NETGEAR® ReadyNAS™ NV+ Receives PC Magazine Editors’ Choice Award for Delivering an Excellent Combination of Small-Business RAID, Gigabit Throughput and Home-Oriented Media Features

NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, announced that its ReadyNAS™ NV+, a powerful, value-packed network attached storage device for small businesses and “prosumers, received the Editors’ Choice Award in a recent product review published by PC Magazine. The article, which can be viewed at http://www.pcmag.com/readynas, praised the ReadyNAS NV+ for its speed, ease-of-use and integration, scalability, system monitoring capabilities, and substantial storage capacity.

“The product has several outstanding points” wrote PC Magazine Lead Analyst Oliver Rist in the article. “Hefty storage that’s easily expandable is one – you’re not locked in to the drives that came with the device. Speed is another – the NV+ is fast. Real fast. It can actually make all this newfangled media-serving stuff work, and that’s truly impressive.”

According to the article, the ReadyNAS NV+ is a good fit for small businesses. “Setup, for example, can integrate the device into an environment with just one PC, a small workgroup, or a home setup where the PCs see each other but there’s no central server. The NAS can also integrate directly under an Active Directory (AD) domain, which is how most small business networks run.” Rist continued, “Overall, I thought this product was elegant and well thought out,” and adds, “For small business use, I’ve yet to see a better all-around NAS box – period.”

“We are thrilled to have our ReadyNAS NV+ so highly regarded by PC Magazine because it validates our efforts to provide the best-in-class NAS solution for small and medium businesses and ‘prosumers,’” said Sam Feng, Director of Product Marketing for NETGEAR’s Network Storage Business. “NETGEAR has always been focused on delivering the industry’s most feature-rich, value-packed network infrastructure solutions for the SMB sector, which gives us a unique understanding of the demands and requirements of SMB users and their IT environments. Our ReadyNAS family of products delivers a critical combination of robust feature offerings and ease-of-use, along with being well-built and class-leading in terms of performance.”