Western Digital’s NetCenter costs between $210 and $330. It can work with Macs and Windows PCs simultaneously.
Netgear’s Storage Central SC101, which costs $130, is a networked housing built to support two standard PC drives (sold separately or bundled, at extra cost, with the device). It is about half the size of a shoebox and has a rounded pot-belly look with four stubby feet.
Maxtor’s Shared Storage costs $280 to $500. Its software works on both Macs and Windows PCs.
Seagate Technology’s Mirra costs $280 to $500. It is so large it could be mistaken for a desktop PC.
Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
