NetFlash: WiMAX promises breakthrough in broadband access

Opinion
Oct 15, 20032 mins

It sounds like a movie theater technology, but WiMAX instead is a wireless broadband access standard that vendors are busily turning into products. With greater range and bandwidth than any kind of Wi-Fi, this wireless access technology could make the cost issues associated with running broadband lines go away. WiMAX promises breakthrough in broadband access http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1015wimaxpromi.html?net

It sounds like a movie theater technology, but WiMAX instead is a wireless broadband access standard that vendors are busily turning into products. With greater range and bandwidth than any kind of Wi-Fi, this wireless access technology could make the cost issues associated with running broadband lines go away.

WiMAX promises breakthrough in broadband access

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HotBrick debuts dual-WAN security boxes with managed service

Some may say dual WAN connections on a small-office firewall are overkill, but start-up HotBrick argues that such capabilities and more can be had for much lower prices than in the recent past.

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EMC offers $1.7 billion in stock for Documentum

Storage system vendor EMC Tuesday announced that it plans to acquire content management specialist Documentum in an all-stock deal valued at $1.7 billion.

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IBM buys CrossAccess to boost integration software

IBM has agreed to buy CrossAccess, an integration software developer whose technology IBM plans to incorporate into its DB2 Information Integrator product.

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