Companies’ communications strategies must be agile in a rapidly evolving market
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This post at Dark Reading reports on a worthwhile presentation by AirPatrol CEO Nicholas Miller at CSI SX: Security Exchange, which was held concurrently with InterOp in Las Vegas this week. Interes... More >
For vendors, the good and bad news is very clearly delineated in several recent reports on cell phone sales. The good news is that overall cell phone sales are up. Strategy Analytics reports ... More >
IT managers who are resting easy because of the deployment of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) infrastructure must recognize that even this level of bandwidth doesn't automatically solve all their proble... More >
Network firewalls are focusing more on applications than the ports that they are using. To use a moat analogy, attention is shifting from the bridges over the rivers of burning oil and focusing inste... More >
A survey by security vendor Astaro, described in this InformationWeek story , says that 67 percent of respondents believe security spending will remain constant despite the weak economy. The ... More >
The long slog to 802.11n -- the offspring of 802.11a, b and g -- continues. The reality is that the industry may still be a distance from the finish line. This CIO.com piece begins by reviewing the ... More >
The good information in this news.com article on Microsoft's Live Mesh is right in line with many ideas floating around during the past months. Live Mesh, which the company discussed at the ... More >
One of the most interesting areas of communications is the marriage of physical security -- which has been with us forever -- and the recent phenomenon of IP-based security. This crossover is most cl... More >
The common wisdom as wireless took off and VoIP took root was that the established phone companies would have to reinvent themselves from both a technical and business standpoint if they were to surv... More >
I've long said that the line between technology used in the office and at home is blurring. It's nice to see that the folks at Wharton Business School agree with me. Self-aggrandizing asides a... More >
High-profile breaches, such as the loss of mountains of consumer data from TJX last year and Hannaford Brothers this year, show that, at least to some extent, that those screaming for companies to ta... More >
In the most common approach to Wi-Fi networking, a central node distributes signals to subsidiary access points. Less common self-configuring meshes let signals take different paths. This flexibility... More >
The adage that a war plan doesn't survive the first shot also is true of municipal Wi-Fi. While there are some exceptions, municipalities are scrambling to recover from their initial business plans, ... More >
The biggest story in wireless during the past year undoubtedly was the iPhone. As the first anniversary approaches -- it is in late June -- there's a boomlet in news and opinions about the revolution... More >
The legal system and cultural landscapes differ greatly between the UK and the United States, so it seems unlikely that the new approach discussed in this vnunet.com story would have a chance of ma... More >
Pyramid Research's new report provides some interesting details on the overall growth and shifting dynamics in the wireless data sector. Last year, the firm said, 19 percent of mobile service ... More >
One of the more out-of-the-blue deals in recent memory was floated this week, as troubled Blockbuster made a $1 billion-plus offer to buy troubled Circuit City. The idea, according to this Newsvine ... More >
One of the work horses of efforts to protect corporate networks is the firewall. Increasingly, however, experts say that these border patrollers of the modern age -- at least in their current form --... More >
There are things that make sense in theory but don't quite work out in real life. In other cases, plans indeed become reality. Happily for its proponents, the latter scenario increasingly looks to be... More >
Last week, I blogged about a speech made by Michael Chertoff , head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at the RSA Convention in San Francisco. Chertoff called for a "Manhattan Project" to ... More >
The browser wars are about to heat up again. This time, however, the battle will take place in the mobile space. This week, ABI Research released a report that said, in essence, that the fun... More >
IP contact center proponents are big on lists. The obvious reason is that in their eyes IP technology offers such obvious benefits that the best promotional tool is simply listing them. VoIP N... More >
An address to the RSA Conference this week by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is at best underwhelming, and at worst downright frightening. Chertoff has called for a Manhattan Pro... More >
With apologies to poor Norma Desmond , femtocell technology may be ready for its close up. At the CTI Wireless show in Las Vegas, Verizon Wireless said it planned to deploy femtocells this ye... More >
Data loss prevention (DLP) is one of the better category names simply because it does such a good job of describing what the technology is meant to do. The current dynamic in the sector is well fram... More >
Of course, there always will be corporate data centers. The launch this week of Google App Engine is a further sign, however, that fascinating trends are redirecting the evolution of these digital re... More >
For an article with the headline "Viruses Expected to Hit 1 Million This Year," this is an unexpectedly upbeat piece. Sophos says that about one-quarter of unique malware was developed durin... More >
Last week, I blogged about the introduction of low power Atom processors by Intel . The new family -- which initially is aimed at mobile Internet devices (MIDs) but clearly is part of the company's ... More >
Palo Alto Software is introducing a new firewall, the PA-4000. In order to generate a little publicity around the launch, the vendor released a study with information culled from pre-deployment asses... More >
It may all be slipping away from Sprint after all. At CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas, the company said the transition of its Xohm WiMax service from the current soft launch in Baltimore, Washington,... More >
Electronic communications, like all human endeavors, faces short- and long-term challenges. The more immediate issues are handled on a practical and tactical level. The longer-term challenges grow in... More >
For telework proponents, there certainly is good news in CDW Corporation's latest survey . For instance, it says that 14 percent of private sector employees telecommute and 17 percent of federal fol... More >
A major challenge facing the converging cellular and wireless industries is enabling signals to ubiquitously permeate homes and offices. The problem of sufficiently covering inside areas will get wor... More >
The telecommunications industry is holding its breath on VoIP security. To this point, it has been spared the worst of the security nightmare faced by the traditional networked non-voice data world. ... More >
The next year or so will be very interesting. On one hand, the battle for the future of 4G between LTE and WiMax will be fully joined. However, both are IP-based and use Orthogonal Frequency Division... More >
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