D-Link Systems, Inc. is a Taiwanese multinational manufacturer of networking hardware and telecoms equipments. It was founded in 1986 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.
Datex Systems was founded in 1986 in Taipei, Taiwan.
In 1992, the company changed its name to D-Link.
D-Link went public and became the first networking company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1994. It is now also publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
In 1988, D-Link released the industry's first peer-to-peer LANSmart Network Operating System. It was able to run concurrently with early networking systems such as Novell's NetWare and TCP/IP, which most small network operating systems could not do at the time.
In 2007, it was the leading networking company in the small to medium business (SMB) segment worldwide, with a 21.9% market share.[notes 1] In March 2008, it became the market leader in Wi-Fi product shipments worldwide, with 33% of the total market. In 2007, the company was featured in the "Info Tech 100" list of the world's best IT companies. It was also ranked as the ninth best IT company in the world for shareholder returns by BusinessWeek.[3] In the same year, D-Link released one of the first Wi‑Fi Certified 802.11n draft 2.0 Wi-Fi routers (DIR-655),which subsequently became one of the most successful draft 802.11n routers.
In May 2013, D-Link released its flagship draft 802.11ac Wireless AC1750 Dual-Band Router (DIR-868L), which at that point had attained the fastest-ever wireless throughput as tested by blogger Tim Higgins.[6]
In April 2019, D-Link was named Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure.[7]
In June 2020, D-Link joined the Taiwan Steel Group.
In 2021, D-Link announced that it had become the agent for international information security brand Cyberbit in Taiwan, and it launched the new EAGLE PRO AI series transforming home Wi-Fi experiences.
In 2022, D-Link obtained the TRUSTe Privacy seal, certification of ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and BS 10012. It also obtained the GHG Part 1 certification of ISO 14064-1 2018. Moreover, D-Link established the "D-Link Group Scholarship" with National Taiwan University of Science and Technology to encourage foreign students to study in Taiwan.
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