Upcoming Events

An Interop Webcast:
Video Conferencing-ROI Deep Dive: Are you leaving money on the table?

June 20, 2013
11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

Take a fresh look at video conferencing ROI. It's not just about sunk costs, but the ability to measure existing capacity and future savings potential for your organization. How are employees adopting video conferencing today? What's working and what's not? And what's the roadmap for the future? Hear from one leading company who is bringing a new approach to delivering on the promise of cost savings via virtual collaboration.

See what others are doing to make it work - increasing video utilization and decreasing travel expenses without additional investment.

Register Now!

More Events »

Subscribe to Newsletter

  • Keep up with all of the latest news and analysis on the fast-moving IT industry with Network Computing newsletters.
Sign Up

Wireless Channel

News and Analysis

8 Cloud-based IT Management Tools

With IT management becoming increasing more complex, administrators need all the help they can get. A growing number of IT tools are being delivered via Software as a Service (SaaS), which promises fast deployment and lets customers pay only for the services they use. Here are 8 SaaS IT management tools that automate IT services, help troubleshoot problems, and provide visibility into the status of network devices and applications.

More News and Analysis

More News and Analysis in Wireless Channel »

Architectures

Outage Blackballs BlackBerry, Guides Arrow to BYOD Strategy

After finding the right management tool, Arrow Container dumps RIM smartphones for BYODs. Find out why.

More Architectures

More Architectures in Wireless Channel »

Reviews & Workshops

Mobile Biometrics: The Next Phase of Enterprise Authentication?

Smartphones and tablets equipped with fingerprint readers or other biometric hardware have the potential to drive greater adoption of biometric authentication in the enterprise—if we can get the hardware, software and business processes right.

More Reviews & Workshops

More Reviews & Workshops in Wireless Channel »

Blogs

user-pic

Video Evolution: Brace Yourself For Impact

June 18, 2013 03:15 PM
Posted by

Video traffic is rapidly changing as trends like streaming video continue to surge. IT teams should prepare for the onslaught.

See all blogs by

| Full Post

Tags: The video evolution means IT teams need to prepare for more streaming video and other changes to their network traffic. The video evolution will bring new security and maintenance issues.

Channel: , Wireless, Security

user-pic

BYOD: Why You Will Lose

June 18, 2013 08:26 AM
Posted by Michele Chubirka

Restrictive BYOD policies will fail because humans have a compulsive attachment to mobile devices.

See all blogs by Michele Chubirka

| Full Post

Tags: homunculus, brain-computer interface, Andy Clark, neuroscience, Paul Zak

Channel: Data Protection, Security, Next Gen Network, Wireless

user-pic

802.11ac: 10Gig Uplinks Are Overkill

June 17, 2013 02:43 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman

There's talk that 802.11ac requires 10Gig uplinks to support maximum throughput. But you may not even need 2Gig uplinks. Here's why.

See all blogs by Lee H. Badman

| Full Post

Tags: 802.11.ac, Wave 1, Wave 2, 6.9Gbps, Etherchannel, WLAN, 5GHz

Channel: , Networking & Mgmt, Wireless

user-pic

Troubleshooting Wires in Wireless Networks

June 13, 2013 12:27 PM
Posted by Amy Arnold

When troubleshooting wireless networks, sometimes you have to deal with wires and other physical components. You may even need to leave your computer and go questing.

See all blogs by Amy Arnold

| Full Post

Tags: wireless bridge, Cisco 1300, engineer, jitter, RF, radios

Channel: Networking & Mgmt, Wireless, , UC & VoIP, Data Center

user-pic

Cavium SoCs Promise Fast, Cheap IT Hardware

June 12, 2013 12:10 PM
Posted by Kurt Marko

Relentless miniaturization will fuel a new generation of low-cost network and storage appliances with enterprise features and performance.

See all blogs by Kurt Marko

| Full Post

Tags: OCTEON, PCIe, SATA, SaS, Broadcom, Marvell, LSI, Freescale

Channel: , Wireless, Next Gen Network, Data Center, Security, Servers & Storage

user-pic

Cisco Announces Meraki Cloud-Managed Network Service

June 04, 2013 01:53 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman

Cisco has introduced the Cisco Meraki Managed Services Dashboard, which lets managed service providers run their customers' WLANs and wired networks.

See all blogs by Lee H. Badman

| Full Post

Tags: Cisco, Meraki, WLAN, wireless, network, MSP, managed service, Aerohive

Channel: Cloud Computing, Wireless, Next Gen Network, Networking & Mgmt,

Next >>


Vendor Comparisons
Network Computing’s Vendor Comparisons provide extensive details on products and services, including downloadable feature matrices. Our categories include:

Research and Reports

May 2013
Network Computing: May 2013

May 2013
Special Issue

Network Computing: May 2013


TechWeb Careers