| Founded in 1996 and with its headquarters in | | | | |
| Santa Clara, California, Netgear is situated | | | | All of the products are attractively designed |
| within the industry of communications | | | | and enable you to connect all your home |
| equipment and is the US manufacturer of | | | | desktop computers, laptops and games consoles |
| computer networking equipment as well as | | | | to each other and the Internet. You can also |
| other computer hardware. It's main | | | | create a network between your computers. A |
| competitors stand as Linksys and D-link; | | | | network allows you to share information, |
| however Netgear stand as outselling both of | | | | applications and resources between you and |
| these companies. | | | | your family/housemates. In order to create a |
| | | | network you will need one of Netgears |
| Some of the notable products it has produced | | | | routers. |
| include: | | | | |
| | | | The latest router to be produced and |
| - Platinum II Enclosure, which won the good | | | | released, to add to a long line is the |
| design award in 2004 from Chicago Athenaeum. | | | | Netgear FVS114 prosafe VPN firewall with a |
| This case design was used in most of Netgears | | | | four port switch. This rooter is the height |
| consumer products. | | | | of technology when it come to the latest in |
| | | | Internet connection. It has one of the |
| - Digital Entertainer Media Reviewers - one | | | | highest Internet connection speeds and has a |
| of the most used line of digital receivers | | | | 10/100 mbps WAN port equipped, as well as |
| | | | being able to provide support for up to 253 |
| - SC101 storage area network device | | | | users. |
| | | | |
| The products that are produced address the | | | | With this router you are also provided with a |
| needs of a vast amount of people including | | | | CD driver, short network cable and an |
| homeowners, small businesses and medium | | | | external PSU. This router can either be |
| businesses. There is now a suite of over 100 | | | | installed via the set-up wizard or it can be |
| products, which are grouped into three | | | | not manually. |
| sections; Ethernet Networking, Broadband and | | | | |
| wireless networking. The products within | | | | Netgear channels the sale of its products |
| these sections include switches, adaptors and | | | | through mediums such as direct market |
| secure wired and wireless routers and | | | | resellers, traditional retailers, which |
| gateways. Also, as a company, they has | | | | includes 3,900 retail locations across North |
| achieved a net revenue growth each year since | | | | America including; staples, Best Buy, CompUSA |
| starting up. | | | | and Office Deport. Netgear also sells its |
| | | | products to international retailers, |
| Netgear are also partners with the following: | | | | especially ones situated in the UK and |
| | | | Germany. |
| Broadband Providers | | | | |
| | | | You can however also buy products such as |
| Netgear has a heritage of innovation and | | | | routers and adaptors from over the Internet. |
| customer-focused success that provides a | | | | Web sites such as Amazon and are regular |
| strong foundation for their complete | | | | sellers. As well as this, it also sells its |
| portfolio of Service Provider and Carrier | | | | products through broadband service providers. |
| grade solutions. | | | | |
| | | | If you are on the look out for the latest |
| PowerShift | | | | wired or wireless computer technology then |
| | | | look no further than Netgear. With over 100 |
| Netgear understand how important it is to | | | | products currently in their line of work you |
| deliver and support business networking | | | | are bound to find the piece of computer |
| solutions that continue to provide | | | | hardware that is right for you and your |
| unparalleled value to customers. | | | | needs. |