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Sidestepping wireless LAN money pits
Enterprise wireless LANs aren't just for early adopters anymore, but that doesn't mean they aren't expensive. One Gartner analyst says IT professionals need to consider a range of hidden costs before deploying a wireless network. Article | 06 Mar 2003
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Wireless could unify networks, conference speakers say
Sure, wireless gear is a culprit in the complexity of networks today. But it also has great potential to act as a unifying force to simplify and converge networks, according to speakers at the Gartner Wireless Access conference in Los Angeles. Article | 25 Feb 2003
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College expects wireless LAN to be big man on campus
California Lutheran University has a fairly small wireless local area network in place for its students, although network administrators expect the number of users to balloon in the next few years. Article | 09 Dec 2002
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Wireless LANs: Cheap is not synonymous with simple
New Meta Group research finds that the market for wireless local area networks is growing steadily, thanks in part to the low costs of these systems. Article | 18 Nov 2002
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WiFi secure at last?
Regulators are working on beefing up wireless security standards to make hacking into wireless LANs more challenging. Article | 15 Nov 2002
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Wireless applications maturing, expert says
Mobile application technology is evolving to include more than wireless additions to existing applications, according to analyst Tim Scannell. Article | 22 Oct 2002
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Strategies for a winning wireless deployment
Despite the gloom that has hung over the tech sector this past year, Tim Scannell said wireless stands out as a bright spot. With new high-speed infrastructure rolling out, companies thinking more intelligently about wireless systems and an expect... Interview | 09 Oct 2002
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US dumps fixed line, turns to wireless
Despite a stuttering start to its sorely under-par national wireless solutions, the US is gradually figuring out how useful the 'cell phone' can be. Yankee Group this week has predicted that the nation is abandoning fixed line phones in droves, turni... Article | 20 Sep 2002
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Robert Kahn on the Net, wireless and copyright infringement
Robert Kahn is said to be one of the fathers of the Internet. He and Vinton Cerf developed TCP/IP, one of the crucial steps that led to the development of the Internet. He says that intellectual property rights issues are among the challenges facing ... Interview | 04 Sep 2002
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New technology tracks wireless users
MIT and the Royal Sonesta Hotels are using new technology developed by a Boston company that tracks the location of people on a wireless local area network. Article | 26 Aug 2002
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