D-Link Named 2011 Golden Bridge Award Winner in "Best New Products and Services" Category

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link, the cost-effective, standards-based unified networking solutions provider for small business and medium enterprise IT environments, today announced that the D-Link® DSN-5000 series of iSCSI SAN Arrays has earned the 2011 Golden Bridge Award in the "Best New Products and Services" category for information technology hardware. The third annual Golden Bridge Awards is a premier business awards program that honors global companies and products for significant industry achievements.

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The DSN-5000 series is a robust storage solution that offers data managers several feature-rich capabilities including High-Availability (HA) configuration, fast transactional processing, 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for maximum throughput performance, advanced volume virtualization technology, future-proof capacity expansion, guaranteed interoperability with the IP SAN network and major server virtualization technologies, and extended product lifecycles and warranties. In addition, the DSN-5000 provides free firmware upgrades without forcing users into expensive service contracts and allows customers to source non-proprietary, off-the-shelf disk drives, keeping storage costs down.

"It is an honor to receive the Golden Bridge Award and have industry peers recognize the DSN-5000 as a high-performance, affordable storage solution with advanced capabilities," said Chris Gruber, director of product marketing, Storage Solutions, D-Link North America. "This esteemed business award underscores D-Link's commitment to technology innovation, and is a testament to our trusted global brand, which is known for delivering reliable networking solutions for homes and businesses."

The Golden Bridge Awards is an annual achievements and recognition program encompassing the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, executives and management teams, innovations, case studies, product management, public relations and marketing campaigns, and customer satisfaction programs from every major industry in the world. More than 40 judges from a broad spectrum of global industry voices participated in this year's awards program. Award recipients were honored during a dinner banquet on Aug. 10 in New York City.

About the Golden Bridge Awards

Golden Bridge Awards are an annual industry and peers recognition program honoring best companies of all types and sizes in North America, Europe, Middle-East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin-America, as well as best products, innovations, management and teams, women in business, and public relations and marketing campaigns from all over the world. Learn more about The Golden Bridge Awards at www.goldenbridgeawards.com.

About D-Link

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011, D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for home, small business, mid- to large-sized enterprise environments, and service providers. An award-winning designer, developer and manufacturer, D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, storage, IP Surveillance, and cloud-based network management.  For more information visit www.dlink.com, www.dlink.ca or connect with D-Link on Facebook (www.facebook.com/dlink) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/dlink).

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