NETGEAR, Inc., was incorporated in Delaware on January 8, 1996. The company is a global networking company that provides innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers. The company's business is now managed in three specific business segments: retail, commerce and service delivery. The retail segment consists of high-performance, reliable and easy-to-use home networking, storage and digital media products that connect users to the Internet and their content and devices. The business sector consists of business networking, storage and security products that do not have the cost and complexity of information technology. The service delivery sector includes custom and retail, with entire home network products sold to service providers and then to their customers.