Smart switches provide a path for growing businesses because they are easy-to-manage and cost effective. 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 business with 200 employees and from a 500-employee company. Learn about these sub-segments of the small and medium-sized business markets and which category of switches best meets their needs.

1. The Right Foundation
for SMB Networks:
Smart Switches vs. Fully
Managed Switches
Sanjay Kumar
Director, Product Marketing
Switching Products
NETGEAR

2. Agenda
– Defining the SMB customer
– Key challenges faced by customers
– Traditional solutions
– Introduction to ‘Smart’ switches
– Comparing switching solutions
– Ideal solution
Segmentation based recommendations