Business Wireless

OSI Layers and WLANs Let us start with the idea that complex problems are usually broken down into modular components to facilitate understanding and to make the solution more tractable. For this purpose, data communications make use of the Open Systems ... [full story]

Deployment Checklist This section includes proposed checklists of minimum activities and considerations recommended during the design, deployment, and implementation of a wireless LAN solution. The aim of this checklist is to prompt you to consider all aspects of the deployment, and not ... [full story]

WLAN Security Threats The nature of wireless communications makes defending against attacks very difficult but extremely necessary. Threats come in many forms. The vulnerability and exposure of your network comes from inside and outside your network. Arguably, the internal troubles typically ... [full story]

Deployment and Implementation To facilitate the deployment, Cisco IT assembled a global program management team under the direction of a global program manager. Representatives were selected from each of the four regions worldwide: Americas, APAC (Asia Pacific), EMEA (Europe, Middle East, ... [full story]

What the Future Holds Cisco IT is currently undertaking a major upgrade of the global WLAN. As the business has come to realize the benefit of wireless connectivity, the WLAN is being redesigned from the bottom up, adopting a proactive business ... [full story]

What the Future Holds Hemendinger reiterated that the reason Lifespan is so successful is that its approach has always been pragmatic and futuristic: "Healthcare IT people typically aren't engineering solutions for the healthcare environment; most are focused on specific projects and ... [full story]