The company unveils cloud-managed products and a line of high-definition IP surveillance cameras.
Unified
networking solutions provider D-Link announced a line of cloud-managed
products, including the DAP-3525 AirPremier N Dual Band Exterior PoE Access
Point powered by CloudCommand, Insight and the DIR-605 Fuzion broadband
aggregation router, which leverage cloud-based automation for remote
configuration and monitoring, resiliency, load balancing, and security
management that can be outsourced or handled internally.
The
D-Link line of WiFi products powered by CloudCommand has been expanded with the
DAP-3525 for outdoor deployment and offers features including selectable dual-band
2.4/5GHz for flexible IEEE 802.11n performance of up to 300M bps; 802.3af Power
Over Ethernet (PoE) support; secure, segregated guest access with control
privileges for each user; and a one-year subscription to CloudCommand Cloud
service.
Utilizing
the company's DES/DGS-1210 series Web Smart switches, Insight provides a choice
of two levels of monitoring individual client computer security compliance:
Insight Basic and Insight Plus. Basic offers tracking of devices connected to
the switch by MAC address, IP and switch port, DHCP OS fingerprinting to
authenticate DHCP and DNS servers, routers/gateways and clients, automatic
configuration management with backup of switch settings, and restoration and
notification alerts indicating change in device connectivity to the network.
Insight
Plus includes the Basic functionality plus active security monitoring of
individual connected devices and extended OS fingerprinting functions, including
Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) for visibility into the compliance of
clients to security policy and reports of compliance with Windows and Mac
clients for OS updates, antivirus updates and firewall status.
The
DAP-3525 is available for $999.99 with a one-year Cloud Service subscription
and renewal price of $99.99 per year, while Insight Basic and Insight Plus are
offered on DES-DGS-1210 series Web Smart switches through yearly subscriptions
starting at $49.99 and $179.99, respectively. The DIR-605 Fuzion is available
for $399.99 with a one-year Cloud Service subscription and renewal price of
$299.99 per year per router.
The
company also expanded the range of its IP surveillance camera portfolio with
the DCS-6511 dome network camera, the DCS-7110 outdoor network camera, and the
DCS-5605 wired and DCS-5635 PTZ wireless network cameras. The cameras include
D-ViewCam, software that allows users to manage up to 32 network cameras, set email
alert notifications, create recording schedules and use motion detection to
record directly to network storage.
The
DCS-6511 is a hardened dome camera that connects to the network to provide
video recording and live viewing over the Internet. This camera features
built-in IR LEDs and ICR technology to assist in low light and features support
for multiple simultaneous streams. The DCS-7110 is an outdoor network camera
equipped with HD megapixel resolution and includes anti-tamper features with an
electronic tamper detection system.
The
DCS-5605 and DCS-5635 feature motorized pan, tilt and optical/digital zoom; the
DCS-5605 offers Ethernet PoE, and the DCS-5635 includes both PoE and built-in
wireless 802.11n connectivity. The DCS-7110 ($525.99), DCS-5605 ($899.99) and
DCS-5635 ($999.99) are currently available, and the DCS-6511($959.99) will be
available in June 2011.
Nathan Eddy is Associate Editor, Midmarket, at eWEEK.com. Before joining eWEEK.com, Nate was a writer with ChannelWeb and he served as an editor at FierceMarkets. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.