Campus networking has lacked innovation for a few years, but 2013 may switch things up a bit. While wireless LAN vendors will be pushing faster 802.11ac networks this year, the industry may also see some architectural changes that could finally deliver true unified wireless and wired campus LANs.

We asked Andre Kindness, senior analyst at Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc., to share his views on the changes we'll see in campus networking this year.

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