SOURCE: D-Link Systems, Inc.
September 30, 2008 06:00 ET
D-Link Supports Computer Sciences' Research at University of California, Irvine
High Performance Data Switches and IP Surveillance Security Cameras Facilitate State-of-the-Art Studies, Ease Budget Concerns
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA--(Marketwire - September 30, 2008) - D-Link, the end-to-end networking
solutions provider for consumer and business, is helping to facilitate
studies at the University of California Irvine (UCI) Bren School of
Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) by providing network switching and
surveillance camera solutions used in cutting-edge research programs.
UCI's Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics (IGB), which conducts
studies in Genome projects that map genes and examine DNA strands, needed a
cost-effective solution for replacing outdated switching equipment to
manage large amounts of data and increase bandwidth on its desktop
computers.
University administrators opted for D-Link switches to handle the many
large data sets that the IGB department processes, and to meet some
additional internal needs.
"The D-Link equipment is definitely helping the institute to move data
around and connect clusters so data within the building travels much faster
than it does to the outside world," said Bill Cohen, director of computing
support at ICS.
For bioinformatics research that tracks human movement and foot traffic,
the institute also uses D-Link Internet Protocol (IP) surveillance cameras
to gather data and calculate activity in a six-story building. The data
will also be used to help early responders to fires and catastrophic events
determine how many people might still be in the building. When not in use
for research, the cameras are used for building security.
"When I researched a D-Link switch versus a competitor, there was a huge
difference in price and availability," said Cohen. "With the competitor we
would have had to wait a long time, a minimum of a month for some of the
switches, sometimes two. It's very difficult to tell people, 'Yeah, go buy
that and wait.'"
He said the IT staff at the IGB had to delay the deployment of a 10-system
cluster because they were waiting for a competitor's switch. Cohen now
recommends D-Link because he knows he can get delivery quickly and avoid
stalling projects.
As its equipment needs grow, ICS will continue to add D-Link switches.
"When grants for new equipment come up and departments are adding machines
to run as a cluster, I will be suggesting D-Link as a solution," said
Cohen. "D-Link helps UCI stay on the leading edge of computer science
research with state-of-the-art networking gear."
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