<s>
iFolder	B-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
application	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Novell	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
intended	O
to	O
allow	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
file	O
sharing	O
across	O
computer	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iFolder	B-General_Concept
operates	O
on	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
shared	O
folders	B-Application
,	O
where	O
a	O
folder	O
is	O
marked	O
as	O
shared	O
and	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
folder	O
are	O
then	O
synchronized	O
to	O
other	O
computers	O
over	O
a	O
network	O
,	O
either	O
directly	O
between	O
computers	O
in	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
fashion	O
or	O
through	O
a	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
allow	O
a	O
single	O
user	O
to	O
synchronize	B-Application
files	I-Application
between	O
different	O
computers	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
between	O
a	O
work	O
computer	O
and	O
a	O
home	O
computer	O
)	O
or	O
share	O
files	O
with	O
other	O
users	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
people	O
who	O
are	O
collaborating	O
on	O
a	O
project	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
iFolder	B-General_Concept
is	O
actually	O
a	O
project	O
called	O
Simias	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
Simias	O
which	O
actually	O
monitors	O
files	O
for	O
changes	O
,	O
synchronizes	O
these	O
changes	O
and	O
controls	O
the	O
access	O
permissions	O
on	O
folders	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
actual	O
iFolder	B-General_Concept
clients	O
(	O
including	O
a	O
graphical	O
desktop	O
client	O
and	O
a	O
web	O
client	O
)	O
are	O
developed	O
as	O
separate	O
programs	O
that	O
communicate	O
with	O
the	O
Simias	O
back-end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
conceived	O
and	O
developed	O
at	O
PGSoft	O
before	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
Novell	O
in	O
2000	B-Application
,	O
iFolder	B-General_Concept
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Novell	O
on	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2001	O
as	O
a	O
software	O
package	O
for	O
Windows	O
NT/2000	O
and	O
Novell	B-Operating_System
NetWare	I-Operating_System
5.1	O
or	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
forthcoming	O
Novell	B-Operating_System
NetWare	I-Operating_System
6.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iFolder	B-General_Concept
Professional	O
Edition	O
2	O
,	O
announced	O
on	O
March	O
13	O
,	O
2002	O
and	O
released	O
a	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
and	O
web	O
access	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
and	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
iFolder	B-General_Concept
won	O
a	O
Codie	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
after	O
their	O
purchase	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
software	O
companies	O
Ximian	O
and	O
SUSE	O
,	O
Novell	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
releasing	O
iFolder	B-General_Concept
as	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
version	O
of	O
iFolder	B-General_Concept
would	O
use	O
the	O
Mono	B-Application
framework	I-Application
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
ease	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iFolder	B-General_Concept
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
22	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Novell	O
announced	O
that	O
iFolder	B-General_Concept
Enterprise	O
Server	O
is	O
now	O
Open	O
Source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
2	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Novell	O
released	O
iFolder	B-General_Concept
3.7.2	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
Mac	O
client	O
for	O
10.4	O
and	O
10.5	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
improved	O
client	O
lineup	O
this	O
version	O
supports	O
SSL	O
,	O
LDAPGroup	O
Support	O
,	O
Auto-account	O
creation	O
,	O
iFolder	B-General_Concept
Merge	O
,	O
and	O
Enhanced	O
web	O
access	O
and	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iFolder.com	O
website	O
has	O
been	O
completely	O
redesigned	O
with	O
no	O
references	O
to	O
the	O
earlier	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
