Компанія International Data Corporation (IDC) опублікувала результати дослідження глобального ринку корпоративного обладнання для бездротових локальних мереж (WLAN) за підсумками 2023 року. Виручка досягла $10,8 млрд, що на 7,6% більше порівняно з 2022 роком.
Extreme Networks on Wednesday announced a new set of enterprise wireless LAN products based on Motorola technology as part of a broader partnership that will also produce a unified control system for both wired and wireless infrastructure.
China will submit its wireless LAN security protocol to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for consideration as a global standard, years after its rejection by the standards body incensed Chinese backers.
Meraki offers small-medium enterprise a simple, scalable Wi-Fi network, with new 11n access points and WLAN controller functions hosted as a Web-accessible service.
Cisco WLAN security alert warns of four vulnerabilities affecting all of Cisco’s wireless LAN controllers, including the Catalyst 6500 and 7600 wireless modules, with software version 4.2 or higher.
New version of AirWave wireless management software adds tools so retailers can monitor compliance with the latest payment-card industry (PCI) security standards.
Mobile Wi-Fi clients are surging on wireless LANs. The growth is forcing IT groups to adapt to a new, more dynamic RF environment and rethink WLAN design.
A survey by WLAN vendor Meraki in June found that for the first time smartphones and tablets like the Apple iPhone and iPad have overtaken computers on Wi-Fi networks. The finding highlights the argument over how much wired LAN infrastructure companies need, or should have when users' connection expectations are for reliable wireless.
Wireless consulting firm Novarum recently completed a large-scale wireless LAN stress test using three vendors’ equipment. Here are some of the details of Novarum’s test environment.
About one-third of nearly 800 NYC retailers have "bulletproof" WLAN security, according to a new onsite survey by AirDefense during the National Retail Federation trade show. But the remainder have weak or non-existent defense, putting company, customer, and employee data at risk.
The Tolly Group recently tested the Xirrus XS-3900-16 Wi-Fi array for its resiliency and verified that the array does provide for failover in a range of failure situations.
Last week I highlighted some wireless LAN enhancements from Foundry Networks. Not to be outdone, Extreme Networks this week beefed up its Summit WM WLAN package with a software update that has new capabilities to help send voice over WLANs.
A Cisco security advisory outlines weaknesses in its WLAN controllers that could lead to the kind of inadvertent denial of service attacks that affected Duke’s wireless net.
Initially there were “fat” wireless access points that provided wireless connectivity while controlling all parameters of that access. Next came wireless controllers that centrally managed many more, thinner APs spread throughout a large-scale wireless deployment. Now the venture capital funded Aerohive Networks is advocating the demise of centralized controllers in favor of distributed, intelligent APs that together can share in the enterprise WLAN management tasks.
A Spanish start-up has taken the excitement associated with wireless LANs and run with it. This week FON launched an effort to drum up support for its "Wi-Fi community" concept by selling routers for an attention-grabbing $5 each.
WLAN vendor Colubris earlier this month named Robb Scott its new president and CEO, at about the same time that Aruba Networks became the first of the remaining independent WLAN switch vendors to go public. Scott’s background includes several technology companies that he’s helped to grow or launch, often in highly competitive businesses. Most recently the 52-year-old was president and CEO of Xelor Software, starting its U.S. headquarters and launching its IP voice telephony and management software.
Meraki Networks, the tiny, privately held WLAN vendor that Cisco earlier this week announced it will buy for $1.2 billion, is as different from Cisco as night is from day.