remains the number one choice in many homes and workplaces alike. This means that Macs also need full, rock solid Windows interoperability. Many of those new to Mac bring with them Microsoft Windows formatted hard drives and may continue to use Windows still on the side. And the chances are high that as a Mac user you will need to exchange large amounts of data with friends and colleagues who stay on Windows.

This is where Tuxera NTFS for Mac comes to help. With complete support to OS X Lion, Tuxera NTFS for Mac adds full read and write compatibility with all Windows-formatted drives.

We are very proud to have been flooded by positive feedback on how Tuxera NTFS for Mac is working now smoothly on Mac OS X Lion. Thank you to every one of you!

For those of you who haven’t yet upgraded your system, we urge you to download and install the latest stable version 2011.4.1 which was released already on June 20th.

Last but not least I’d like to remind that once you buy a Tuxera NTFS for Mac license you will get future releases free of charge.

Tuxera Awarded Strongest in Finland Certificate
Achieves Excellent Credit Rating from the Leading Rating Agency

HELSINKI, FINLAND – (June 13, 2011) – Tuxera Inc., the leading provider of Windows and Mac compatible file systems for Android, Linux, OS X and other platforms, announced today it has been awarded “Strongest in Finland” certificate.

The certificate is only granted to top 10% of Finnish companies, belonging to the highest credit rating classes. The classification is based on Rating Alfa, which analyses company’s financial and background information. The certificate is granted by Suomen Asiakastieto Oy, the leading provider of business and credit information in Finland.

“Thanks to the hard work of the entire Tuxera team, we have achieved another important corporate milestone. This certificate further proves Tuxera’s consistently sound performance and strong financial position. Tuxera has already acquired the global leadership position in the file system markets, and is now ready to invest to fuel the growth further.” noted Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera CEO.

Tuxera has quickly grown into a global company developing a wide and unique collection of kernel level file system and storage management software. The company works with the leading consumer electronics brands to integrate its software into the latest gadgets from Android smartphones to tablets and set-top boxes to digital TVs. Tuxera is on the lookout for more top-notch talent to join its core software development team.

See the full certificate here.

For more information, please contact:

Tuxera Inc.
Viet-Anh Le
Marketing Manager
+358 (0) 40 088 5099
info at tuxera dot com

About Tuxera. Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have tens of millions installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit http://www.tuxera.com/.

HELSINKI, FINLAND and TAIPEI, TAIWAN — May 12, 2011 — Tuxera Inc., the leading provider of Windows and Mac compatible file systems for Android, Linux and other platforms, today announced it has signed a license agreement with ASUS to include Tuxera’s file system software into ASUS complete line of tablets.

“During our evaluation, we found that Tuxera file system software had the best performance and compatibility. However, the main reason we decided to include Tuxera software in all of our Google Android® based Eee Pad™ tablets is that Tuxera software supports the ASUS Green Design initiative by using less CPU power and adding nearly 20% more battery time,” said ASUS Corporate Vice President, Alan Hsieh.

“Tuxera takes great pride in optimizing our products to run efficiently on every platform and we are especially excited to be part of the innovative ASUS Eee Pad™ product line,” said Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera CEO.

Tuxera file system products such as Tuxera NTFS and Tuxera exFAT enable tablets, smartphones, TVs and many other consumer electronics devices to transfer data to and from all types of portable storages using USB, SDHC, SDXC, and network interfaces. Tuxera’s software is optimized for all major chipset hardware and operating system platforms and delivers industry-leading read and write speeds, while using less power to extend battery usage time.

To find out more about Tuxera’s file system products and technologies, please contact sales@tuxera.com.

For more information, please contact:

Tuxera Inc.
Viet-Anh Le
Marketing Manager
+358 (0) 40 088 5099
info at tuxera dot com

About Tuxera.Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have tens of millions installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit http://www.tuxera.com/.

