D-Link
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D-Link Corporation was founded in June
1986 in Taipei
as Datex Systems Inc. It began as a network adapter vendor and has gone on to become a designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking solutions for both the consumer and business markets.
In 2007, it was the leading networking company in the small to medium business (SMB) segment worldwide with 21.9% market share. In March 2008, it became the market leader in Wi-Fi product shipments worldwide, with 33% of the total market. In 2007, the company was featured in the "Info Tech 100", a listing of the world's best IT companies. It was also ranked as the 9th best IT company in the world for shareholder returns by BusinessWeek.
The company has 127 sales offices in 64 countries and 10 global distribution centres serving 100 countries worldwide.
D-Link operates an indirect channel model, selling through distributors, resellers, retailers, VARS, and Telcom Service Providers.
Its main competitors are Cisco
, Netgear
, and HP
.
It was founded by seven people including Ken Kao, the late Chairman of D-Link. Tony Tsao was appointed CEO and President on 21 June 2008.
It was the first wired and wireless networking company to launch the "green" technology D-Link Green. D-Link first applied the power saving technology to its unmanaged switches and later to its wireless routers. The technology works by setting any ports that are not in use to standby mode to reduce power to idle ports, in addition to fanless and variable speed fans. "Green" switches can also detect cable length and adjust power output accordingly. See Energy Efficient Ethernet
.
D-Link recently released the Boxee Box, which is a collaboration with the popular media streaming software known as Boxee
. D-Link provides its customers with the actual hardware while the software is based on the Boxee
software. The Boxee Box was released on November 10, 2010.
June
June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. Ovid provides two etymologies for June's name in his poem concerning the months entitled the Fasti...
1986 in Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
as Datex Systems Inc. It began as a network adapter vendor and has gone on to become a designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking solutions for both the consumer and business markets.
In 2007, it was the leading networking company in the small to medium business (SMB) segment worldwide with 21.9% market share. In March 2008, it became the market leader in Wi-Fi product shipments worldwide, with 33% of the total market. In 2007, the company was featured in the "Info Tech 100", a listing of the world's best IT companies. It was also ranked as the 9th best IT company in the world for shareholder returns by BusinessWeek.
The company has 127 sales offices in 64 countries and 10 global distribution centres serving 100 countries worldwide.
D-Link operates an indirect channel model, selling through distributors, resellers, retailers, VARS, and Telcom Service Providers.
Its main competitors are Cisco
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
, Netgear
Netgear
Netgear is a U.S. manufacturer of computer networking equipment and other computer hardware....
, and HP
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
.
History
D-Link Corporation changed its name from Datex Systems Inc. in 1994, when it went public and when it became the first networking company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. It is now publicly traded on the TSEC and NSE stock exchanges.It was founded by seven people including Ken Kao, the late Chairman of D-Link. Tony Tsao was appointed CEO and President on 21 June 2008.
Product range
D-Link's products are geared towards the networking and communications market. Its business products include switches, security cameras, firewalls, iSCSI SANs and business wireless, while consumer products cover consumer wireless devices, broadband devices, and the Digital Home devices (which include media players, storage, and surveillance).It was the first wired and wireless networking company to launch the "green" technology D-Link Green. D-Link first applied the power saving technology to its unmanaged switches and later to its wireless routers. The technology works by setting any ports that are not in use to standby mode to reduce power to idle ports, in addition to fanless and variable speed fans. "Green" switches can also detect cable length and adjust power output accordingly. See Energy Efficient Ethernet
Energy Efficient Ethernet
Energy-Efficient Ethernet is a set of enhancements to the twisted-pair and backplane Ethernet family of computer networking standards that will allow for less power consumption during periods of low data activity. The intention was to reduce power consumption by 50% or more, while retaining full...
.
D-Link recently released the Boxee Box, which is a collaboration with the popular media streaming software known as Boxee
BOXEE
Boxee is a cross-platform freeware HTPC software application with a 10-foot user interface and social networking features designed for the living-room TV...
. D-Link provides its customers with the actual hardware while the software is based on the Boxee
BOXEE
Boxee is a cross-platform freeware HTPC software application with a 10-foot user interface and social networking features designed for the living-room TV...
software. The Boxee Box was released on November 10, 2010.
External links
- D-Link International
- [ftp://ftp.dlink.co.uk/GPL/ D-Link source code released under GPL]
- Complete D-Link Device Listing