Comments on: Serving the Multicomputer Household http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:17:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Is Google going to be dominant in 2013? - Technomics http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-861412 Is Google going to be dominant in 2013? - Technomics Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:42:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-861412 <p>[...] not enjoy the same advantages that it enjoys on the desktop. With the trend of more and more people accessing the Internet on their mobile devices, Google’s overall search share will come [...]</p> [...] not enjoy the same advantages that it enjoys on the desktop. With the trend of more and more people accessing the Internet on their mobile devices, Google’s overall search share will come [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-844187 Patrick Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:10:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-844187 <p>Some of the jobs of a home server will be more and more necessary, but I doubt it will really need to look like what Microsoft has pictured. I think a NAS will be the main need. --Services like box.net and XDrive are all well and good, but they're not exactly meant for streaming audio and video files, and that's where we're going to continue to see the growth in the amount of storage space people need at home.</p> Some of the jobs of a home server will be more and more necessary, but I doubt it will really need to look like what Microsoft has pictured. I think a NAS will be the main need. –Services like box.net and XDrive are all well and good, but they’re not exactly meant for streaming audio and video files, and that’s where we’re going to continue to see the growth in the amount of storage space people need at home.

]]> By: Badi http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-843871 Badi Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:11:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-843871 <p>"The idea of a central point at home for storage and backups is very sane and space saving. I think that Microsoft is on the right track for that."</p> <p>I have missed it, Dimitrios. Is Microsoft working on the above?</p> “The idea of a central point at home for storage and backups is very sane and space saving. I think that Microsoft is on the right track for that.”

I have missed it, Dimitrios. Is Microsoft working on the above?

]]> By: Dimitrios Matsoulis http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-843604 Dimitrios Matsoulis Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:04:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-843604 <p>The idea of a central point at home for storage and backups is very sane and space saving. I think that Microsoft is on the right track for that. Realisation is another issue. I wish my old PC fans were not so noisy :-( http://electronrun.wordpress.com/</p> The idea of a central point at home for storage and backups is very sane and space saving. I think that Microsoft is on the right track for that. Realisation is another issue. I wish my old PC fans were not so noisy :-( http://electronrun.wordpress.com/

]]> By: Badi http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-843478 Badi Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:45:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-843478 <p>"In the home, where content is what matters, a full-blown VM may be too much. Instead, consumers may adopt solutions that merge the media from all of their machines and distribute it within their homes or across the Internet." Yes, Alistair. Right to the point. We shouldn't also that talking about Internet in the home, means mostly Broadband - in all its forms. Many servers don't work in this dynamic IP environemt. Unlike most applications that force us to host all our data in the clouds in order to easily distribute them among our peers and access them anytime, there is need a simple, user-friendly application runnable on our broadband machines. Imagine Microsoft Communicator 2007 server, Groove server and all their clients integrated in one simple application. Imagine the integrated application running on your broadband machine at home with an option to virtually host it remotely as back service and even host it on P2P network with a few of your trusted friends for all-time connection if you don't trust your data hosted by third arty server. Imagine an Unified Messaging service for the consumer that so simple that even grannies can use it; with a bonus that all mobile data ( Email, IM, Long Message Service, File Shaing, ...) are sent and received over IP, thus escaping the exorbitant charges from the Mobile Carriers. Imagine an Outlook application integrating all your mail accounts, Contacts management with Presence, Secure and Private Instant Messaging, Calendar, Files Sharing etc...with server-side hosted data. Imagine Yambi....., the story continues on www.yambi.com</p> “In the home, where content is what matters, a full-blown VM may be too much. Instead, consumers may adopt solutions that merge the media from all of their machines and distribute it within their homes or across the Internet.” Yes, Alistair. Right to the point. We shouldn’t also that talking about Internet in the home, means mostly Broadband – in all its forms. Many servers don’t work in this dynamic IP environemt. Unlike most applications that force us to host all our data in the clouds in order to easily distribute them among our peers and access them anytime, there is need a simple, user-friendly application runnable on our broadband machines. Imagine Microsoft Communicator 2007 server, Groove server and all their clients integrated in one simple application. Imagine the integrated application running on your broadband machine at home with an option to virtually host it remotely as back service and even host it on P2P network with a few of your trusted friends for all-time connection if you don’t trust your data hosted by third arty server. Imagine an Unified Messaging service for the consumer that so simple that even grannies can use it; with a bonus that all mobile data ( Email, IM, Long Message Service, File Shaing, …) are sent and received over IP, thus escaping the exorbitant charges from the Mobile Carriers. Imagine an Outlook application integrating all your mail accounts, Contacts management with Presence, Secure and Private Instant Messaging, Calendar, Files Sharing etc…with server-side hosted data. Imagine Yambi….., the story continues on http://www.yambi.com

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-843437 Paul Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:16:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-843437 <p>The first two comments are spot on: 1) "home server" is oxymoronic as a consumer-friendly branding concept 2) Stuff is still just more technical than it has to be (then again, tens of millions of people seem to figure out how to put sparkly animations on their MySpace pages...)</p> <p>Services are the long-term solution, but bandwidth will be a barrier for some, and bankruptcy rates are still probably higher than local hardware MTBF.</p> <p>In the mean time, the HP MediaSmart server I just bought is a few wizards (and a branding switch) away from being a great device. Nobody has to know that it uses MS Home Server.</p> The first two comments are spot on: 1) “home server” is oxymoronic as a consumer-friendly branding concept 2) Stuff is still just more technical than it has to be (then again, tens of millions of people seem to figure out how to put sparkly animations on their MySpace pages…)

Services are the long-term solution, but bandwidth will be a barrier for some, and bankruptcy rates are still probably higher than local hardware MTBF.

In the mean time, the HP MediaSmart server I just bought is a few wizards (and a branding switch) away from being a great device. Nobody has to know that it uses MS Home Server.

]]> By: Jonathan Greene http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-842792 Jonathan Greene Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:07:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-842792 <p>I'm all for a server in the home for backups and media sharing and streaming locally on the network as well as out to web to our mobile devices. The trick is finding something that can actually handle it all - I've yet to see a product that does this in a simple way and think it's still a technical sell. Regardless of MS Home Server's "book for kids" collateral at CES.</p> I’m all for a server in the home for backups and media sharing and streaming locally on the network as well as out to web to our mobile devices. The trick is finding something that can actually handle it all – I’ve yet to see a product that does this in a simple way and think it’s still a technical sell. Regardless of MS Home Server’s “book for kids” collateral at CES.

]]> By: Alan Wilensky http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-842647 Alan Wilensky Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:33:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/10/microsoft-belkin-and-others-tackle-the-multi-computer-household/#comment-842647 <p>Windows Home Server - who branded that? What a terrible concept! The early reviews have not been very encouraging. What folks need is a set of simple services to keep media safe, handy, and available for many different devices.</p> <p>Home Server? Accounts, admin, my Gawd.</p> Windows Home Server – who branded that? What a terrible concept! The early reviews have not been very encouraging. What folks need is a set of simple services to keep media safe, handy, and available for many different devices.

Home Server? Accounts, admin, my Gawd.

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