November 5, 2010 3:41 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Aerohive,
Brocade,
cloud,
Extreme Networks,
Meraki,
Motorola,
wireless LAN,
wireless LAN controllers,
Wireless networking,
wlansRecently Motorola announced a significant change to its wireless LAN architecture with its WiNG 5 announcement. With WiNG 5, Motorola is running identical...
October 8, 2010 4:22 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Aerohive,
Aruba,
Cisco,
Enterasys,
Meraki,
Motorola,
Networking,
Wi-Fi,
wireless LAN,
Wireless networkingThe role of the wireless LAN controller appliance is shifting dramatically. The days of the dumb access point are severely numbered. Motorola became just the latest WLAN vendor to deemphasize the role of its controller appliance in its architecture with its new
August 30, 2010 12:33 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
RFID,
RTLS,
Wi-Fi,
Wireless networkingA school district in California is using location-based wireless technology to track preschoolers. I admit that when I first saw the headline for this story, I worried that the school was embedding RFID tags in the kids......
April 5, 2010 10:39 AM
Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
cisco gear,
video,
Wireless networking,
wlansVideo. Video. Video. Yup, we keep hearing the drumbeat, too.
Although the jury's still out on how many enterprises are extensively using video (or plan to this year), Cisco would certainly like you to believe its ascent is
December 3, 2009 5:11 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
mergers & acquisitions,
Mobile,
Motorola,
wireless LAN,
Wireless networkingOn the blog 24/7 Wall Street, Jon Ogg boldly predicted this week that Motorola is one of 10 brands that will disappear in 2010. It's time to break up the company and "scuttle a brand with a bad...
August 4, 2009 2:08 PM
Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
Mobile,
Network,
Networking,
Wireless,
wireless LAN,
Wireless networkingAt Burton Group’s Catalyst Conference, I chatted briefly with speaker Matt Lavallee about how the conference was going, and he asked me this question: "Have there been any surprises for you?"
In...
July 30, 2009 5:55 PM
Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
Catalyst,
wireless LAN,
Wireless networkingPersistent, reliable and secure wireless LANs (WLANs) remain the top concern for networking professionals across all verticals. However, John Gaede, Director of Information Systems at El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC), has presented a compelling case to use it in the health care industry...
July 29, 2009 5:06 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
802.11n,
Aruba,
Dell'Oro,
Meru,
wireless LAN,
Wireless networkingEarlier this month I wrote a story about how Aruba and Meru were both claiming second place in the 802.11n enterprise wireless LAN market based on the same numbers from Dell'Oro Group. There were a...
July 2, 2009 7:37 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
802.11n,
Aerohive,
Aruba,
wireless LAN,
Wireless networkingIn a new semi-regular feature on The Network Hub, I'm going to provide a quick run-down of newly announced wireless LAN projects. I get a lot of press releases from WLAN vendors about customer wins. I don't get to write about all of them, but I can at least offer you a quick summary of the latest...
