Bangkok--14 Feb--LEWIS PR
ProSafe 24- and 48-Port Gigabit Stackable Smart Switches Provide Scalability, Speed and Flexibility Enabling SMBs to Support Advanced Cutting-Edge Networked Technologies Without the Overhead, Cost and Complexity of a Fully-Managed Solution
NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced the expansion of its industry-leading family of Stackable Smart Switches with the launch of the ProSafe 24- and 48-Port Gigabit Stackable Smart Switches (GS724TS and GS748TS). The latest additions to NETGEAR’s ProSafe family of Stackable Smart Switches offer scalability, performance and reliability to growing businesses that require full-featured network switches to support essential business applications such as mission-critical data applications, security, Voice-over-IP and video conferencing, without the overhead, cost and complexity of fully-managed switches.
Designed to meet the network demands of growing small- and medium-sized businesses, the ProSafe Gigabit Stackable Smart Switches are equipped with 24 (GS724TS) or 48 (GS748TS) 10/100/1000 ports and four shared SFP Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports to support bandwidth-intensive applications such as ERP and large file transfers. In addition, two dedicated stacking ports provide a 20 Gbps, dual-ring, stacking bus that enables users to stack up to six switches, or 288 10/100/1000 ports, and easily manage them all under a single IP address.
Featuring an intuitive web-browser interface which provides simple, yet comprehensive management, the ProSafe Gigabit Stackable Smart Switches incorporate a complete suite of advanced features for more robust security, higher quality of service for traffic prioritization and high availability including: Access Control Lists (ACL), 802.1x port authentication, enhanced QoS, rate limiting for bandwidth management, and IGMP snooping for managing multicast streams.
NETGEAR’s ProSafe Gigabit Stackable Smart Switches, which provide robust security, quality of service and true stacking capability to provide scalability and redundancy, eliminate the complexity and cost inherent to a fully managed Layer 2 switch solution. Whereas regular stand-alone switches can be daisy-chained to accommodate additional ports, managing the daisy chain with multiple IP addresses can consume time and resources. In addition, this approach does not provide resiliency in case of switch failure.
“SMBs don’t have many tailor-made solutions to help them deal with rapid growth. In addition, businesses today are rapidly deploying advanced applications such as IP telephony, video conferencing as well as other bandwidth-intensive applications. The ProSafe Gigabit Stackable Smart Switches give SMBs a scalable, advanced, reliable and affordable solution that will enable them to support cutting edge networked applications today while providing them with the flexibility to grow the network as future requirements demand,” explained Sanjay Kumar, product line manager at NETGEAR.
The NETGEAR ProSafe 24 and 48 Port Gigabit Stackable Smart Switches (GS724TS and GS748TS) are backed by a limited lifetime warranty and 24/7 technical support. Optional NETGEAR ProSupport service offerings include advanced technical support (OnCall 24x7) and next business day hardware replacement (XPressHW). The GS724TS and GS748TS are available via leading direct marketers, e-commerce sites, and value-added resellers at a list price of US$750 and US$1,450, respectively.
About NETGEAR
NETGEAR (Nasdaq: NTGR) designs technologically advanced, branded networking products that address the specific needs of small and medium business and home users. The Company’s product offerings enable users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, digital multimedia content and applications among multiple personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices. NETGEAR is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.netgear.com or call (408) 907-8000.
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