D-Link enters WAN solutions market

D-Link India Ltd, the networking major, has launched a whole range of new products and with it has moved towards providing end-to-end WAN solutions. “The range of products including Metro Access, Metro and Core Edge Aggregation and Multi-Service Access routers will cater to the needs of large enterprises and carrier class service providers,” explained Prabodh Vyas, Director (Sales), D-Link, while talking to reporters in a seminar series NetIPvision 2003, held in Hyderabad.

“D-Link has emerged as a major player in networking and communication in the Indian market of about Rs 2,000 crore,” said Vyas, elaborating that, the company has acquired two more plants in Goa, where they already have three factories. The company recorded a growth of 30 percent last year. “And the new range will further open up an estimated market of worth Rs 700 crore,” said

Vyas.

Some picks from the new range include a DVC 1000 i2eye VideoPhone, which is a stand-alone device. A standard telephone and a television connected to the DVC 1000, is plugged in a standard Ethernet network cable, connected to the broadband Internet connection and this enables one to conduct real time video conferencing. The cost of the device has been brought down to below a

lakh.

Another product DES-6300 Gigabit Backbone Chassis Routing Switch is a Layer 3 switching solution that integrates, existing routing and switching technologies into a single device and preserves the key benefits of both technologies. It provides LAN-based routing at near-switching speeds and works at the network layer. The device has the intelligence to make decisions based on Layer 3 information stored inside the packet. It helps to maximize the use of available bandwidth and is especially useful for large enterprises, spread across more than one building and more than one location. 

Another product added to the list is the DCS 1000 Internet camera which has the ability to stream live video shots over the Internet, using RJ-45 output connector and standard Ethernet cabling. Its features are specifically suited to video surveillance systems, making it possible for the user to remotely monitor home or office. To access the feed, end-users need only a Java-enabled browser and Internet access from a Windows, Mac, UNIX, or Linux machine. One can easily connect to the camera by entering its IP address in the browser. 

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