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