:Internet Week: Everything But Hardware: E-Smith cuts... costs by focusing solely on software
Internet Week: Everything But Hardware: E-Smith cuts... costs by focusing solely on software Jul 31, 2000, 21 :46 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (2120 reads) (Other stories by MITCH WAGNER)
"E-Smith has
taken the
concept of the
hardware
Internet
appliance to a
new level: It's
getting rid of the
hardware
entirely. Instead
of a dedicated
machine, users
insert a CD-ROM containing the
E-Smith Server and Gateway
software onto any functional Pentium
PC with at least 32 MB of memory
and about 1 GB or more of storage."
"The first thing the software does is
pose a rather pointed question: Is it
OK, the machine asks, to erase the
entire hard drive? If the user gulps
hard and consents, the software
installs a complete Red Hat Linux
installation tailored to provide Internet
access for small businesses,
including e-mail, file sharing and Web
site serving for up to 500 end users,
said E-Smith CEO Joe Morrison."
"Connecticut Hospice, a facility in
Branford, Conn., uses E-Smith as an
internal mail server and for the
company intranet. It serves 350
internal office workers and 85 nurses
in the field. Internal employees
access the system over the LAN, and
mobile workers use their own Internet
connections to access their e-mail
with POP3."
