D-Link to Demonstrate Global Leadership in Delivering Enterprise-Class Business Solutions at Interop 2010

LAS VEGAS, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Interop, Booth #1331 -- D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for business, will display its robust, yet cost-effective mid-to-large enterprise solutions and unveil a revamped VIP Channel Partner Program during Interop, here April 25-29.

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The booth will also include a D-Link® VIP Channel Partner Center with sign-up kiosk, host guest customers discussing business implementation testimonials, present an informative 'Myth Busters' parody, and spotlight case studies that attest to D-Link's business solution strengths in healthcare, hospitality, and education.

D-Link will announce several new business solutions at Interop, including:

The D-Link xStack™ Chassis Series (DGS-8000), the company's first chassis line, is a powerful yet affordable series of switches for core-to-edge applications in mid-to-large enterprise network environments. This series of business-class network switches are the company's top-of-the-line units designed for high performance, energy-efficiency, scalability, maximum security, modular resiliency and high-availability (HA) -- features found only in more expensive competitive products.

The D-Link DSN-5000 Series of xStack SAN Arrays offer what IT and data center managers want in a storage solution:  High-Availability (HA) configuration, future-proof capacity expansion with free firmware upgrades, an easy to manage graphical user interface (GUI), energy efficiency and system virtualization. Available in three models: DSN-5110 (4 x 1GbE ports per controller), DSN-5210 (8 x 1GbE ports per controller) and DSN-5410 (1 x 10GbE port per controller), D-Link's new SAN storage solutions are designed to optimize disk-to-disk backup, archiving, video surveillance and other key applications.

The D-Link L2+ Unified Wired/Wireless Gigabit Switch (DWS-4026) is a cost-effective unified switch and access point combination packed with next-generation technology to provide optimum network performance for mid-to-large enterprises and service providers. It offers network administrators the ability to manage up to 64 D-Link Wired Unified 802.11n Access Points (DWL-8600AP) by itself, and up to 256 DWL-8600APs in a switch cluster. The full-featured DWS-4026 offers the much-needed flexibility and versatility found only in more expensive unified switches.

The D-Link 'Value in Partnership' (VIP) Channel Partner Program, aimed at providing simplicity, profitability and commitment to its resellers, will be introduced during Interop. The streamlined program provides partners with a comprehensive set of resources – certification requirements, partner portal, deal registration, loyalty rewards, operational efficiencies, marketing, and demand creation – to help maximize operating efficiencies and offer an increased value proposition. A key component of the VIP Channel Partner Program is the D-Link Certification Program, created to provide partners with sales and technical competencies required to design and sell D-Link solutions. 

About D-Link

D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for small, medium and large enterprise business networking. The company is an award-winning designer, developer and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice, data and video communications solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments.  With millions of networking and connectivity products manufactured and shipped, D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/performance leader in the networking and communications market.  D-Link Systems, Inc. headquarters are located at 17595 Mt. Herrmann Street, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708. Phone (800) 326-1688 or (714) 885-6000; FAX (866) 743-4905; Internet www.dlink.com.

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