Organization:Kensington Products Group
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The Kensington Technology Group is a technology division of ACCO Brands. The company is headquartered in Redwood Shores, a district of Redwood City, California . The German branch is located in the town of Schorndorf.[1]
Products
Kensington Technology Group sells computer accessories and peripherals such as mice, keyboards, cases for laptops and consumer electronics ( iPods, MP3 players ), power supplies and anti-theft systems for computers and electronic devices. iPad accessories are also part of the range, such as the protective KeyFolio Expert tablet case with an integrated Bluetooth keyboard.[2] The use of the accessories is aimed at both fixed and mobile workstations. Nowadays, Kensington is a leader in the field of locking systems for IT security solutions owned and marketed with the brand name MicroSaver®.[3]
History of the company
The Kensington company was founded in 1981. The first product was the so-called "System Saver", which included a fan and a mains filter for Apple, which was quite successful. Since 2005 offers the Kensington Lock, a anti-theft system for laptops and other peripherals designed in the mid-1980s[4] and patented by Kryptonite in 1999–2000,[5] later assigned to Schlage in 2002, together with a range of individual locking systems with various options to secure computing devices such as laptops, desktops, projectors, TFTs and external hard drives. It is currently a division of ACCO Brands.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Kensington Sicherheitslösungen" (in de). https://www.kensington.com/de-de/Solutions/product-category/Security/.
- ↑ Kensingtons KeyFolio Expert im Test: Universelle iPad-Schutzhülle mit Tastatur, netzwelt, retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ↑ "Kensington notebook security products site". 2022-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20220627054911/https://www.kensington.com/de-de/Solutions/product-category/Security/.
- ↑ The Computer Chronicles, The Computer Chronicles - Notebook Computers (1992), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_AB-es1pFk&t=618, retrieved 2018-12-13
- ↑ Security anchor/tether assemblage for portable articles: U.S. Patent 6,081,9746,317,936 and 6,360,405 (Cornelius McDaid, John Ristuccia, Kryptonite Corporation - priority date: 1999-06-21)
- ↑ "Kensington SAFE Security Ratings". http://us.kensington.com/html/11203.html.
- ↑ Westover, Brian (2017-06-26). "Kensington Laptop Locking Station 2.0 Review: Security, But at a Cost". https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/accessories/kensington-laptop-locking-station-20.
External links
- "Kensington notebook security products site". 2022-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20220627054911/https://www.kensington.com/de-de/Solutions/product-category/Security/.
- "Computer Products & Accessories: Locks & Docks". https://www.kensington.com/.
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