About ASUS. ASUS, the world’s top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world’s best selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today’s digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, displays, desktop PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia, wireless solutions, networking devices and mobile phones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 3,398 awards in 2010, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with the Eee PC™. With a global staff of more than ten thousand people and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers, the company’s revenue for 2010 was around US$10 billion. www.asus.com

HELSINKI, FINLAND – May 3, 2011 – Tuxera Inc., the leading provider of Windows-compatible file systems for Linux, Android, Mac and other platforms, today announced the availability of a new release of its widely adopted Tuxera NTFS for Mac. Among the numerous added enhancements, the new version includes automatic translation of filenames and important improvements in performance on 64-bit kernels. Tuxera NTFS for Mac also ensures full support to the next Mac OS X version 10.7 Lion expected to be released later in 2011.

New components of Mac OS X recently started to encode file attributes in a way that Windows Explorer was not able to access. Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2011.4 brings in automatic translation of filenames, removing any problem when copying files to NTFS volumes. Additionally, this release ensures improved responsiveness when using multiple simultaneous NTFS volumes on 64-bit Mac OS X kernels.

Tuxera NTFS for Mac allows Apple Mac OS X users to read and write in Windows NTFS format fuss-free. Transferring files from Windows to Mac and vice versa is made easy with the help of Tuxera software as the common Windows-formatted hard drives and memory sticks can be used. Tuxera NTFS for Mac is also very popular in companies and universities with heterogeneous computing environments that include both Windows and Mac computers.

¨We are pleased to announce the awaited new Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2011.4 release that makes Mac-Windows interoperability easier and more productive” says Oscar Santolalla, Product Manager at Tuxera. ¨Tuxera is fully committed to provide Mac users with the best file system interoperability experience. We would like to thank you for widely adopting our solution and for granting us your trust.¨

This release coincides with the new Tuxera NTFS YouTube Channel, which has been conceived to bring you great resources about Tuxera NTFS for Mac.

For more information, please contact:

Viet-Anh Le
Marketing Manager, Tuxera Inc.
+358 40 008 5099

About Tuxera. Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Linux, Android, Mac OS X and other platforms have over 30 million installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com

HELSINKI, FINLAND–(April 14, 2011) – Tuxera Inc., the leading provider of Windows and Mac compatible file systems for Android, Linux, OS X and other platforms, announced today the release of a completely updated, fully cross-platform NTFS package under GNU GPL open source license. Tuxera NTFS Community Edition includes NTFS driver, library and over ten popular tools including backup, resizer, recovery, wiping and defragmenter.

The release binds together and extends upon the popular NTFS-3G and ntfsprogs projects. Developers have open access to a fully updated, easy-to-deploy toolset that has been integrated into the most popular Linux distributions and numerous well-known file system and storage management applications. Anyone can download the driver, library and tools and include them in other GPL-compatible open source projects. In addition, Tuxera has technically improved proprietary versions available for companies who wish to integrate any part of the NTFS package into commercial, embedded solutions or who do not want to be bound by the GPL.

“I am happy to announce a major update release of Tuxera NTFS Community Edition building on both NTFS-3G and ntfsprogs. In line with our commitment to open source the new package is released under GPL to ensure that every developer has an access to first-class NTFS tools to power their applications. Developer and user feedback is warmly appreciated. Tuxera will continuously improve the package and integrate other file system technologies based on requests,” noted Szabolcs Szakacsits, Tuxera CTO, who founded NTFS-3G and authored several popular tools in ntfsprogs like ntfsresize and ntfsclone.

Release notes and download information can be found at http://www.tuxera.com/open-source/. For commercial licensing please contact sales@tuxera.com.

For more information, please contact:

Tuxera Inc.
Viet-Anh Le
Marketing Manager
+358 (0) 40 088 5099
info at tuxera dot com

About Tuxera. Tuxera is a leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have over tens of millions installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit http://www.tuxera.com/.

HELSINKI, FINLAND – (February 15, 2011) — Tuxera Inc., the leading provider of Windows and Mac compatible file systems for Linux, Android and other platforms, announced today that Taiwan-based Skyviia Corporation has selected its high-performance Tuxera NTFS interoperable file system solution. Starting from Skyviia SV8860, Tuxera NTFS is integrated into Skyviia’s multimedia System-on-a-Chip (Soc) solutions that power for example DTVs, set-top boxes and digital photo frames.

