14 DAY TRIAL // D-Link has announced a "green" update to its small- and medium-business Gigabit Ethernet technology that comes with reduced power requirements. The energy efficiency is due to an intelligent algorithm of cutting down on power output levels at no compromise on operational performance and functionality.
The D-Link DGS-2200 series is made of desktop switches with five to eight ports. The update has brought some new features in both functionality and manufacturing process, and aims at diminishing the product's impact over the environment. The new initiative includes manufacturing environmentally-aware products, and energy optimization to meet the Energy Star certification requirements.
"The safety and integrity of our products are of great concern to us and key to our relationship with customers," Steven Joe, president and CEO of D-Link Systems. "We were proud to introduce the industry's first Green Ethernet products and are pleased to extend this leadership with the introduction of two higher port density switches," he added.
D-Link's Green Ethernet switching gear comes with significantly diminished power requirements, which is the main achievement of the update. The DGS - 2208 multi-port desktop switch is alleged to offer up to 80 percent savings in power usage while working at normal capacity.
"We will continue to seek new avenues that protect the environment and help consumers save money by offering energy efficient products," Joe added.
This achievement was possible due to the implementation of a new technology that is able to analyze the Ethernet cable's structure and length, then adjust the power usage accordingly. If regular switches make use of their full power, no mater what the cables' length is, the intelligent approach analyzes the cable distance between the two networking equipments, then pump up proportional power. According to the company, cable structures used in small offices and home environments don't get over 20 meters long, so the switch's power can go as low as 80 percent.
More than that, the intelligent switches can tell when a computer across the network is shut down, and go into an automatic standby mode for the respective port.