craig mathias
Principal

Network World’s 2011 Cool Yule Tools – The List Has Hit the Wires (and the Wireless)

Opinion
Nov 23, 20111 min

Looking for a gift that will warm the heart of techie on your list (or, don’t be shy, perhaps yourself)? Look no further than Network World’s annual holiday gift list.

I was about to sign off for the Thanksgiving holiday here, but Keith Shaw mentioned to me that the results of many (very many!) hours of hands-on product testing for this year’s record crop (more than 150!) of Network World holiday gifts is now available. I am once again pleased to have had the opportunity to participate as a reviewer, and I also set a record, carefully testing more than 25 products. A few of these made the hits reel, so to speak, and most were just great. There are gifts in every price range here, so I urge you to take a look. As a serious techie/propeller-head/nerd/I’ve-been-called-worse, I’d be happy with almost any of these, and I’m sure almost everyone on your gift list will feel the same.

OK – now – Happy Thanksgiving to all; see you next week.

craig mathias

Craig J. Mathias is a principal with Farpoint Group, an advisory firm specializing in wireless networking and mobile computing. Founded in 1991, Farpoint Group works with technology developers, manufacturers, carriers and operators, enterprises, and the financial community. Craig is an internationally-recognized industry and technology analyst, consultant, conference speaker, author, columnist, and blogger. He regularly writes for Network World, CIO.com, and TechTarget. Craig holds an Sc.B. degree in Computer Science from Brown University, and is a member of the Society of Sigma Xi and the IEEE.

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