Who is Connected Way?

Developers of ConnectedSMB^*, the easy to use Commercial Network File Sharing Server and Client for OEMs and Application Developers.  

^{*Formally known as BlueShare developed by Blue Peach}

What is ConnectedSMB?

A middleware package that makes any device or application network aware.  Load, Save, Edit network files as if they were local to your device.  Access files stored on your device from Windows, MacOS, and Linux systems.

What’s New with Connected SMB?

Newly updated with latest Technologies: SMBv1 and SMBv2, IPv4 and IPv6, Distributed File System (DFS)

How Do Apps use it?

Supports Standard APIs.  No Application Porting Necessary.   Posix, Windows, Java and Native RTOS APIs are provided.

Does it run on my Platform?

Support for many mobile, desktop, and Embedded operating systems and network stacks.  No porting is necessary:   Includes: Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, ThreadX, NucleusPLUS, VxWorks, Integrity, QNX and more

How is it Licensed?

Unencumbered Licensing.  No restrictions on how software is built, installed, or distributed.  Royalty and Royalty-Free Licensing Available

Network Browsing

Integrated Network Browsing.  Find servers and shares anywhere on the network.  Browsing is built into the normal file APIs so workgroups, servers, and shares appear as directories in the network namespace.

Security

Supports Enterprise Authentication, Message Signing, and Encryption

Robust

Support for multiple network interfaces, hot plugging, network discovery, and network failover.  Supports IPv4 and IPv6

Unified Namespace

Supports Implicit Mounting and Dismounting.  No separate network configuration, or share mounting required.  Leverages Universal File Naming

And More…

Many more features, too numerous to list.  ConnectedSMB is the product of years of refinement.  Insures reliability, feature richness, and performance. Designed to accelerate development.

Platform Abstraction Level

Provides Locks, Networking, Threads and other Platform Capabilities.

Network Browser

Provides File System View of Work-groups, Domains, Servers, and Shares.

Native APIs 

FileX, NucleusFILE, and other Native RTOS File APIs.

Portable Application Framework

Provides Message Handling, Strings, Time and Date an other.

SMB Client 

SMBv1 and SMBv2 Client Protocol Handling

Java Native Interface

Provides Shared Library and Java IO Implementation.

Event Driven Framework

Provides Real Time Event Driven  Scheduling

Virtual File System 

Universal File Name Parsing.   Provides Dispatching to File System .

Java IO 

Provides Compatible Java Classes for Applications

File System Handlers 

Native File Handlers, Bookmarks, Pipes, Mailslots.

SMB Server

SMBv1 and SMBv2 Server Protocol Handling

Configuration Manager

Dynamic and Persistent Configuration and NetBIOS Name Service

Windows 

Provides Windows File API

Network Enabled Applications

Sample and Test Applications

FUSE 

Fuse File Handler for Windows 10, MacOS and Linux

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