BARCELONA, Spain -- SMC Networks (www.smc.com) today announced the shipment of SMC’s newest Gigabit workgroup switch, the 28-port TigerSwitch™ 1000 (SMC8728L2). They are designed to turn today’s common unmanaged data networks into intelligent, multimedia-rich converged Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructures with huge performance advances and built-in economic benefits. The new Layer 2, fully-managed 28-port Gigabit Ethernet switch with two 10 Gigabit uplinks for future upgrade options is available now, at an SRP of € 980

The TigerSwitch 1000 (SMC8728L2) provides 24 RJ-45 plus four SFP ports in an efficient single chip switching solution and is the newest in SMC’s family of efficient, high-performance Gigabit switches. The technology used to build the SMC8728L2 TigerSwitch 1000 allows it to operate 28 channels simultaneously, while maintaining full Gigabit wire speed performance on each channel.

“This latest 28-port TigerSwitch 1000 Managed Gigabit switch joins the 48-port TigerSwitch 1000 introduced last year, bringing the level of price/performance that will allow the upgrade of unmanaged data networks into intelligent, multimedia-rich converged infrastructure,” said SMC Product Manager, Iain Kenney.

SMC Networks Inc.