Feeling inspired? Tell us how a home server would bring peace of mind to YOUR life—or why you really want one—in a haiku, and we'll enter your name in a contest to win one of three new home servers for the holidays.

Powered by Intel Inside® and Microsoft® Windows® Home Server software, today's home servers make it easier than ever to protect and share the data on your home PCs, as well as access your digital music, videos, photos and files at home or on the go. Home Servers provide a powerful way to share and stream your digital media. Everything digital is now within easy reach—organized, simplified and convenient.

Today's home servers give you a more secure, easy way to manage your digital life. And that's inspiring enough to write home about—so why not write a haiku while you're at it for a chance to win a home server. Ah...we can hear you breathing deeply already!

Prizes:

Three first prize winners will win a Home Server powered by Intel Inside® and Microsoft® Windows® Home Server software, ten second prize winners will win a Microsoft Zune* HD 16 GB digital audio player, and ten third prize winners will win a 1 TB Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drive.

Contest Details:

  • The contest begins Nov. 16th, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. and ends Dec. 11th, 2009 at 11:59 p.m.
  • One entry per e-mail address
  • You must have a Twitter account to enter
  • 100 entries will be randomly drawn at the end of the contest
  • 23 of the 100 random entries will be judged and selected as winners
  • Winners will be notified by telephone within 10 days after the end of the contest and winning Haikus will be posted on www.intel.com/go/storage
  • Intel and Microsoft may post Haiku entries online and will assume ownership of them
  • Please see complete contest rules

Congratulations to the Winners:

We would like to thank all who participated in the "Win a Home Server" contest. Submission of entries is now closed.

Below is the list of winners. Top prize haikus are shown in red.

My little server / Sits quietly on my desk / Serving peace of mind

Definition: A haiku is a three line, one stanza, traditional Japanese poem lacking rhyme and metaphor; the first line must have 5 syllables, the second line 7, and the third line 5.

Example of Haikus:

Now who would have thought
My trusty hard drive would die
Without a goodbye?

I sent friends a link
Now they share my best photos
On my home server

Life is simple now --
Everything organized.
Got a home server!

Movies, photos, files
Gigabytes filling my disk
Need a home server

I love my photos
Must keep them safe and secure
Need a home server

Peace of mind brought to you by:

www.intel.com/go/storage
www.microsoft.com/windowshomeserver

For more information about prizes:

HP

ASUS

Western Digital Hard Drive
Microsoft Zune