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Welcome to the Wireless Enterprise

Overview This helpful primer on the basics of wireless LAN technology for the enterprise environment addresses the emergence of IEEE 802.11b as the standard for the both corporate and home wireless markets. Gain insight into current environmental issues that may affect WLAN deployments. Examine channel requirements and read an analysis of wireless productivity gains. You'll also learn more about the various wireless applications and get an update on the latest security issues.

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Publisher	Cisco	File Format	HTML
Date Published	March 2004	Downloads	3
Format	White Papers
Topics	Wireless LAN, Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), Infrastructure Management, Mobile - Wireless Communications, Disaster Recovery, Wi-Fi (802.11), VPNs

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Ovum View: BT in pole position for wireless LAN

Whatever the motive, the rumour turned out to be true and BT along with its technical partners in this enterprise, Cisco and Motorola, plans to launch the UK's first public access wireless LAN (WLAN) network in June 2002.

Channel:
Comment & Analysis

The Ovum View: The wireless LAN security nightmare

Wireless LAN, whether based on the IEEE 802.11 or the Bluetooth standard, is a security nightmare. It often includes the parking lot and public roads - leading to the phrase 'drive by hacking' to refer to WLAN interception.

Channel:
Comment & Analysis

The Ovum View: The end of paid-for public WLAN?

There are two basic business models for public WLAN (PWLAN) service provision: you charge folks for using it or you don't. Slowly, due to this competitive pressure, all hotels would migrate to offering free public WLAN services.

Channel:
Comment & Analysis

Pipe dream? Welcome to the converged office of the near future

That's because unified communications is about to thrust itself into the office of the future with the emergence of converged networks where voice, data and video all use the same IP pipe. A handy feature of the WLAN IP phone is that a company...

Lack of IT spend strangling business Wi-Fi

Randy Guisto, vice president, personal technologies and services at IDC, said in a statement: "In lean economic times, providing a wireless LAN is a low priority for many IT organisations, while lower price points on wireless access points has...

Channel:
Mobile & Wireless

Wi-Fi fights back against WiMax with 100Mbps

Ajay Mishra, manager of the WLAN service providers solution desk at Cisco, said Wi-Fi has already become a must-have for the enterprise. Wireless LAN has really moved to business critical," he said. What this is doing is driving wireless LAN...

Channel:
LANs
Tags:
wi-fi alliance,
wimax,
wi-fi

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Publisher:
ZDNet UK

Telecom 2.0: Mind over matter

ntl:Telewest Business believes that the role of the telco is evolving. Gone are the days when it was enough to simply focus on circuits and minutes, customers now need a far higher degree of interaction and look for suppliers who will talk business solutions with them.

Publisher:
ntl:Telewest Business

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

In today's fast-paced world, access to real-time data has never been more important. To be successful, organizations need to be able to report and analyze corporate data quickly and easily, regardless of what applications created the data, what platform they're running on, or what database they're stored in.

Publisher:
IBM

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Publisher:
IBM

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