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Deres Kifle Eshete University of Notre Dame April 6, 2004

Deres Kifle Eshete University of Notre Dame April 6, 2004. Company History. founded in 1988 Janie & Victor Tsao’s garage From Taiwan – Tamkang University, Information Technology and MBA 300 employees, Irvine CA Initial investment of $7000

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Deres Kifle Eshete University of Notre Dame April 6, 2004

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  1. Deres Kifle Eshete University of Notre Dame April 6, 2004

  2. Company History • founded in 1988 Janie & Victor Tsao’s garage • From Taiwan – Tamkang University, Information Technology and MBA • 300 employees, Irvine CA • Initial investment of $7000 • Main idea - Printer to PC cables limited to 15 feet without data degrading • Working 100 hr weeks - idea to production in 3 weeks

  3. Success • Entrepreneurs of the year - 2004 • Cisco Systems Purchase for $500 Million – March 2003 • Projected revenue - $538 Million

  4. Hot Products – Wireless Adapters • WMP54G - Wireless-G PCI Card ($70) • Wireless-G (802.11g) or Wireless-B (802.11b) • protected by up to 128-bit encryption and the new industrial-strength WPA • WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook Adapter ($70) • Modulation - 802.11b: CCK (11 Mbps), DQPSK (2 Mbps), DBPSK (1 Mbps); 802.11g: OFDM

  5. Hot Products – Routers • WAP54G Wireless-G 54Mbps ($90) • Compatible with 802.11b • Industrial-strength security of WPA 128-bit WEP encryption, and MAC filtering • The MAC Address filter lets you decide exactly who has access to your wireless network. Configuration • Web browser based • WRT55AGWireless A+G Router (~$250) • both the 2.4GHz 802.11b/g and 5GHz 802.11a • Advanced features: SNMP manageability, and Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) • Powerful security: Up to 152-bit wireless data encryption (WEP), and wireless MAC address filter

  6. Hot Products – Network Camera •  WVC11B Wireless-B Internet Video Camera ($125) • Built-in stand-alone web server • Connect via wireless 802.11b or wired Ethernet • Motion detect email notification • WEP encryption up to 128 bit • Standards: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.3/802.3u

  7. Wireless Security • MAC Address Filtering • a unique series of numbers and letters assigned to every networking device. • access provided solely for wireless devices with specific MAC addresses • WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption • VPN – Virtual Private Networks • NAT Technology • translates IP addresses of a local area network to a different IP address for the Internet. • SPI Firewall e.g.. a router with a built-in firewall

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