Tuxera Inc. is a Finnish company specialized in developing file systems' software, whose most widely deployed commercial software is "Tuxera NTFS for Mac".

It was founded in 2008 by Szabolcs Szakacsits, current President and CTO.

History

The origin of the company comes from open source Linux NTFS drivers. NTFS

NTFS

NTFS is the standard file system of Windows NT, including its later versions Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7....

 had been introduced in 1993 by Microsoft, as the file system for Windows NT

Windows NT

Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix. It was intended to complement...

. In 1999 Anton Altaparmakov started developing an NTFS driver for Linux. This open source project saw a great amount of evolution and became very popular.

The NTFS-3G

NTFS-3G

NTFS-3G is an open source cross-platform implementation of the Microsoft Windows NTFS file system with read-write support. NTFS-3G often uses the FUSE file system interface, so it can run unmodified on many different operating systems. It is runnable on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenSolaris, BeOS,...

 era began in 2006 when Szabolcs Szakacsits took the leadership of a new initiative to develop NTFS open source drivers for any possible platform.

When NTFS-based operating systems (Windows XP

Windows XP

Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...

, Windows Vista

Windows Vista

Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...

) became more popular and widespread, a demand for commercially tailored versions of NTFS-3G

NTFS-3G

NTFS-3G is an open source cross-platform implementation of the Microsoft Windows NTFS file system with read-write support. NTFS-3G often uses the FUSE file system interface, so it can run unmodified on many different operating systems. It is runnable on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenSolaris, BeOS,...

 grew. Then, in September 2008 Szakacsits decided to start a company called NTFS-3G Technology Ltd to commercialize the new versions of the driver.

In 2009 the company changed its name to Tuxera, which expresses the development for a wider range of platforms and file systems. In August Tuxera signed IPR and commercial agreements with Microsoft to develop exFAT

ExFAT

exFAT is a proprietary, patent-pending file system designed especially for USB flash drives. Developed by Microsoft, it is supported in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 with update KB955704, Windows Embedded CE 6.0, Windows Vista with Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows...

 drivers.

In January 2010 Tuxera announced itself as the first company to develop an NTFS

NTFS

NTFS is the standard file system of Windows NT, including its later versions Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7....

 file system for Windows CE

Windows CE

Microsoft Windows CE is an operating system developed by Microsoft for embedded systems. Windows CE is a distinct operating system and kernel, rather than a trimmed-down version of desktop Windows...

. That year the company opened a US office in Sunnyvale, California.

In September 2010 Tuxera announced a partnership with PLX Technology

PLX Technology

PLX Technology is an integrated circuit company based in Sunnyvale, California.It supplies system-interconnect silicon-based semiconductors and firmware for the enterprise communications, storage, server, compute, embedded-control, and consumer storage markets...

, and started offering the Tuxera File System Suite, which includes Tuxera NTFS, exFAT and HFS+.

Tuxera NTFS for Mac

Tuxera NTFS for Mac is a modified version of NTFS-3G

NTFS-3G

NTFS-3G is an open source cross-platform implementation of the Microsoft Windows NTFS file system with read-write support. NTFS-3G often uses the FUSE file system interface, so it can run unmodified on many different operating systems. It is runnable on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenSolaris, BeOS,...

, which allows Mac OS X computers to read and write NTFS partitions. By default, Mac OS X provides only read-only access to NTFS partitions. The current version is 2011.4.2 which was been released in August 2011. The software has full support for the new 64-bit kernels, including Mac OS X Lion.

Tuxera NTFS for Embedded Systems

It is an optimized read/write NTFS driver for Linux (including Android and MeeGo

MeeGo

MeeGo is a Linux-based open source mobile operating system project. Primarily targeted at mobile devices and information appliances in the consumer electronics market, MeeGo is designed to act as an operating system for hardware platforms such as netbooks, entry-level desktops, nettops, tablet...

) and several other platforms (Bada

Bada

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, Series 40, Nucleus RTOS

Nucleus RTOS

Nucleus OS is a real-time operating system and toolset created by the Embedded Systems Division of Mentor Graphics for various central processing unit platforms. Nucleus OS is an embedded software solution and is in an estimated 2.11 billion devices worldwide.Development is typically done on a...

, QNX

QNX

QNX is a commercial Unix-like real-time operating system, aimed primarily at the embedded systems market. The product was originally developed by Canadian company, QNX Software Systems, which was later acquired by Canadian BlackBerry-producer Research In Motion.-Description:As a microkernel-based...

, VxWorks

VxWorks

VxWorks is a real-time operating system developed as proprietary software by Wind River Systems of Alameda, California, USA. First released in 1987, VxWorks is designed for use in embedded systems.- History :...

, ThreadX

ThreadX

ThreadX, developed and marketed by Express Logic, Inc. of San Diego, California, USA, is a real-time operating system . Similar RTOSes are available from other vendors such as VxWorks, Nucleus RTOS, OSE, QNX, LynxOS, etc...

, WinCE). It works in many architectures as well: ARM architecture

ARM architecture

ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings. It was named the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that, the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in numbers produced...

, MIPS architecture

MIPS architecture

MIPS is a reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by MIPS Technologies . The early MIPS architectures were 32-bit, and later versions were 64-bit...

, PowerPC

PowerPC

PowerPC is a RISC architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM...

, SuperH

SuperH

SuperH is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by Hitachi. It is implemented by microcontrollers and microprocessors for embedded systems....

 and x86.

NTFS-3G

It is the original free-software "community edition" driver used widely in GNU/Linux distributions, including Fedora, Ubuntu, and others.

Tuxera exFAT for Embedded Systems

It is the first commercially available driver for exFAT, product of an exclusive agreement with Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

.

Partnerships

Tuxera has partnerships with several chipset manufacturers, including Cavium Networks

Cavium Networks

Cavium is a San Jose, California-based company specializing in ARM-based and MIPS-based network, video and security processors. Cavium offers processor and board level products targeting routers, switches, appliances, storage and servers.-Major acquisitions::...

, Freescale, Marvell

Marvell

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, Mediatek

MediaTek

MediaTek Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company, designing and selling components for wireless communication, optical storage, GPS, high-definition digital TV and DVD products. The company was founded on May 28, 1997...

, NXP Semiconductors, and PLX Technology

PLX Technology

PLX Technology is an integrated circuit company based in Sunnyvale, California.It supplies system-interconnect silicon-based semiconductors and firmware for the enterprise communications, storage, server, compute, embedded-control, and consumer storage markets...

.