NetFlash: Complete update on WLANs

Opinion
Mar 15, 20053 mins

* Technology Insider: Wireless * Johnson & Johnson tackles security pain * Foundry offers Ethernet wares for metro area carriers, large enterprises * IBM to buy Ascential for $1.1 billion * Network World Renovator Award: Call for Entries * Today on Layer 8

Wireless LANs are a moving target. Cisco’s purchase of Airespace, the emergence of 802.11i and the overlap with cellular are all keeping WLAN technology in flux. Get up to date on all these trends in this week’s Technology Insider. Online bonus: our WLAN buyer’s guide. Technology Insider: Wireless http://www.nwfusion.com/techinsider/2005/031405tiwireless.html?net

Wireless LANs are a moving target. Cisco’s purchase of Airespace, the emergence of 802.11i and the overlap with cellular are all keeping WLAN technology in flux. Get up to date on all these trends in this week’s Technology Insider. Online bonus: our WLAN buyer’s guide.

Technology Insider: Wireless

https://www.nwfusion.com/techinsider/2005/031405tiwireless.html?net

Johnson & Johnson tackles security pain

The company: Johnson & Johnson. The problem: Get business partners access to its network while maintaining appropriate security. The solution: Well, read the full case study to find out.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/031405-johnson-johnson.html?net

Foundry offers Ethernet wares for metro area carriers, large enterprises

Foundry this week launched a router and switch products aimed at the core and edge of carrier metropolitan-area networks.

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0314foundry.html?net

IBM to buy Ascential for $1.1 billion

IBM has agreed to buy data integration software maker Ascential Software for about $1.1 billion in cash, the companies said Monday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0314updat-ibm.html?net

Network World Renovator Award: Call for Entries

Have you overhauled your network and realized a substantial return on the investment, discovered a significant new business opportunity or found a creative way to leverage technology?  If so, get in the running for Network World’s new Renovator Award, the top winners of which will be honored at a celebration in Las Vegas during the NetWorld+Interop conference, May 3-5. Entries will be judged by a panel of Network World editors, columnists and industry experts. Winners will be presented an award at the celebration and profiled in a subsequent Network World article. Stand up and be counted! Award Sponsor: Juniper Networkshttps://www.nwfusion.com/renovator2005.html?net

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