Personal servers simplify remote work

Personal servers simplify remote work: It's a bigger than a normal USB key, but you just plug it in and it takes over the monitor, mouse, keyboard and network connection of the computer. When you unplug it doesn't leave a trace.

"Realm Systems unveiled its Realm Key, which the company says will ship late this year. Realm's USB 1.1 device, the Mobile Microserver, works with the SOBA Web Services Router, which includes management applications to control and deploy thousands of pocket servers. (SOBA stands for service-oriented business architecture.) Truly a full PC on a keychain, the Realm Key packs an embedded operating system, 400-MHz processor and 256M-bytes of flash memory with a Secure Digital expansion slot for another 1G byte. The device will include an Outlook-like e-mail client, full Web browser, CRM software, file backup and management, and collaboration tools, even a full office productivity suite."