Netgear, Inc. Expands Emerging Family of Insight Managed Smart Cloud Switches with Two New 28-Port Models Offering Greater Capacity for Growing Businesses
January 09, 2018 at 02:29 am
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NETGEAR, Inc. announced that is expanding its emerging family of Insight managed Smart Cloud Switches with two new 28-port models offering greater capacity for growing businesses. Currently available as a mobile app, the remote setup, monitoring and management features of the Insight™ management solution will also become available in mid-February through the new NETGEAR Insight Cloud web portal, providing the benefit of a larger display screen for a single-pane view of all devices and locations. As an honoree in the 2018 CES Innovation Awards competition for excellence in design and engineering, the NETGEAR Insight management solution is a progressive way to instantly discover, configure, and continuously monitor and manage user network. Designed for easy remote management of NETGEARSmart Cloud Wireless Access Points, Smart Cloud switches and ReadyNAS Network Storage, Insight will now also provide support for the Orbi™ Pro Tri-band WiFi System for small businesses as of the update in mid-February. Insight Managed Smart Cloud Switches for Versatility and Lowest TCO. The two new 28-Port Smart Cloud Switches join four additional NETGEAR Insight Managed Smart Cloud Switches launched in Fall 2017, the industry’s first fully-integrated, cloud-manageable network switches for SMB. All Insight Managed Smart Cloud Switches support a full suite of advanced switching features and are ready to grow with user business to meet the needs of a fully converged network. Some of the advanced switching features include: VLANs (including Auto-VoIP & Auto-Video) and LLDP support. Port trunking /Link aggregation and IGMP snooping. QoS and priority queuing, port-based rate limiting, STP/RSTP and loop prevention. ACLs, storm control and port mirroring. Advanced per-port PoE controls, scheduling, and timers (PoE models). IPv6 management and support for future-proofing user network. IPv4 and IPv6 static routing for optimizing user network outgoing traffic (28-port models only). The Insight Managed switches are easy to set up, as user need only to plug the switch into user network and the Internet and discover with the Insight app. User can then set up policies across switches without configuring each separately. Through Insight, user see what’s connected on each switch port, port speeds, and can remotely manage PoE power including enabling and disabling PD devices from anywhere, anytime. Two Interface Options for NETGEAR Insight. The new NETGEAR Insight solution provides a unified, single-pane-of-glass view of user NETGEAR Insight network devices with easy access to both product information and support. It is the answer to the once tedious setup and configuration of devices either in individual device GUI silos or via overwhelming device management tools created for complex enterprise networks. Insight changes the paradigm with its simple multi-device configuration and cloud-based remote access to empower small businesses to manage devices from anywhere. NETGEAR Insight is available as either a mobile app for iOS and Android devices or as a Cloud web portal accessible from any internet-connected web browser. Key features covered in the Basic subscription plan include: Unified wired/wireless network management with data usage monitoring and logs. Remote access with 24/7 visibility and control of all Insight Managed devices in user network. Instant automated discovery of select NETGEAR devices and all Insight Managed devices. One-tap device registration to simplify and streamline access to NETGEAR support options. Easy-to-use network configuration across devices using user mobile device. Firmware updates across all Insight Managed devices in the network. Full remote/cloud network monitoring and management with no additional cloud controller, appliance, or PC/server necessary. Email and instant push notifications and warnings on user network and device connectivity and network health. Easy click-through to NETGEAR support for user registered devices.
NETGEAR, Inc. is engaged in providing networking technologies and Internet-connected products for consumers, businesses and service providers. The Company operates through two segments: Connected Home, and NETGEAR for Business. The Connected Home segment focuses on consumers and provides high-performance, dependable and easy-to-use premium WiFi networking solutions such as WiFi 6, WiFi 6E and WiFi 7 Tri-band and Quad-band mesh systems and routers, 4G/5G mobile products, smart devices such as Meural digital displays, and subscription services that provide consumers a range of value-added services. The NETGEAR for Business segment focuses on businesses and provides solutions for business networking, wireless local area network (LAN), audio and video over Ethernet for Pro AV applications, security and remote management. The Company conducts business across three geographic territories: the Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC).
Netgear, Inc. Expands Emerging Family of Insight Managed Smart Cloud Switches with Two New 28-Port Models Offering Greater Capacity for Growing Businesses