Tuxera NTFS brings Skyviia chipsets seamless cross-platform interoperability. Now OEMs and brand manufacturers can design devices that can record, time-shift, and playback several full-HD 1080p video streams in portable NTFS format at the same time. Consumers can attach external Windows-formatted storages to the devices to extend recording and backup capabilities. Same portable storages can be used with PCs and other NTFS-compatible devices.

“With Tuxera NTFS inside, Skyviia SV8860 offers a very competitive turnkey solution for connected multimedia deployments. It has been a pleasure to start working with Skyviia with whom we share a common technology and market vision. There is no doubt Skyviia belongs to the most innovative chipset companies in the world with a bright future ahead,” said Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera CEO.

“High-performance NTFS has become a must-have functionality in any kind of connected multimedia devices. We chose the market-leading Tuxera NTFS solution for its know reliability and Tuxera’s chipset performance acceleration expertise that has brought the best out of our silicon. I firmly believe that bundling Tuxera NTFS with Skyviaa’s latest SoC solutions helps us to close new major accounts together,” noted Brian Sung, Skyviaa VP of Engineering.

For more information:

Mikko Välimäki
CEO, Tuxera Inc.
+358 (0)50 598 0498
info at tuxera dot com

About Tuxera. Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have over 30 million installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com.

About Skyviia. Skyviia Corporation, a multimedia IC design company, is the market pioneer in System On Chip (SOC) solutions for innovative digital multimedia products. As a spin-off from Skymedi, the world’s market leader in storage controller IC solutions, Skyviia leverages Skymedi’s deep semiconductor industry experience to integrate competitive turnkey product solutions for our customers to develop Video, Audio and Internet multimedia electronics products. For more information, please visit www.skyviia.com.tw.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – February 8, 2011) – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Tuxera is its newest member.

Tuxera’s high-performance, commercially licensed products power tens of millions of consumer electronics devices and are built on important Linux file system technology. The company is joining The Linux Foundation to collaborate with the increasing number of semiconductor and consumer electronics manufacturers who are using Linux to build next-generation devices and who require interoperable file systems. Tuxera will participate in the MeeGo project, among other initiatives.

“Joining The Linux Foundation is a natural step for Tuxera. Our roots are firmly planted in the Linux and file system communities and our membership will extend this work to include collaboration with the rapidly growing number of consumer electronics manufacturers running Linux in its various forms,” said Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera CEO.

“Tuxera developers have been contributing to the Linux community for more than ten years. We are highly committed to extending this role to support the growing number of consumer electronics manufacturers who need reliable, optimized, high-performance interoperable file system solutions in their Linux-based devices,” commented Szabolcs Szakacsits, Tuxera CTO and President.

“Tuxera brings fundamental expertise to The Linux Foundation, expertise that will help advance the state of the art for Linux in future consumer devices,” said Amanda McPherson, vice president of marketing and developer programs. “We’re looking forward to Tuxera’s formal collaboration in The Linux Foundation.”

Tuxera will also attend the upcoming Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit April 6-8, 2011 in San Francisco. Every year The Linux Foundation hosts the Annual Collaboration Summit in order to bring together key representatives from its corporate member companies and the Linux community to work on strategic initiatives, projects, and workgroups that span the areas of technical, legal and business. For more information about this year’s event, please visit: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit.

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About Tuxera
Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have over 30 million installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com.

About The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the organization sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and promotes, protects and advances the Linux operating system by marshaling the resources of its members and the open source development community. The Linux Foundation provides a neutral forum for collaboration and education by hosting technical events, including LinuxCon, and generating original Linux research and content that advances the understanding of the Linux platform. Its web properties, including Linux.com, reach approximately two million people per month. The organization also provides extensive Linux training opportunities that feature the Linux kernel community’s leading experts as instructors. Follow The Linux Foundation on Twitter.

Trademarks: The Linux Foundation, Linux Standard Base, MeeGo and Yocto Project are trademarks of The Linux Foundation. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.

SUNNYVALE, CA – (January 31, 2011) — Tuxera, the leading provider of Windows and Mac compatible file systems for Android, Linux and other platforms, announced today it has been selected as a winner of the Red Herring Global 100 Award in recognition of the leading private companies from North America, Europe, and Asia.

Red Herring’s Global 100 list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Google, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, YouTube, eBay and many others would change the way we live and work.

