14 DAY TRIAL // Plat'Home introduced today its easy-to-use, easy-to-configure OpenMicroServer, a small and tough solution for those who need not to take intensive care of the device. The server is available from now on to North America users as well as for Japanese ones. The OpenMicroServer is the perfect solution for growing companies which have little space to install the device and will probably ignore it for long periods of time.
The Plat'Home MicroServer series has been largely used by thousands of companies in Japan and Asia since 2001. The OpenMicroServer is the latest model of the series. Shimizu Corporation, a widely recognized top 5 Japanese contractor, with $14 billion revenue a year, has been testing the server for use in high-technology disaster prevention systems. The server is the core technology in the experimental disaster prevention system of Shimizu Corporation's Safety and Security Center.
"Japan is situated on the Pacific 'Rim of Fire,' so it is important to take into consideration how technology handles earthquakes and other natural events. We needed a server that could handle extreme conditions but was not as expensive as specialized hardware," said Hideo Kobayashi, lead researcher of the Shimizu Institute of Technology Incubation Center. "Plat'Home's OpenMicroServer allows us to build safer systems for our customers."
Plat'Home OpenMicroServer has a compact design (9" x 4" x 1.3") and features Integrated Power over Ethernet (PoE). The server provides incredible stability through long-term operation up to 122?F when using PoE functionality (based on 625-day endurance test). The OpenMicroServer is powered up by a 400 MHz AMD Alchemy (MIPS) processor. As for connectivity, it comes with 2x Gigabit Ethernet ports, 1x 100MBit Ethernet (PoE capable) port, 2 USB 2.0 ports and 2 serial ports (RJ45 connector).
"The OpenMicroServer has what we like to think of as very 'Japanese characteristics.' It doesn't stand out, and it doesn't complain. It just gets the job done. This 4th generation product - selling since 2001 - fits small and large companies that need reliability," said Tomoyasu Suzuki, president of Plat'Home. "Tuck it in the server room, set it up, and you can depend on it to keep doing its job. "
Plat'Home creates devices that qualified prospective enterprise customers in the U.S. and Japan may test. The company introduced the fledgling Linux operating system to Japan since 1993, when it was founded. Its first server line was launched in 1996, while the company went public at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2000.