Network Management Strategies for the CIO
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President, Core Competence Inc.
Lisa Phifer owns and is president of Core Competence Inc., a consulting firm specializing in leading-edge network technology. She has been involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of networking and security products for over 25 years. She has advised companies large and small regarding needs, product assessment and the use of emerging technologies and best practices. Before joining Core Competence, Phifer was a member of the technical staff at Bell Communications Research, where she won a president's award for her work on ATM network management. Phifer teaches about wireless LANs, mobile security, NAC, and VPNs at many industry conferences and webinars. She has written extensively about network infrastructure and security technologies for numerous publications, including SearchSecurity.com, Information Security, Wi-Fi Planet, ISP-Planet, Business Communications Review, and Network World. Phifer's monthly wireless tips are published by SearchNetworking.com and SearchMobileComputing.com. -
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Contributions from Lisa Phifer, Wireless Networking Expert
- WLAN security developments
- Is broadband also digital?
- Is the outdoor distance covered by the G standard the same as B?
- Vendors that can support multi wireless access ports
- Add wireless to my lineup while retaining wired LAN
- Simultaneous Ethernet and 802.11 connections
- True capacity of each 802.11b channel
- Outdoor wireless bridging products
- How secure is WLAN?
- Mix and match operating systems using a wireless network
- PDA to access WLAN
- Securing GPRS between branches
- Create wireless network for a show venue
- WLAN: Analyzers and troubleshooting guide
- Supplying staff with mobile Internet access
- VoIP over 802.11 wireless
- Transmit power
- WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol or Wired Equivalent Privacy)
- What's new in wireless security
- Interframe spacing in wireless network