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News

Location apps make strides

Location is playing an increasing role in Wi-Fi networks. Most recently, Trapeze Networks announced a location-based radio frequency firewall...

Trapeze WLAN location appliance adds firewall

Trapeze has a released an enhanced version of its wireless location-tracking appliance, now incorporating what had been a separate firewall product.

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The cost of scaling Wi-Fi capacity

Wireless LANs rarely allow for simple direct cost comparisons. In addition to variable pricing structures among vendors, one reason is that product...

When Corporate Network Safety Starts at Employees' Homes: Protecting Your Network from Home Wireless Hackers WHITE PAPER

IT managers must train their end users on wireless security, specifying wireless router hardware and configuration settings, and in some cases,...

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Wi-Fi pricing models vary widely

Recently I conducted some comparative research on how Wi-Fi vendors price their wireless LAN systems, and it was quite an eye-opener. There are...

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Drive-in ditches MPLS for cellular

A chain of drive-in restaurants trolling for a new branch office router settled on a lower-cost, higher-performing option: a remote wireless LAN...

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Wi-Fi gets personal with Mi-Fi

Sprint Mi-Fi 2200 has a 3G/Wi-Fi combination that lets users take advantage of 3G network access and provide Wi-Fi LAN coverage for as many as five...

The Future Branch Office WHITE PAPER

The branch office two years from now will be different from the branch office of today. This Special Report looks at what to expect in terms of...

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Managing your WLAN from an iPhone

Network management can be an esoteric topic that rarely yields a sexy headline. Given the difficulty in managing application performance over...

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Sprint offering $40 monthly mobile business data plan

Sprint is offering business users a mobile data program that gives them 500MB of monthly data for $39.99 a month

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'Huh?!' How to translate Wi-Fi vendor-speak

What's beamforming? Airtime fairness? When a vendor claims to support "wireless security," what kind of security are we talking about?

IT Best Practices: To Support or Not Support Consumer Owned Smartphones WHITE PAPER

Companies have historically standardized on a single smartphone platform. Of late, IT is facing pressure to support the increasing influx of consumer...

HP ProCurve converges wireless and wired network access

As wired and wireless devices of all kinds are IP-enabled, HP ProCurve introduces a single-room access devices that lets both connect to a...

AirMagnet retools WLAN applications for wireless VoIP traffic

AirMagnet has issued new versions of two wireless LAN applications, and linked them together for optimizing enterprise WLANs for VoIP traffic.

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Upcoming Palm Pre release puts Sprint turnaround plan in focus

Sprint's turnaround plan so far has featured three main components: improved customer satisfaction, WiMAX deployment and a smartphone that can go...

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