Caution: Wi-Fi design challenges ahead

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	Caution: Wi-Fi design challenges ahead With a kitchen sink full of Wi-Fi client devices showing up in Wi-Fi's 2.4GHz and 5GHz unlicensed bands, enterprises are starting to re-examine their enterprise WLAN infrastructure designs. In addition to perhaps installing more access points (AP) to create additional capacity, consider in your design the broad mix of client devices that might be connecting and their respective behaviors. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Remote Support for PCs, Macs, Tablets and Smartphones Provide instant, on-demand remote support with LogMeIn Rescue. Without pre-installed software, quickly connect to PCs, Macs and smartphones anywhere in the world. Get in, solve the problem, and be done in a flash. Plus, Rescue's SaaS-based platform means free upgrades and zero maintenance. Try Rescue free, today. 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This ESG paper highlights new research on IT initiatives, how to avoid the common pitfalls of consolidation, and alternatives to ensure application performance, even for remote and mobile users, does not suffer after an IT consolidation. Read now! iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending July 8 This week's iPhone 5 rumor storm activity: high. The more we hear, the less we know. Read More iPhones shoot into space Apple really is everywhere: even on the final Atlantis space shuttle flight that launched Friday carrying four astronauts and 2 Zero-G iPhone 4 smartphones. Read More Smartphones and tablets create huge corporate security challenge Adapting security and management for the new generation of mobile devices -- everything from the Apple iPhone and iPad to Google Android devices to name a few -- is turning out to be a huge corporate challenge. Read More Apple App Store downloads hit 15 billion The mobile app boom is showing no signs of slowing, as Apple today announced that its App Store for iPhone and iPad apps had hit 15 billion downloads. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Six Advantages of a Cloud-Based Help Desk Small and midsize companies shouldn't have to use less efficient, limited-functionality service desk solutions. Today's cloud-based help desks pack the same punch as on-premise enterprise solutions, without a large up-front investment or long installation time. Read more to find out how to get started with a cloud-based help desk today. Read More Today! Cisco shipping special Wi-Fi gear for arenas Cisco has announced a new Wi-Fi access point and stadium antenna that covers a smaller cell area for use in arenas and large venues to help improve user access and wireless speeds. Read More And the killer smartphone app is ... games! If workers at your company insist they need you to buy them the latest iPhone and Android device to perform data-intensive business applications, you may want to treat them skeptically. Read More Another Harry Potter movie, another invisibility cloak project Nothing like the anticipation surrounding a Harry Potter movie premiere to stoke interest in invisibility cloaks. Read More Verizon grabs nearly a third of iPhone market share, analytics firm says Slowly but steadily, Verizon is gaining ground in the race for the most iPhone users. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Case Study – Petrobas Download the case study to learn how Riverbed deployed Steelhead® appliances to reduce Petrobras' backup window from 34 hours to four hours, improve application performance for remote workers to LAN-like speeds, and more. Read now! Will Ballmer's CES keynote feature Windows 8 tablets? The Microsoft CEO will return to the Consumer Electronics Show keynote stage in January. Read More Android users can create video-like shows from document, slides with new software Android smartphone users now can access online, video-like presentations created from existing documents and slides, with a new app from Brainshark. Read More Is your company ready for 4G mobile connectivity? We will increasingly see users challenging (in every sense) our ability to protect data – and comply with laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Availability Act (HIPAA) as the move to mobile computing continues. Read More Samsung planning Windows Phone version of new Galaxy S II? Some mysterious numbers have been interpreted to mean that Samsung is readying a version of its fast-selling, Android-based Galaxy S II smartphone that will run Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 firmware instead. 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