As we all know, the trend towards mobile communications among workers, students, and guests has pressed for the rapid migration from Wi-Fi hot spots for a handful of casual users to Wi-Fi networks for high performance users. When selecting the Wi-Fi solution for your organization, you need to make certain the architecture is powerful and [...] [...more]
Workers differ in their mobility needs, from sales force road warriors to board directors and IT support staff. When assessing enterprise mobility, consider:
- The need for individual and team productivity
Work/life balance objectives
Business continuity requirements
The adverse weather in January in the UK was a good test: could your people work remotely at short notice? If movement to [...] [...more]
802.11n is the most significant change since the 802.11 standard emerged, with across the board changes, including the physical and MAC layers, modulation and antennas. Enabling the standard is an Herculean task, with proposals from the volunteer group meetings eliciting thousands of comments, each resolved either by a written response declining it or text explaining [...] [...more]
Fourth Generation Wireless (4GW) is designed to overcome the constraints of older wireless deployments.
A decade and more ago wireless implementations were, of necessity, based on non-standard proprietary technologies. With the emergence of the initial IEEE 802.11 family of standards, manufacturers focused on interoperability. Wireless equipment prices plummeted and the concept became far more viable - [...] [...more]
Does your organisation work effectively on the move?
The Mobile landscape has changed. Mobile users are now demanding increased reliability, functionality and accessibility; they want “always on” access to voice, e-mail, text, and multimedia services as they roam. The rapid growth and ubiquity of WLAN deployments within cities, enterprises, and homes and the widespread adoption of [...] [...more]