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Volker Lendecke, longtime member of the Samba core team and co-founder of SerNet, will give a presentation on “SMB3.11 UNIX Extensions: Current Status” at FOSDEM 2025 in Brussels. The presentation is scheduled for Saturday, February 1, 2025, at 13:25 (CET) in room K.3.401. As usual, FOSDEM will again offer the opportunity to follow the presentation remotely this year.

The presentation will highlight the current state of development of the SMB3.1.1 UNIX extensions and show how SMB3.11 Unix Extensions contribute to making SMB a fully-fledged file sharing protocol for Linux systems. Lendecke will address the latest advances in functionality, discuss technical challenges and give an outlook on future developments.

FOSDEM 2025 remains a central meeting place for the open source community and attracts a large number of developers, technologists and enthusiasts from all over the world every year. The free, volunteer-organized conference is known for its wide range of topics, including software development, operating systems, networking and much more. With its practice-oriented presentations and discussions, the event offers a valuable opportunity for knowledge exchange and networking within the open source world.

Whether on-site in Brussels or virtually, don't miss this opportunity to gain deeper insights into the future of SMB and the UNIX extensions and to meet parts of the Samba Core Team!

SerNet is excited to announce that sambaXP 2025 will take place on April 7th and 8th on-site in Göttingen, Germany once again. This annual event promises to bring together Samba enthusiasts and experts for an interesting and enjoyable two-day conference. Please note that this date has changed!

For those eager to contribute to the conference, now is a great time to start thinking about topics for talks. The call for papers will open shortly, and we invite innovative and engaging submissions. If you have ideas, questions, or any issues related to your participation, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Local Organizing Committee. We are ready to assist and make your Samba eXPerience as smooth as possible.

For updates on ticketing, and other event details, be sure to visit sambaxp.org. To get into the Samba spirit ahead of sambaXP 2025, check out the recordings from the 2024 conference available on YouTube. The sessions are a great way to gain insights and inspiration.

We look forward to welcoming you to an engaging and fruitful sambaXP 2025 in Göttingen!

“By developers, for developers” is the motto of this year's SNIA Developer Conference in Santa Clara, California. Once again specialists in storage and network technologies will come together from September 16-18, 2024 to feature insights into the latest industry advancements.

We are delighted that members of the SerNet Samba team are making a meaningful contribution to the overall 2024 agenda!

On Monday afternoon, September 16, Ralph Böhme will provide insights into the latest advances in Samba development in his talk "Samba Development Status Update". Volker Lendecke's presentation on "NFS and SMB Common Infrastructure" will follow, also on the afternoon of September 16.

You are welcome to make an appointment with our team in advance at sales@remove-this.sernet.de. We look forward to your visit & vivid discussions!