In case you were unaware, over the past few weeks the airwaves forum hosted a viewer-satisfaction survey, enticing our loyal community to respond by dangling a $50 amazon.com gift card in front of them. With their impending frivolous shopping spree in their sights, folks chimed in on various aspects of the forum.  And, much to [...]

Let’s face it: In the world of WiFi, 802.11n is damn trendy right now.  Vendors are bumping heads, organizations are bringing pre-ratified products in-house, and the wheels are in motion for it to quickly take over the wireless access space. But before we all blindly make that “leap” from our trusted 802.11b/g access points to the [...]

As IT is being asked to do more with less — or at least with the same tools/resources/structure that they have today — WLAN technologies need to do a better job of fitting in. For most organizations, Wireless LAN started out as a pet project or a “nice to have.” As is typical with these [...]

Independence, a noble virtue that our forefathers fought and died for, is our reason for celebration this weekend throughout the United States of America. Boldly declaring our freedom from the Brits (no offense, chaps), we proclaimed that every American should be provided fundamental rights, with a core focus on free will. Unfortunately, it is a [...]

As mentioned in our newsroom, Wi-Fi Planet reports Microsoft — in all its 800 pound gorilla gloriousness — took a bold stance on one of the more pressing issues in networking today: To Be, Or Not To Be (All WiFi) The bold stance at this time, of course, is to truly “cut the cord,” with Bill Gates [...]

As widely anticipated that Belden’s Trapeze Networks acquisition was to those of us in and around the industry, the official announcement on Friday still produced a flurry of chatter across the wire. Unfortunately for the parties involved, it wasn’t altogether positive or reassuring: Networkworld.com: “…Some might consider it a step toward vendor lock-in. And it’s not yet [...]

A few weeks ago while on a flight from Minneapolis to Dallas, I passed the two million frequent flier mile mark on American Airlines. This revelation got me to start thinking about all the time that I’ve spent cooped up in a hollow metal tube and how much nicer it would have been with a [...]

If anyone thinks the jury is out on 802.11n, check out last week’s AirWave panel on the pros and cons of 802.11n in higher ed for a different perspective. It’s not a matter of “if”; now it’s a matter of how. Click here to view the 802.11n in Higher Education Webcast Our three panelists – Chris Murphy from [...]

Recently, while getting some bids for a home construction project, one of them came back with a dollar figure coupled with this caveat: ‘Bigger than a bread box, smaller than a submarine.’ I see this same kind of concept practiced with wireless capacity planning at a lot of the companies that see on a day [...]

In case you missed it, industry expert Craig Mathias was featured on Network World’s podcast series to discuss his selection for the WLAN industry’s “Category-Breaker,” defined as “products that go above and beyond to solve IT issues.” We here at AirWave were absolutely smitten when we found out that the AirWave Wireless Management Suite Version 5.3 [...]