NETGEAR, a global networking company that delivers products to consumers, businesses and Internet service providers, has announced its first centralized network management console for its business products and a 10 Gbps managed switch.
These two newest products demonstrates the company’s commitment to business class networking products that deliver high performance with less complexity at price points below those of solutions from traditional enterprise vendors, according to company officials.
“The products give IT managers the power to control their network and get the speed and reliability that, before now, only the big enterprises could afford -- the NETGEAR networking products are simply smarter solutions for business IT,” said Shane Buckley, senior vice president and general manager of SMB Products Business Unit at NETGEAR.
With the new NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System (NMS200), customers can discover, configure, monitor and manage all NETGEAR Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches on their network from a single interface.
Company officials said that the ProSafe 24-port 10 GE Managed L2+ Switch (XSM7224S) provides 10 Gbps server performance. Also, it provides scalability across the network. The company plans to expand ProSafe Network Management System in future releases to manage other NETGEAR products.
Designed specifically for IT managers, ProSafe NMS200 provides a cohesive tool to manage the NETGEAR devices on the network. Company officials said that it’s the first unified management platform that can provide customers control across NETGEAR switching, wireless, storage and security products on the network.
The new NMS200 provides monitoring and configuration functionality for improved ease-of-use. Company officials said that from the moment a business user sets it up, the software automatically discovers supported NETGEAR products and brings them online so their performance can be managed and monitored 24x7. It comes with a single console for extensive visibility, granular control and seamless automation across an entire business network.
Company officials said that the switch meets all the requirements needed to run a 10 Gbps data center, enabling higher server performance in virtualized networks and the ability to connect multi-10GE attached storage products such as the NETGEAR ReadyNAS 4200.
The ProSafe NMS200 is expected to be available in October 2010 with several license options that support the number of devices a business may have on their network. And, company plans to make available ProSafe XSM7224S in December 2010.
Earlier this month, NETGEAR introduced the NeoTV 350 HD and NeoTV 550 Ultimate HD Media Players as the flagship products in the NETGEAR AV Series.
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