Press Clips

"Plat'Home, a Japanese company, has come up with a Linux web server that weighs eight ounces, consumes 8-watt and is so small that it can fit into your hand. The OpenBlockS 600 is 5.2-inches-by-3.1-inches in size and 1.2 inches thick."

"While the OpenBlocks 600 isn't quite the same size as an iPhone, at 5.2-inches-by-3.1-inches in size, it delivers the form factor we need for embedded servers in our homes, offices, even automobiles. It's about the size of two iPhones stacked."

"In just 133x81x31.8mm the folks at Plat'Home succeed to fit a fully powered Linux server with a PowerPC 405EX CPU running at 600MHz, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 128MB of Flash Rom (32MB of user area), an internal CF Type 1 Slot (you can plug easily a 64GB CF in it) 2 Gigabit Ethernet port, 3 USB 2.0 Port 2and 2 RS-232C serial port with of course Linux Pre-Installed on it..."

"Plat'Home announced a faster version of its "OpenBlockS" heat- and dust-resistant Linux microservers. The OpenBlockS 600 offers a 600MHz PowerPC-based AMCC CPU, 1GB of RAM, and dual gigabit Ethernet ports, in a 5.2 x 3.2 x 1.3-inch box with a claimed power consumption of just eight Watts."

"A Japanese vendor is touting a lilliputian Linux Web server that weighs 8 ounces and consumes just 8 watts.
At 5.2-inches-by-3.1-inches in size -- and 1.2 inches thick -- the OpenBlockS 600 is about the size of two cigarette packs side-by-side. For non-smokers, that's two iPhones stacked on top of each other."

"We feature the green IT business made possible by the Plat'Home microserver. It is ultra-small at the size of a video cassette and consumes much less power than the standard blade servers. Systems are being developed for a broad spectrum of clients. We report on the microserver concept, the potential of the green IT market, and actual users."

"... yes the contest was 100 percent marketing, but Plat'Home claims the OMS is heat resistant and focused on taking abuse found in most environments that would kill normal servers. The idea was one of a put up or shut up, and after talking to the winners, it appears the company has made good on its claims."

"Gordon Smith of Lakewood, Colo., wanted to do a Linux project and also had a chicken coop. Obviously, they go together. His system is built around an inexpensive Webcam with infrared capability to see in the dark, along with a computer vision library to count the chickens."

"Plat'Home, a Japanese Linux company, is announcing today the winners of its "Will Linux Work?" contest. Launched a month ago, the contest challenged users to come up with interesting, challenging technology solutions leveraging Linux."

"When I had heard that Japan-based Plat'Home had announced a low-cost embedded Linux developer platform for "micro-servers" for sale in the US I immediately asked for a review sample to take a look at."

"Plat'home, the maker of some very tiny Linux boxes is conducting an online contest to solicit ideas for the most interesting and challenging conditions to successfully run Plat'Home's OpenMicroServers."

"Geeks are creative; yet, while most of their creativity is used to solve problems and create cool things, often some will choose to focus their energy on how to break things. Plat'Home says that its OpenMicroServers are known for being tough.
However, just saying that is not enough, so Tokyo-based server manufacturer Plat'Home wants to prove it."

"Considering how crowded many Japanese cities are, it's not surprising that local vendors like Plat'Home are increasingly eco-conscious. Smaller systems just make business sense.
Last quarter, Plat'Home began shipping one of those lines in the United States."

"Das japanische Unternehmen Plat'Home hat einen Überwachungsserver im Miniaturformat vorgestellt. Der lüfterlose Winzling Kanshi Blocks Pro überwacht bis zu 255 Server. Die entsprechende Monitoring-Software läuft bereits auf dem Linux-System."