| 4/17/08 - NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR) is sponsoring its second SMB Solutions Summit at the Interop trade show in Las Vegas, April 29-May 1, 2008. Company executives will offer presentations on a variety of networking issues relevant to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in three sessions on three consecutive days as part of the trade show's agenda of events that are free to all registered attendees. The sessions will be held in Meeting Room Reef E/F on Level 2 of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
Interop is the industry's leading business technology event focused on the critical IT issues of the day. NETGEAR sponsors the SMB Solutions Summit in order to ensure the unique needs of this audience -- SMB network administrators and channel professionals -- are addressed as part of the Interop conference agenda. To maximize network productivity and return on investment, tomorrow's SMB networking solutions need to be reliable, dependable, easy to set up and use, and -- most importantly -- specifically optimized for this sector. "We're excited to offer the SMB Solutions Summit again this year, as it is the only event at Interop that is designed solely to address the concerns of small and medium-sized businesses," said Patrick Lo, NETGEAR's founder and CEO. "Our Summit last year secured 150 attendees at a single multi-hour conference. We're anticipating that this year's format, spread over all three days of the show, will enable even more IT professionals, system integrators, and value-added resellers to benefit from this valuable learning opportunity." The SMB Solutions Summit encompasses three distinct topics addressed in separate sessions:
Title: Building Hybrid Wired and Wireless Networks for Businesses
Speaker: Peter Newton, director of product marketing for security and business wireless, NETGEAR
Date: Tuesday, April 29, 3:15 pm-4:00 pm
Synopsis: Wireless is increasingly complementing wired infrastructures in SMBs. For wireless to work reliably, there are benefits that a controller-based architecture brings to the SMB over the prevalent standalone access point architecture. Learn how a controller-based architecture provides a wireless network experience that delivers seamless connectivity for reliable coverage, provides a single point of management for the entire wireless network, and offers security policies that can be rolled out across all access points in seconds. Title: Security in the SMB Space
Speaker: Jason Leung, senior product line manager for security, NETGEAR
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2:15 pm-3:00 pm
Synopsis: SMBs don't have a lot of extra hands, time or money to manage their network security. They need solutions to deal with a variety of threats in order to deliver a stable, secure working environment while increasing productivity for an increasing mobile and distributed work force. Learn how SMBs are answering the call for productivity, mobility, and peace of mind. Title: Smart Switches vs. Fully Managed Switches: Which is the Ideal Foundation for SMB Networks?
Speaker: Sanjay Kumar, director of product marketing for switches, NETGEAR
Date: Thursday, May 1, 11:00 am-11:45 am
Synopsis: Smart Switches provide a path for growing businesses with relevant features, while being easy to manage and cost-effective. Fully Managed switches are powerful networking tools that provide extensive features and capabilities. A business with 50 employees has significantly different switching needs than a larger SMB of 200 employees, which in turn is different from a 500-employee company. Learn about these sub- segments of the SMB market and which category of switches best meets their needs. Throughout the Interop trade show, attendees are welcome to view NETGEAR product demonstrations and benefit from instructional workshops conducted in the NETGEAR booth, Number 1343, in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
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