{"id":5578,"date":"2007-06-05T14:39:33","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T14:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/kenati.html"},"modified":"2007-06-05T14:39:33","modified_gmt":"2007-06-05T14:39:33","slug":"kenati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/technology\/kenati.html","title":{"rendered":"Kenati"},"content":{"rendered":"
Although my home may look very neat and organized, it is in fact a an absolute mess. I am not talking about the normal objects which create mess — paper and clothes; I am talking about devices.<\/div>\n
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I have gadgets and wireless headsets of all types laying around. I have a USB hard disk, multiple laptops, an iMac, a phone which plays music, two phones which take photos and videos and myriad other devices which do different things. I have a Nokia N800 web tablet to browse the web from the couch and finally I have files, files everywhere.<\/div>\n
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My (electronic) home life is frankly a mess. I bet I am not alone. As hard disks get bigger and we take more and more digital photos, managing this motley assortment of files is becoming a massive task. Add to this the various iPods people have, the iPhone, the RAZRs and WiFi telephony handsets and you have a recipe for domestic chaos.<\/div>\n
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Enter Kenati Technologies, a company looking to make order out of the device and file chaos in your home. They even manage your VoIP calls.<\/div>\n
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I recently caught up with Andy Chinmulgund the company’s CEO and he explained how Kenati Technologies has a product called myHome which helps manage your digital life.<\/div>\n
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Kenati’s open-source application run on residential gateways and has a companion application for the PC. When it is fired up it does a search on the network for all attached devices such as video games, NAS, and files.<\/div>\n
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It then catalogs the files based on content and file type. Metadata is extracted dynamically I am told.<\/div>\n
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One feature of the solution worth mentioning is file sharing which is much better than typical home network file sharing. Rather than having to deal with port forwarding you have a wizard which guides you through the process of setting this up.<\/div>\n
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You are able to share the files you want and even require password access. You can even generate a URL which you can send to relatives and friends. The URL registers dynamically with dns.org.<\/div>\n
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In addition there is access control built in to keep the kids off inappropriate sites and home security is coming soon.<\/div>\n
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So what we have here is a CPE\/software solution which allows you to share files such as video without having to upload them to a site where there is no security. You also get file and device management. Really, you get full network management for the home.<\/div>\n
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The target market is OEMs, end users and service providers.<\/div>\n
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Kenati Technologies has a really interesting solution and should have a higher profile. You may want to check out the company’s site<\/a> to help put an end to the massive device and file clutter you have in your home life. After all, a gadget-healthy home is a happy home.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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