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Mobile Data Meets Infrastructure--The Time Has Come
April 17, 2012 09:00 AM
The usual scenarios discussed for mobile data tend to involve either single-user connectivity or mobile hotspots, and rarely get into the notion of using mobile links for "important" business connections. But that is changing, as more manufacturers work the value afforded by fast-enough carrier-provided network connections into their feature sets and more customers buy in. Whether used in a primary service role, or more commonly as wireless failover, 3G and 4G data links provide some interesting options to those who build networks.Meraki Ups The Cloud-Based Networking Ante
January 23, 2012 10:10 AM
Mainstream network players and those chasing them are out to erase the lines between wireless and wired networking. As the network edge gets redefined and the cloud makes its presence felt in LAN and WLAN spaces, announcements like Meraki's latest update are getting to be more commonplace--and exciting. With a number of interesting product updates to share, Meraki is starting 2012 with a bang.Cloudy, With A Chance Of Networking
January 18, 2011 07:00 AM
After a busy week of talking with Meraki, Aerohive and startup PowerCloud Systems, my head is spinning a bit after hearing about the cloud-oriented trio's advancements into new niches. Wireless providers are venturing into wired networking, a major acquisition has taken place, and one vendor makes commodity-class hardware compete with enterprise-grade components using a new and interesting approach. The cloud is heating up, and the lines between wireless and wired networking are blurring. If these system providers have their way, branch office networks will never be outfitted and managed the same way, and big dollars will be saved by those shopping for new solutions.Meraki Challenges The WLAN Market to Do More With (And For) Less
November 23, 2010 09:30 AM
Meraki has been the leader in cloud-based wireless networking for years. With a mission statement of providing the "easiest to manage enterprise WLAN", the cloud Wi-Fi management system challenges the controller based systems of Aruba and Cisco, and shares some characteristics with the likes of Aerohive and Bluesocket. With their latest access point offerings, Meraki goes beyond hosting their clients' central system control functions by shrinking both the size of their primary access point offerings and their costs. The changes may not seem like a big deal at first blush, but they may well be a barometer of where the WLAN market is going.How Far We've Come Since Netstumbler
October 06, 2010 11:30 AM
Back in 2001, a generous fellow named Marius Milner gave the world a utility called Netstumbler and a new culture was born. Milner is a software engineer who did the rare thing for his fellow man: he gave away a kicking program that he likely could have made some serious dollars from if he had sold it. Even better, he provided updates to Netstumbler through the years, along with a discussion forum that would become a repository for a wealth of information regarding wireless networking in general.Xirrus Advocates For Pure Wireless Environments
August 13, 2010 01:16 PM
Anyone with a pulse in IT knows that wireless networking is muscling out wired Ethernet at home and in business. At a recent Aruba Networks' conference, I was struck by the real-world relevance of the event's running mantra of "wireless where you can, wired where you must." That simple phrase is playing out in my own very large WLAN, where wireless pervades as the main connectivity option for most users, with the patch cable still revered for a shrinking minority of devices. In a recent TCMnet interview, Xirrus CEO Dirk Gates explained how his philosophy goes even further into kissing off wired Ethernet to the desktop through deployment of Xirrus 802.11n Wi-Fi arrays.Meraki Debuts First Cloud-Based Application Traffic Shaper
August 11, 2010 10:53 AM
Meraki, the cloud-based wireless networking company, today announced the launch of Meraki Traffic Shaper, an application aware bandwidth control system integrated with Meraki's wireless networking solutions. Traffic Shaper is the first cloud-managed traffic shaper, as well as the first intelligent bandwidth control to be integrated into a wireless LAN. It enables administrators to see precisely how their network is being used, and to reserve bandwidth for critical applications while restricting recreational network usage.Meraki Boosts Cloud-Based WLAN With Traffic Control, Other New Features
August 11, 2010 10:00 AM
Meraki has long been at the tip of the spear in cloud-based wireless networking, delivering feature parity with the industry's top solutions providers while leaving heavyweight controllers out of the picture. Instead of wireless switches that provide the intelligence behind the contemporary wireless network, Meraki hosts this typically expensive and often maintenance-heavy building block in the cloud, greatly simplifying the components needed to pull off a top-notch WLAN.How To Deploy An Open Area With Wireless
April 30, 2010 11:00 AM
Whether you provide wireless as a courtesy or use it as a money-maker, there are definite do's and don'ts to setting up and sustaining a usable local wireless environment where many clients will rely on it. There are also no hard and fast rules and individual wireless access points have different features but the general principles of AP placement are well understood. Regardless of the wireless access point vendor you use, follow these steps for a successful deployment.Meraki Announces Cash For Wireless LAN Clunkers Trade-In Program
September 10, 2009 09:09 AM
Customers who act by September 30, 2009 can receive $150 for each aging 802.11b/g access point traded in when they upgrade to a Meraki 802.11n wireless LAN« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »
