The Radicati Group pegs the penetration of Wi-Fi in the enterprise at 50 percent by 2008. Cut that number in half and it’s still huge. So now that Wi-Fi is becoming a standard part of enterprise infrastructure, it’s time to get serious about security and management. Via [techworld.com]… Continue Reading
Daily Archives: December 16, 2004
Ericsson Joins WiMax Forum, Announces Plans To Offer WiMax Service
Ericsson announced that its has joined the WiMax Forum and that it plans to offer WiMAX as part of the Public Ethernet, as soon as the technology becomes available. Via [tomshardware.com]… Continue Reading
AT&T Enters R&D Alliance With Intel
AT&T Corp. said Friday it has teamed up with chip giant Intel Corp. to work on research and development and produce products together. Via [seattlepi.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Vendors Push Wi-Fi Intrusion Detection
As the popularity of wireless local-area networks (LANs) continues to grow, vendors are adopting various approaches to help commercial and government systems sniff out and detect hackers and rogue wireless access points. Via [fcw.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Network Could Become Nation’s Largest
Atlanta’s ambitious plan to create the nation’s biggest citywide Wi-Fi network is no longer up in the air. Via [msnbc.msn.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Extensions Should Breathe New Life Into 802.11a
One reason for the relatively slow uptake of 5GHz 802.11a Wi-Fi, compared to its 2.4GHz cousin 802.11g, has been the complexity of licensing regulations affecting the 5GHz band – also an issue for WiMAX in the unlicensed spectrum. Two extensions to the 802.11 standard are easing the situation and should boost the adoption of the… Continue Reading