| 4/29/08 - D-Link plans to show off its latest product solutions for network switching, security, surveillance, wireless, storage and IP-based telephony when Booth 1813 turns into a virtual business networking scenario at Interop 2008 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas April 29 to May 1.
Recognizing the need for growing small to medium-sized businesses (SMB) to tighten their belts in a weakened economy, D-Link is using the annual event to demonstrate how its cost-effective solutions allow SMBs to stay competitive by maintaining and expanding their computer and IP networking capabilities with the latest technology at the most affordable pricing. IP Networked Video Surveillance Advancements in digital video cameras have taken video surveillance to a new level as more businesses and organizations are finding the cost-effective investment a necessity for securing their property and personnel at the workplace. Using D-Link's IP video surveillance solutions, business owners or IT managers can monitor, store and archive video with audio across private data networks. With D-ViewCam™, D-Link's IP camera management software, there is access to a wide range of automated software settings and alert systems that make security management more efficient, less costly and more intelligent. D-ViewCam supports up to 32 cameras and offers numerous functions to allow event and motion triggering. Local and remote monitoring is provided to those with the proper access credentials using a standard browser that can monitor video as well as control and configure the cameras from any location that has Internet or private network connectivity. Key to any large-scale surveillance solution is storage and retrieval of video footage. D-Link's xStack™ iSCSI storage fills this need by offering up to 15 TB of networked storage. The cameras, storage and server tie together through a D-Link managed switch using VLANs and will be demonstrated in the D-Link booth. D-Link offers a wide variety of IP cameras, with video only, audio/video and two-way audio with speaker attachments and built-in microphone options for both indoor and outdoor applications, along with enclosures to protect them against extreme weather conditions. The newest IP cameras on display are the D-Link DCS-5610 pan/tilt/zoom with power over Ethernet (PoE) and the DCS-3410 with day and night monitoring, PoE and optional iris lens. The Freedom of Wireless D-Link offers every component for the ideal converged wired and wireless network in any business environment, including switches and access points (APs). The company's xStack family of switches includes the DWS-3227P 24-port gigabit unified wireless switch with 10-gigabit uplinks, DWS-3227P with power over Ethernet (PoE) and 48-port DWS-3250. All support management through the graphic user interface (GUI) command line interface (CLI), and most are stackable. An easy-to-implement and affordable wireless switching solution is the DES-1228P Web Smart™ switch when used with DWL-3140AP thin APs. The D-Link DES-1228P is the first smart switch in the industry to offer wireless features without adding to the cost. It does not require wireless license keys or user royalty/premium add-ons that are typically used by wireless controller vendors. D-Link will also be unveiling a variety of APs featuring draft 802.11n technology for better bandwidth and coverage, multiple operational modes and flexible management and PoE capabilities.The desktop DAP-2553 or plenum-rated DAP-2590, for instance, are designed for SMBs looking or a switchable dual band (2.4Ghz or 5Ghz) AP that is backwards compatible. Stay tuned this summer; Microsoft, together with D-Link, will release a free upgrade to the current Response Point phone system software. Response Point SP1 will enable small businesses to easily supplement their existing phone service with VoIP services, allowing our customers to scale much more rapidly and cost-effectively than with traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN) lines. Focus on Security D-Link booth visitors also will get a demonstration of the company's end-to-end solutions for network security across the full product line. D-Link's family of network appliances are secured by the company's NetDefend™ Firewalls, a comprehensive suite of security features that are structured into a dedicated integrated platform, NetDefendOS. The operating system seamlessly integrates virtual private network (VPN), intrusion detection and prevention (IDP/IPS), gateway anti-virus, anti-spam and web content filtering, traffic management, and high availability. D-Link's firewall products offer an innovative end-point security technology, ZoneDefense™, that works in conjunction with D-Link switches. When the firewall product detects a threat from within a network, such as worms, this unique defense mechanism will command the switch to shut down the port where the attack is originating from, thereby preventing further corruption. D-Link xStack switches also address security problems such as IP/MAC Spoofing, Man-in-the-Middle attacks, rogue DHCP server, network looping, virus/trojans/worms/DoS attacks. The NetDefend Firewall series recently received certification from the standards-setting ICSA Labs, the central authority for research, intelligence and certification of tested products for the industry worldwide. These products include DFL-210, DFL-800 and DFL-1600. Honeywell D-Link has teamed up with Honeywell to implement a fail-safe video surveillance infrastructure for casinos and other businesses where uptime is critical. Honeywell will be present with their surveillance equipment featuring D-Link advanced switches.
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