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• Motorola Tops New ABI Research Vendor "Green Wi-Fi" Matrix Ranking

  - 2008-10-20

  NEW YORK -- Motorola has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Cisco Systems and Siemens Enterprise Networks claimed the second and third spots in the company's new evaluation of the "greenness" of worldwide Wi-Fi access points and their vendors. The...

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• Information Technology Vendors Are Getting Greener, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-17

  NEW YORK -- Most of us are aware of the major environmental issues and some of thing things we can do about them: save energy, reduce CO2, recycle, don't pollute. But most workers in the industrialized world use computers and computer networks every day, and don't give a thought to...

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• Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Pose Unique Challenges for WLAN Equipment Vendors, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-10-15

  NEW YORK -- The usual Total Cost of Ownership arguments that resonate with large enterprise CIOs who have the luxury of capital expenditure budgets often fall on deaf ears with small and medium business SMB customers who must pay for new equipment out of current sales revenue. There are nearly...

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• Nearly One Million Small and Medium Businesses Are Candidates for Early 802.11n Adoption, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-10-14

  NEW YORK -- Retail, real estate, warehousing and transportation are among the SMB market segments that could prove fertile ground for adoption of 802.11n equipment, assuming vendors can find the right channels to reach them. "Small businesses tend to buy from retailers, office equipment stores, and select value-added resellers,"...

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• Rich Communication Suite Will Bolster IMS Deployments, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-13

  NEW YORK -- The Rich Communication Suite RCS, a new initiative of a large group of handset and infrastructure vendors and mobile operators, promises to enhance the ability of wireless and wireline networks to offer interoperable rich communications. It is built on the IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem platform, and should...

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• The Wireless Home Office Approaches, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-10-02

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After a long wait, the first stage of what will become the "wireless home office" is arriving. Some home office UWB (ultra-wideband) products are now hitting retailers' shelves, and more are expected by the end of the year. These are mainly in the wireless USB category, the...

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• Compliance Remains King among Consumer Goods Manufacturers Says ABI Research, but Other Benefits Begin to Prompt RFID Adoption

  - 2008-10-01

  NEW YORK -- Consumer goods manufacturers and retailers continue to adopt RFID largely for the sake of compliance with mandates from the likes of Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, and METRO in Germany. However according to a survey recently conducted by ABI Research, topline results of which are available in a free...

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• RFID Moving Into the Data Center, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-09-30

  LONDON -- IT managers are increasingly finding value in using RFID within their own IT operations. This is spurring adoption of RFID in data centers and across corporate campuses. IT assets are key infrastructure for any modern business and IT managers need to be certain that equipment is documented,...

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• As Home Automation Goes Mainstream, Shipments Will Increase Dramatically to Four Million, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-09-25

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Two new approaches to home automation - "mainstream" systems based on standardized technologies and packaged components, and home automation as a managed service offered through a broadband or wireless service provider - have the potential for such broad market appeal that new research forecasts shipments to grow...

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• Real-time Intelligence Visualization Is Becoming the New RTLS, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-09-22

  NEW YORK -- Recent decades have seen the widespread adoption of short-range wireless communications, including wireless LANs (Wi-Fi), ultra-wideband UWB, and RFID. All of these can be used as part of real-time location systems RTLS. But according to a new Research Brief from ABI Research, a preoccupation with the technologies...

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