The scene is a familiar one at health-care facilities, professional offices, college classrooms and even your neighborhood cafe. People are taking laptop PCs wherever they want to check e-mail or surf the Internet. They're getting network and Internet access through wireless networks, where devices are connected through radio signals rather...
The primary reason for building a Wireless LAN WLAN is for increased mobility - so that one can move around from room to room without being tethered to a network jack. Another reason people like wireless LANs is because they can network their computers together without having to snake wires...
Wireless networking has quickly become a critical aspect of daily life in the hospital IT environment. With the maturation of the 802.11 standards (collectively known as Wi-Fi), hospital staff can remain connected to their critical systems regardless of their location in a facility. Additionally, a new breed of mobile applications...
Public WLANs, or hotspots, have gained increasing relevancy over the past two years, and are fast becoming an integral part of society's information-communication fabric. However, despite their demonstrable utility - remote broadband connectivity for individual consumers and mobile workers - and rising popularity with specific segments of the market, hotspots...
While both traditional wireless local area networks WLANs and mesh nets have limited range, mesh technology can be easily and cost-effectively expanded to cover a lot of ground. Experts say the networks can provide coverage over a few thousand square feet - or dozens of square miles. Unlike conventional radio...
This white paper examines how hospitals can achieve rapid ROI by leveraging their 802.11 wireless network for more than just data connectivity. It reviews the key organizational, business process and technological factors that contribute to the rapid deployment of 802.11 WLAN infrastructures within the healthcare environment. Finally, this paper shows...
Enterprise adoption of WLAN systems has been uneven. While most of this can be attributed to security concerns, lack of viable applications and limited ROI, much is due to a lack of robust enterprise class infrastructure solutions. In response, WLAN system vendors are applying many of the lessons learned with...
A growing number of organizations are turning to wireless tools to extend the reach of their core enterprise systems. Like Chase-Pitkin, many companies are arming their sales force and technicians in the field with Personal Digital Assistants PDAs and smart phones that enable them to place orders, view schedules and...
Simplified WLAN deployment, easier day-to-day management, reduced operations costs, and better application support are the advantages of implementing dynamic RF intelligence across an entire WLAN. Alcatel delivers these functions across the WLAN through AirView resulting in a robust and reliable WLAN platform that can adapt to changing business requirements, which...
Location tracking provides better visibility and control of the air space. By incorporating this functionality in its wireless LAN platform and provides best-in-class wireless security (locate/contain rogues), detailed asset tracking, optimized capacity management, and enables enterprises to deploy voice in their wireless network. In addition, the system obviates the need...
Current public WLAN deployments are often based standalone infrastructure that only provides basic authentication mechanisms web-based user name / password). Even fewer support roaming. The product discussed in here is based on its Multi-access Data Server and Open Service Platform, supports the delivery of innovative IP user services and applications...
We'll start the discussion by looking at delay and throughput in a VoIP-enabled WLAN design. As pointed out in Part 1, the discussions that follow will primarily consider the transmission of a 1500-byte IP packet containing a single 1460-byte TCP segment that generates a TCP acknowledgement. Once we understand the...
This white paper report provides an overview of the operational parameters of Wireless Local Area Networks WLANs in hospital and clinical ward environments and presents the concept of MedLAN system, dedicated to these environments. The paper then deals with the issues of security, range and interference with an emphasis on...
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Hardware computer equipment industry is available in its catalogue. Future Handset Connectivity Technologies http://www.reportlinker.com/p090953/Future-Handset-Connectivity-Technologies.html Future Handset Connectivity Technologies gives first-hand insights into the development of Bluetooth, WLAN, NFC and UWB technologies for mobile handsets. This...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-15 July 2008-mobilkom austria launches new broadband tariff A1 BREITBAND UNLIMITEDC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Telecomms group Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA) (OTC US: TKAGY) announced on Monday (14 July) that its mobile subsidiary, mobilkom austria, has launched a new broadband tariff A1 BREITBAND UNLIMITED, which offers unlimited...
AirDefense Receives 'Positive' Rating ATLANTA -- AirDefense, the innovator that launched the wireless LAN security market, today announced that Gartner recently rated the company as 'Positive' in the research firm's prestigious MarketScope for Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems report. According to Gartner's findings, wireless remains a...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AirMagnet Inc., the leader in security, performance and compliance solutions for wireless LANs, has received a rating of "positive" in Gartner's July 2008 MarketScope for Wireless LAN Intrusion Preventions Systems. This recent report analyzes the performance of vendors that focus on meeting the security needs of organizations...
Deployment of Colubris 802.11n WLAN Infrastructure Enables Education Anywhere WALTHAM, Mass., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Colubris Networks, Inc., the leading global provider of intelligent wireless LANs for enterprises and service providers, today announced that Mesa Public Schools in Mesa, Ariz., will deploy Colubris 802.11n WLAN equipment to...
NonStop Wireless: 'More Than a Slogan' PLEASANTON, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Network World, (http://www.networkworld.com/) the leading trade magazine for the data networking marketplace, has named Trapeze Networks a "blue ribbon winner" for its 802.11n product line. Trapeze Networks' Nonstop Wireless networking was singled out from...
New System Will Support Diversified Business Model and Increased Subscriber Growth in Northern Telecom's Nine Provinces BEIJING and SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. , a leading provider of telecom software solutions and IT security products and services in China, today announced...
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