Redefining the Server as Home Networks Emerge

Forrester Research, issued a US market forecast for home servers with a more than 10-fold increase between 2007 and 2012, from 400,000 to 4.5 million units. However, Gownder says that the industry will have to state the case for more efficient storage and retrieval of home networks to the vast bulk of potential customers, even those who run home-based data-dependent businesses.