Sytek
| Sytek Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1984 |
| resolution | March 2, 1989 |
| Seat | Mountain View , United States |
| management | Ken Biba |
| Branch | Internet |
Sytek Inc. (later Hughes LAN Systems, Inc. ) was an American software company from Mountain View , California .
history
In 1984 Sytek developed the NetBIOS protocol, which Microsoft and IBM used as the basis for their own network software.
It is part of a cooperation agreement between "IBM Corp.", Novell Inc. and "Microsoft Corp.". On March 2, 1989, Hughes Aircraft & Co. announced that Sytec would be acquired and incorporated as "Hughes LAN Systems Inc."
See also
Web links
- United States Patent 7145906 (accessed January 28, 2010)
- The long history of SMB (accessed January 28, 2010)
Individual evidence
- ↑ IBM puts out feelers for partners: Big Blue wants to expand the PC network (accessed March 28, 2019).