NETGEAR lifetime hardware warranty for ProSafe

NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, announced that its ProSafe line of business class networking solutions now comes standard with a lifetime hardware warranty, delivering added peace-of-mind to small- and medium-sized businesses and making a definitive statement regarding the outstanding quality and reliability of its industry-leading line of ProSafe switches, security and wireless products.

Effective immediately, NETGEAR ProSafe products shipping worldwide after May 1, 2007, will be covered by a new lifetime hardware warranty that provides hardware replacement, including fan and internal power supply failures, for as long as the original customer owns the product. The new warranty applies across the ProSafe product line including NETGEAR’s Layer 2 and Layer 3 managed switches, Smart Switches, unmanaged switches, wired and wireless VPN firewalls, VPN gateways, SSL VPN concentrators, and wireless access points.

“Our customers have always counted on us to deliver networking solutions that meet their needs instantly, while providing them with the scalability to grow their network in the future. Knowing that their investments in network infrastructure hardware are protected by a lifetime warranty goes a long way. This new lifetime warranty program will undoubtedly make NETGEAR a popular solution for our clients,” said Vincent Low, Regional Director for Southeast Asia, NETGEAR.

“NETGEAR has enjoyed great success and has achieved market leadership in the SMB segment due to its dedication to delivering innovative, affordable, feature-rich networking solutions that help support the unique, demanding needs of fast-growing businesses,” explained Vivek Pathela, Vice President of Product Marketing at NETGEAR. “Even though our products are among the most reliable in the industry, our new Lifetime Warranty gives users the peace-of-mind that they can build a NETGEAR-based infrastructure that will not only support future growth, but that their investment will be protected for a lifetime.”

Additional details on NETGEAR’s Lifetime Hardware Warranty including a complete list of products covered can be found at: http://www.netgear.com/warranty

A podcast with further information on NETGEAR’s Lifetime Hardware Warranty can be found at: http://www.podtech.net/home/podtech/2851/netgear-announces-new-lifetime-warranty 

NETGEAR’s new Lifetime Hardware Warranty is a hardware-only replacement program which applies to ProSafe products shipping after May 1, 2007.  All existing product sold prior to May 1, 2007 will be covered under the previous hardware warranty. ProSafe products can be purchased through distributors, direct mail resellers, value-added resellers and e-commerce sites, with select products are available at retail outlets.