http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/lans.html The latest LAN news, analysis and in-depth reviews and features from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/102109-first-white-spaces-live-microsoft-subnet.html The first public white spaces network officially launched on Wednesday in Claudville, Virginia. It is uses sensing technology from Spectrum Bridge with software and Web cams supplied by Microsoft and PCs supplied by Dell. The project was funded the TDF Foundation. Julie Bort 2009-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/101509johnson.html The folks over at the Femto Forum, in conjunction with the European telecommunications standards institute, recently announced a "plugfest" for March 2010. The plugfest will serve as a forum to for interoperability tests among femtocell network gateways, security gateways, femtocell access points and chipsets. Johna Till Johnson 2009-10-15T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/100609-extreme-stock-drops.html Extreme Networks' (EXTR) stock fell close to 15% Tuesday after the company lowered quarterly revenue expectations Jim Duffy 2009-10-06T02:48:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091609-hp-data-center-switches.html HP this week unveiled enhancements to its data center and campus switching portfolio designed to increase density and tightly integrate switching with blade server systems. Jim Duffy 2009-09-16T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/091609-johnson.html Innovations seem to have a natural economic life cycle: an obscure invention (say, electricity, or the internal combustion engine) sparks an entire constellation of industries, which grow exponentially for a while, then settle into a stagnant maturity. Johna Till Johnson 2009-09-16T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/lans/2009/090709lan1.html My 10-year anniversary of writing this newsletter has come and gone, and I didn’t even realize it until just now. It took me a while to pin down the exact start date. Once I did and re-read those initial newsletters, I realized I forgot to do something all those years ago, something you might expect from a new writer of a twice-weekly newsletter. Jeff Caruso 2009-09-07T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/lans/2009/083109lan2.html It feels like we’ve been talking about the IEEE 802.11n Wi-Fi specification forever, but the moment of standardization is now upon us. Does this mean it’s OK to give up our wires? Jeff Caruso 2009-09-02T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072309-wireless-burning-questions-2.html For a lot of companies, just a few users working or traveling overseas can rack up the bulk of cellular spending, for both voice and, increasingly, data. John Cox 2009-07-23T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/070609-security-it-staff.html A number of factors are increasing the challenges of keeping networks secure. One source is additional users of varying types -- including some with multiple roles -- coming onto the network. IT staff finds it must support remote workers, guests, contractors, partners, suppliers -- sometimes even competitors -- on the LAN and yet still protect sensitive corporate assets. Joe Golden, CEO of ConSentry Networks 2009-07-06T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/lans/2009/050409lan1.html In 2003, I speculated that wireless LAN technology could at some point become the preferred option for connecting to networks - that we would see wireless trump wired connections in many cases. In 2009, it looks like we're seeing that starting to happen. Jeff Caruso 2009-05-05T12:00:00-04:00