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Extreme starts anew after Enterasys buy
Now that Extreme Networks has closed its acquisition of Enterasys, it's time to focus on the task at hand as a company twice its previous size.
Cruise line plans 11ac network upgrades for stem-to-stern Wi-Fi
People sign up for cruise ships to get away from it all. But not quite all: Passengers still want Wi-Fi access for the growing number of mobile...
Gogo's fee-based Wi-Fi misses a big opportunity
Long flights are an ideal time to get some work done. You have hours to kill, few interruptions, and little else to do aside from taking a nap or...
Review: PowerCloud delivers Wi-Fi access point and cloud-based management for small business
PowerCloud Systems has released a cloud-based Wi-Fi solution that fills the gaps between residential products that lack management and features, and...
Cisco partnering to bring multi-gigabit Wi-Fi to enterprises
A high-frequency supplement to Wi-Fi that's several times faster than most of what's available now appears headed for enterprises through a...
Cisco weighs in for multi-gigabit addition to Wi-Fi
A high-frequency supplement to Wi-Fi that's several times faster than most of what's available now appears headed for enterprises through a...
High-gain patch antennas boost Wi-Fi capacity for Georgia Tech
To boost its Wi-Fi capacity in packed lecture halls, Georgia Institute of Technology gave up trying to cram in more access points, with conventional...
Alcatel-Lucent is offering its enterprise switch users a free software upgrade to converge wired Ethernet networks with wireless from Aruba Networks.
Startup wants to make public Wi-Fi a more social experience
There’s no doubt about it – public Wi-Fi can sometimes be a hassle. The airport wants you to pay a fee. Starbucks makes you buy an expensive...
Location-based Wi-Fi services can add immediate value to Wi-Fi deployments
Think of Wi-Fi location as indoor GPS. Wi-Fi-based positioning systems are used where GPS is inadequate due (typically) to signal blockage. Though...
Wireless networks that follow you around a room, optimize themselves and even talk to each other out loud
Graduate students at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory showed off their latest research at the university's Wireless...
802.11ac 'gigabit Wi-Fi' starts to show potential, limits
Vendor tests and very early 802.11ac customers provide a reality check on "gigabit Wi-Fi" but also confirm much of its promise.
Your best 'Gigabit Wi-Fi' resources
"Gigabit" Wi-Fi has reached a point where it's now being deployed by some early adopters. There are more 802.11ac resources – test data, anecdotal...
New 'white spaces' research from Microsoft and China makes it easier to find vacant spectrum
Identifying and using vacant "white space" spectrum for Wi-Fi may get simpler, more efficient, and cheaper thanks to a new project by Microsoft and a...
HP rolls out next-gen firewall line, threat-detection service
HP today took the wraps off its Next-Generation Firewall line designed to exert application-level controls and visibility over all traffic related to...
Super-fast Wi-Fi: Cisco, Ubiquiti access points top out at nearly 400Mbps
Earlier this year we tested several consumer-level 802.11ac routers. Here, we take a look at two enterprise-level access points. They're a part of...
Amazon reportedly tested Wi-Fi network in new spectrum
Amazon has reportedly been testing a Wi-Fi network that's based on new spectrum, from satellite network vendor Globalstar. The result: a much...
Starbucks dumps AT&T for Google in Wi-Fi swap
Starbucks says that it will drop AT&T as a wireless partner in favor of Google, boasting that the change will provide a 10-fold speed boost to the...
Next up for WiFi
Wi-Fi is blossoming in the enterprise, proving critical, as it is, to the agile, mobile workforce, and new technologies like gigabit Wi-Fi ensure the...
What's next for Wi-Fi?
Wi-Fi is blossoming in the enterprise, proving critical, as it is, to the agile, mobile workforce, and new technologies like gigabit Wi-Fi ensure the...
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