In this LinuxDevices.com device profile, Rick Lehrbaum describes the Linux-based Servio Personal Server, the initial product from Memora, a startup company whose goal is to create a new category of home appliance: the “personal server.” Lehrbaum writes . . .

“New England startup Memora Corp. is attempting to create a new product category — the 'personal server' — and hopes to thereby grab the leadership position in that niche. A name reminiscent of 'personal computer,' the term 'personal server' is meant to convey the idea of an appliance-like device that performs a range of useful services and can be easily installed and operated by nontechnical end users in their homes.”

“Accordingly, Memora's initial product offering, the Servio Personal Server, is being billed as the first 'personal server' for the home. The Linux-based device integrates a combination of services increasingly desired in many of today's well-connected homes, including such functions as: residential gateway, firewall, (wired and wireless) network server, email services, and multimedia (and other) file storage and sharing. Plus, it offers secure external access via the Internet to email, Web pages, and designated files . . .”

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