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SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NETGEAR®, Inc., (Nasdaq: NTGR - News) a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced that its feature-packed ProSafe 48 Port Gigabit Smart Switch (GS748T) has been presented the Best Buy Award by IT Week magazine. Published in the May 2005 issue of IT Week, the ProSafe GS748T was praised for ease-of-use and setup, robust feature set and low price point.
"Network administrators will find this switch easy to configure with a plethora of options," stated the review. "We consider the Netgear ProSafe GS748T 48 Port Gigabit Smart Switch a smart business investment if your company has the need for a switch with the number of ports and the (Gigabit) capacity that this appliance offers."
"We're particularly excited about receiving the IT Week 'Best Buy' award as it validates the benefits that our industry-leading Smart Switch product line delivers to small- and medium-sized businesses," explained Peter Newton, Product Line Manager. "For about the same price as an unmanaged solution, the high-density ProSafe GS748T delivers Gigabit speeds and key switch management features such as VLANs, prioritization and trunking. In addition, we will be making available a free firmware upgrade in June 2005 that will enable all of our Smart Switches to support both Spanning Tree and SNMP v1.0 for remote management with SNMP-based software including the NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management Software (NMS100)."
NETGEAR ProSafe Smart Switches - Key management features
All NETGEAR ProSafe Smart Switches include a host of management features at unmanaged switch prices. To ensure ease-of-installation and configuration, the Smart Wizard™ Discovery Utility program automatically discovers up to 254 Smart Switches within a network for configuration. An intuitive Web-browser interface makes it easy to optimize the network by providing key switch management features including: performance monitoring, port configuration, VLAN for traffic control, port trunking for increased bandwidth, and Class of Service (CoS) for traffic prioritization. With their price/performance value, NETGEAR ProSafe Smart Switches are ideal both for upgrading unmanaged networks and for affordably extending fully SNMP-capable managed networks.
ProSafe 48 Port Gigabit Smart Switch (GS748T)
Ideal in a backbone as an affordable way to connect servers or power users, the 1U rack-mountable ProSafe GS748T features 48 10/100/1000 Mbps ports with automatic speed and full/half-duplex sensing plus Auto Uplink™ on every port, with each port capable of powering 2000 Mbps of data throughput in full-duplex mode. Four hot-swappable Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) GBIC slots for fiber Gigabit Ethernet modules provide optional fiber connectivity to enable secure, long distance connections between switches.
The ProSafe GS748T, which is available now via leading direct marketers, e-commerce sites, and value-added resellers at a new list price of $1,400 starting on June 1, is backed by a five-year warranty, 24/7 technical support, and offers optional one- three-year Premium Support Switch Service Packs.
About NETGEAR, Inc.
NETGEAR 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.
NOTE: NETGEAR®, the NETGEAR Logo, Auto Uplink, ProSafe and Smart Wizard are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for NETGEAR, Inc.:
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements concerning the expected performance characteristics, specifications, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses, user feedback and market position of NETGEAR's ProSafe family of products and technology are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the following: the actual price, performance and ease of use of NETGEAR's ProSafe family of products may not met the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers, product performance may be adversely affected by real world operating conditions, the ability of NETGEAR to market and sell its products and technology, the impact and pricing of competing products and the introduction of alternative technological solutions. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect NETGEAR and its business are detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Risk Factors Affecting Future Results", pages 17 through 25, in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 3, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2005. NETGEAR undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
