Riverbed announces SteelConnect updates
Riverbed recently announced updates to its SD-WAN solution SteelConnect, including private links that enable users to connect to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Other updates include integration between SteelConnect and Riverbed Xirrus Wi-Fi, and the addition of Long Term...
Today, Wi-Fi is the lowest-cost, highest-performance internet connection available, and its impact only continues to expand. It is generally accepted that by 2020, more than 25 billion devices will be running on Wi-Fi networks.
However, this growing number of devices still runs on “islands of...
Enterprise IT departments have learned a lot about wireless in recent years, with one of the primary things being technology changes fast. While many corporate technology buyers are evaluating the costs and benefits of 802.11ac Wi-Fi, chipmakers are already touting their 802.11ad solutions that...
Connecting everything: news bytes for Nov. 16
1. Japan's largest telecom operator, NTT DoCoMo, is demonstrating two low-power LTE chipsets at its annual open house in Yokosuka. Sequans is set to demonstrate its LTE Category M1 Monarch chipset in live communication with a Rohde &...
Artificial intelligence is not just for connected cars and video games, according to former Ericsson employees who have set out to disrupt the $12 billion market for wireless local area networks. KodaCloud, a startup led by veterans of Ericsson and BelAir Networks, is betting...
1. AT&T is using its Cricket prepaid brand to take aim at T-Mobile US. Cricket is offering customers who switch from T-Mobile a $100 bill credit when they sign up for its new $70 per month unlimited plan. That $70 plan includes unlimited data,...
Wi-Fi is becoming almost as critical to business as power and telephony, and some young companies are even forgoing wired connections altogether in favor of "wireless-first" workplaces. Even in older, well-established companies, Wi-Fi is changing the workflow in important ways.
1. Worker productivity is shifting.
Today...
Xirrus wants to make Wi-Fi as secure and reliable as LTE
Most of us have seen headlines that say Americans value Wi-Fi more than food, friends and sex, at least in the short term. But if you read beyond the headlines, people actually value a...
Equipment vendors often see the market for in-building wireless solutions through the lens of their own product offerings, but the "boots on the ground" who deploy systems may have a more holistic view of what works for enterprise customers. These installers and integrators are...
Companies cut costs and complexity by outsourcing wireless infrastructure
Wireless infrastructure is increasingly differentiated by software, and enterprises are learning that they can reduce complexity by outsourcing infrastructure management. Many enterprises are taking this one step further by turning infrastructure ownership over to suppliers in...
Imagine you are in a shopping mall, trying unsuccessfully to connect with your phone or tablet over Wi-Fi. Eventually you give up and connect using LTE over your data plan. The mall’s businesses also find they cannot reliably connect over their Wi-Fi networks, which...
BYOD evolves to BYON (bring your own network)
With almost 50 million Wi-Fi hot spots worldwide, Wi-Fi has never been more available. Trusted, secure Wi-Fi is less prevalent, and service providers know that they can differentiate themselves by helping enterprises to offer secure Wi-Fi.
But security...
When RF engineer David Ohanlon took a contract job working for C Spire Wireless through LCC, he thought he’d be installing small cells or a distributed antenna system. These are technologies Ohanlon knows well, but in his new job he has hasn’t spent time...
As cellular and wireless networks become more integrated indoors, network architects are designing systems that can work together, and recruiters are looking for engineers and installers who have skill sets in both areas.
American Tower is hiring distributed antenna system RF optimization engineers to maintain...
Like all mobile operators, regional carriers face a potential loss in revenue each time a user moves off the cellular network and onto Wi-Fi. But that is just part of the Wi-Fi picture, and a number of smaller carriers are learning to leverage unlicensed...
Wi-Fi access points are multiplying like bunnies as enterprises rely on them to keep employees and customers connected, carriers count on them to offload traffic, and consumers look for them to cut their cellular service bills. Mobile operators no longer see Wi-Fi as the...