“Choosing the best out of the previous three years was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, Chairman of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed down our list from 1,200 potential companies to 200 finalists. Trying to get it down to 100 companies was a task upon itself. Tuxera should be extremely proud of its achievement, the competition was difficult.”

“We are very proud to be recognized one of the world’s top private technology growth companies,” said Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera CEO. “Tuxera’s best-in-class file system solutions are deployed at a growing pace across the globe, including the world’s largest consumer electronics manufacturers. The exceptionally fast growth and success we have achieved proves Tuxera is addressing critical customer needs and gaining traction as the industry leader. We look forward to extend our global reach and bring new innovations to the markets in 2011.”

The winners were announced at the conclusion of the Red Herring Global conference in Santa Monica, California after an extensive review of company submissions and their presentations to the editorial team. The assessment of potential included financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration as well as standing of other technology companies relative to their sector peers.

For the full list of Red Herring’s Global 100 winners, please visit http://www.herringevents.com/rhg2010/winners/2010winners.html.

For more information:

Mikko Välimäki
CEO, Tuxera Inc.
+358 (0)50 598 0498
info@tuxera.com

About Tuxera – Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have over 30 million installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com.

SUNNYVALE, CA – (January 13, 2011) — Tuxera, the leading provider of Windows and Mac compatible file systems for Android, Linux and other platforms, announced at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that it has released NTFS, exFAT, FAT32 and HFS+ for Intel® Atom™ Solutions and MeeGo Linux and Joined Intel Embedded Alliance. Tuxera supports Intel’s latest consumer electronics hardware and software initiatives providing the market-leading Tuxera File System Suite to all Intel customers.

Tuxera file systems power new Intel® Atom™ CE4100 based consumer electronics devices including smart TVs, set-top boxes, tablets and storage appliances from the leading manufacturers. Tuxera also supports MeeGo, an alternative Linux platform which Intel is developing together with Nokia. MeeGo is targeting mobile phones, tablets, netbooks and car infotainment systems.

“As embedded experts, Tuxera engineering works closely together with the leading chipset and operating system vendors. We are very excited to empower both Intel’s latest ‘Visual Life’ initiative on Intel® Atom™ CE4100 chipsets as well as the much awaited MeeGo platform with the market-leading Tuxera NTFS, exFAT and other file system solutions,” commented Szabolcs Szakacsits, Tuxera CTO and President.

“Joining Intel Embedded Alliance was a natural decision as Intel is a major platform for Tuxera already today,” commented Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera CEO. “Tuxera has won Intel customers ranging from PC vendors to set-top box manufacturers and even space exploration agencies. We also count MeeGo as one of the top Linux contenders in future mobile devices.”

For information about Tuxera File System Suite for Intel chipsets and MeeGo Linux platforms please contact sales@tuxera.com

For more information:

Mikko Välimäki
CEO, Tuxera Inc.
+358 (0)50 598 0498
info@tuxera.com

About Tuxera – Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have over 30 million installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com.

HELSINKI, FINLAND–(Marketwire – Jan. 4, 2011) – Tuxera, the leading provider of Windows-compatible file systems for Android, Linux, Mac and other platforms, announced today that DOVADO, an innovative developer of routers for mobile broadband internet access, has licensed Tuxera NTFS to bring fully interoperable NAS functionality to its feature-rich DOVADO 4GR mobile broadband router. With Tuxera NTFS inside, DOVADO customers can plug and play Windows-formatted portable USB hard drivers between the routers and their PCs.

“We chose Tuxera NTFS for its easy-to-deploy, fast and reliable NAS functionality that boosts the value of our products,” stated DOVADO’s Chief Technical Officer, Mathias Johansson. “Being a reputed industry pioneer within the realm of NAS, Tuxera remains the obvious choice. Our full-featured 4GR now adds NAS functionality on top of our unique portfolio of features such as Home Automation, SMS tools, GPS Tracking and remote control via our iPhone and Android apps.”

Tuxera NTFS has in short time become the gold standard file system solution for NAS devices. Tuxera has partnered with the leading chipset companies to make sure its customers can deploy NTFS with the best-in-class read & write performances without compromising reliability.

