January 2003: ApplianceWare releases version 5.2 of the OptiNAS appliance software and the policy engine within the ApplianceWare product combining affordable, full-featured NAS software and enterprise level management [new]
December 2002: ApplianceWare announces CIM based object and service management and WBEM support with ApplianceWare to SNIA
December 2002: ApplianceWare announces testing of Linux TOE support for the OptiNAS product and plans to reach the fastest SpecNFS v3 numbers in mid-range NAS products
October 2002: ApplianceWare release version 5.1 of the OptiNAS software with Windows ADS and ACL support and logical volume management with snapshots
September 2001: ApplianceWare is granted patent for security implementation across multiple appliances