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D-Link’s Pitch: We’re Cheaper Than Cisco
D-Link Systems Inc. wants to sell more to businesses that have tighter purse strings these days.The Fountain Valley-based maker of networking gear, part of Taiwan's D-Link Corp., is pitching its routers and other products as a cheaper way for budget-conscious businesses to expand their networks.The company's selling point: We're cheaper than Cisco.D-Link's less expensive prices could appeal to small and midsize companies that have seen their businesses slow this year, crimping their ability to spend on technology.They also appeal to resellers-tech shops that sell and install computer gear at businesses-which keep more of the profits on D-Link sales.Targeting businesses is a bit of a switch for D-Link, which is better known for selling to consumers and home-based businesses."We have two different models we are running now, two different faces," Chief Executive Steven Joe said. "D-Link is well known in the consumer sector, which we started here in Fountain Valley a dozen years ago. But we've actually been involved hi the business sector for 22 years."D-Link's Taiwanese parent got its start selling to businesses through resellers, according to Joe.The Business Journal estimates D-Link's local operation, which has some 300 workers, sees about $1 billion in sales a year.The bulk of D-Link's U.S. revenue comes from switches, routers, modems and network adapter cards sold at electronics stores and by online retailers.Products aimed more squarely at businesses -- network switches, extra data storage and security cameras -- are a small, growing part of D-Link's sales, Joe said.The company's main competitor for consumers is Jjvine-based Cisco-Linksys LLC, an independently run division of Cisco Systems Inc. that sells through electronics retailers.For sales to smaller businesses, D-Link also competes with Linksys but more so with Cisco itself, as well as with Marlborough, Mass.-based 3Com Corp."As for the technology, we've been working on it to meet business...
Simple Approach to Linux Wireless
(Column) - Wireless connectivity on any Linux distribution that is not pre-bundled with existing hardware is a bit of a crapshoot. And yet I would be the first to point out that despite much of the nonsense about it being necessary to either compile a driver from source or worse, falling back into a Windows mindset so as to rely on Windows wireless drivers via NDISWrapper is never the only option.
Gemtek Adopts Black Duck Software’s Protex as Policy Framework for Hybrid Product Development (Centre Daily Times)
Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software, today announced that Gemtek, a world-leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, has deployed the Black Duck(TM) Protex platform to manage their hybrid product development process -- or development that involves the assembly of ...
BlueLounge CableBox - Reviewed
By Martin RegtienContributing Writer, RealTechNewsA little over twelve months ago DigitalReviews came across BlueLounge, a company that specialises in simple solutions to daily problems. Previously we reviewed The Sanctuary and fell in love with it. The Sanctuary remains one of the favourite items this reviewer has the pleasure of reviewing.Now BlueLounge has generously provided a [...]
US-INDUSTRY Summary (Reuters)
Reuters - The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday proposed halving the minimum opening bid on a piece of valuable wireless spectrum, but several commissioners expressed doubt that the plan would work, after an earlier auction failed to attract industry interest. The five-member FCC approved a plan devised by agency Chairman Kevin Martin, cutting to $750 million a prior $1.3 billion minimum bid and easing other requirements.
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