“We are pleased to help DOVADO take their cutting-edge technology to the next phase of maximum interoperability involved in today’s connected homes,” stated Tuxera CEO Mikko Välimäki. “Tuxera and DOVADO’s partnership is a win-win for not only both our companies, but for every DOVADO 4GR owner.”

DOVADO will soon offer an update of its firmware to existing DOVADO 4GR customers that will include the Tuxera NTFS implementation.

About Tuxera – Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have over 30 million installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com.

About DOVADO – DOVADO is an innovative supplier specializing in development of products for mobile broadband internet access. DOVADO has been developing the support of mobile broadband technologies since its inception in 2004 and aims to change the perception of mobile broadband from a casual form of internet access to a reliable and always-on source of broadband for homes and offices throughout the world. DOVADO FZ-LLC is headquartered in Dubai Internet City, with software development in Kista, Sweden. For more information, please visit www.dovado.com.

HELSINKI, FINLAND and TAIPEI, TAIWAN — December 8, 2010 — Tuxera Inc., the leading provider of Windows-compatible file systems for Android, Linux, Mac and other platforms, announced today the opening of its new regional headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan. Tuxera’s Asian office will in the first phase serve the company’s growing customer base in semiconductor and electronics industries in Taiwan and other Chinese speaking markets.

“Tuxera’s new office supports the growing number of Taiwan’s chipset, ODM and brand manufacturers with whom we have established Tuxera as the world leader in interoperable file system solutions,” noted Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera CEO. “The office helps us to build closer relationship with all the companies we believe belong to the future of consumer electronics.”

Top-tier Taiwanese manufacturers are today integrating Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS, exFAT, FAT, HFS+ and other file system solutions in mobile phones, tablets, cameras, DTVs, set-top boxes, routers, and NAS deployments. Tuxera’s patent pending technology and close cooperation with different chipset R&D departments ensures Tuxera can offer the best-in-class read and write performance numbers. Tuxera’s direct relationships with Microsoft and other operating system vendors further ensures the best possible reliability, interoperability, support and legal compliance.

“We started serving the first Taiwanese customers three years ago and now saw the time right for a physical presence. The new office is a perfect match to Taiwanese manufacturers who require professional, prompt and hands-on file system integration and support services throughout the time-constrained design cycles,” noted Szabolcs Szakacsits, Tuxera President and CTO.

For more information, please contact:

Mikko Välimäki
CEO, Tuxera Inc.
+358 (0)50 598 0498

About Tuxera
Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have over 30 million installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com.

HELSINKI, FINLAND — November 24, 2010 — Tuxera Inc., the leading provider of Windows-compatible file systems for Android, Linux, Mac and other platforms, announced today the release of a complete, GPL-compliant FAT32 replacement package for Android and Linux. The package combines Tuxera’s high-performance, proprietary FAT, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS drivers into easy-to-deploy modules that work with all Android and Linux kernel versions.

“Companies who have licensed FAT patents from Microsoft cannot use the publicly available GPL-licensed VFAT implementation,” noted Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera CEO and recognized open source legal expert. “If you don’t license Microsoft patents, you risk a patent lawsuit. If you license the patents, you need to also replace the GPL software in Linux, or you risk a copyright lawsuit.”

Unlike other file system vendors Tuxera works closely together with operating system manufacturers to make sure IP issues and legal compliance is taken care of. Tuxera for example became the first file system vendor to license exFAT patents and source code from Microsoft in 2009.

“The complete FAT32 replacement solution is to include not only proprietary FAT and FAT32 drivers but also exFAT and NTFS drivers. Both exFAT and NTFS lift the 4GB file size limit, which seriously compromises the use of FAT32 in HD video applications,” noted Szabolcs Szakacsits, Tuxera President and CTO. “exFAT is required for the next-generation SDXC memory card support. NTFS is needed for universal PC compatibility because NTFS has been the default Windows file system from the mid 1990s to Windows 7 and beyond.”

Tuxera’s FAT32 Replacement Package is available now for Android and Linux. Please contact sales@tuxera.com for more information.

For more information, please contact:

Mikko Välimäki
CEO, Tuxera Inc.
+358 (0)50 598 0498

About Tuxera
Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have over 30 million installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com.