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Home Server vs. the Cloud: Connecting Digital Devices

Parks Associates predicts that in the home of the future, one method will not dominate the other -- i.e., cloud media versus media server -- but instead, an adaptive scenario will evolve, bringing in aspects of both systems, creating a completely new networking ecosystem for the home.

From the article, "Home Server vs. the Cloud: Connecting Digital Devices" by Kurt Scherf

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