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Plan a reliable, available WLAN deployment

Overview While WLANs can help improve productivity, they require careful planning, skilled internal experts, and savvy partners. Without the proper preparation, companies could end up reducing the reliability and availability of their networks. Find out how to avoid such setbacks by attending this audiocast. Learn the challenges that WLANs can pose to your physical infrastructure, and hear how savvy organizations are designing truly reliable and available WLANs.

Join TechRepublic's Bob Artner and APC's Director of Emerging Technologies and Applications, Viswas Purani for this unique event on November 17th at 11am PST/2pm EST and you’ll gain valuable insights to make your WLAN deployment successful.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	American Power Conversion
Live Date	28th October 2004 00:00 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	Local Area Networks (LAN), Network Design, LAN - WAN Standards, Wireless LAN, Infrastructure Management

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