Digital Technology for Digital Living.
December 17, 2004
D-Link’s Image Of The Home Hub.
In the enterprise computing world there is an all out bun fight about where storage software should be run. In the servers, the switches or the disk. Each vendor has a better idea, depending on which of these they manufacture. It seems D-Link sees the same thing in the lounge room. The only difference is, they just might be on to something.
Companies like Dell and Hewlett-Packard, and software behemoth Microsoft envision the PC to be the cornerstone of digital home entertainment, capable of everything from video recording to wirelessly streaming music and pictures from desktops to stereos and televisions. On the other hand, firms like Sony and Panasonic are increasingly adding Wi-Fi connectivity and storage features to TVs, DVD players and Hi-Fi sets in their quest for living room dominance.
Both camps have their inherent weaknesses, Kao said. Given his firm’s expertise in networking products, it is of little surprise his key to unlocking the digital home rests in a “box” which combines the functionalities of many of today’s Internet-related appliances.
“There should be a box with everything in it. It acts as a firewall, router, switch, wireless access point, and can handle not only data but also voice, images and videos,” he said.
Now D-Link, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is. It isn’t that hard to converge these functionalities.
Story and interview with the D-Link CEO, Ken Kao, at CNet.
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