What you need to know about 802.11ac

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	What you need to know about 802.11ac A question we're hearing with increasing frequency concerns the upcoming 802.11ac standard, which promises to do to 802.11n what .11n did to .11g. While the IEEE 802.11ac standard likely won't be completely finished before the end of 2013, and, while the Wi-Fi Alliance similarly has issued no interoperability criteria for 802.11ac, consumer-grade products claiming compliance with the aforementioned 802.11ac standard could be on store shelves as soon as the middle of 2012. Read More WHITE PAPER: Webroot Next Generation Endpoint Security This paper considers this problem, and how by going back to the drawing board on countering malware threats, Webroot is revolutionizing endpoint protection and solving the issues that now hinder the existing endpoint security solutions. Learn More! In this Issue 20 iPad business apps every CIO should want iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 23 Designing 'iPad WLANs' poses new, renewed challenges iFixit dismantles the new iPad Phones become electronic wallets AT&T exec blames FCC for T-Mobile layoffs U.S. Cellular throws its 4G LTE hat in the ring Windows 8 update: Dell thinks it can sell Windows 8 tablets Apple's Bonjour protocol tamed, managed for enterprise Wi-Fi Verizon defends cable spectrum deal at Senate hearing RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Try Microsoft Office 365, free Collaborate in the cloud with Office, Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync videoconferencing. Access, edit, and share documents. Starting at $8/user/month. Try it free. 20 iPad business apps every CIO should want iPad apps for sales forces, IT departments and more Read More iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 23 iPhone 5 rumors are taking on new ambitions: the phone that can bankrupt Sprint, for example. Read More Designing 'iPad WLANs' poses new, renewed challenges Complications that the influx of Apple iPads and iPhones bring to enterprise Wi-Fi networks and wireless LAN administrators are illustrated vividly at The Ottawa Hospital in Ontario. Read More SURVEY: IDG Research Participate in this survey for a chance at $500! Network World is conducting a survey about the evolving role and influence of technology buyers in today's corporate enterprise. Participate in this brief survey and enter a sweepstakes to win a $500 cash prize. Please share your valued opinion with us in this important survey by clicking on the link below. iFixit dismantles the new iPad The screwdriver compulsives at iFixit.com have destroyed one new iPad to tell the world what's inside it. In terms of third-party repair-ability, iFixit gives the new iPad a score of only 2 on a 10-point scale. Read More Phones become electronic wallets In a recent pilot project, about 30 regular guests at a Clarion Hotel in Stockholm were given smartphones enabled with Near Field Communication technology, enabling them to bypass the check-in counter and access their rooms by tapping their phones on an NFC reader, which replaced the typical card-swipe door lock. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel Accelerate OLTP database workloads HP and Microsoft® recognize the need for compelling transactional database solutions that bring together these best of breed technologies, based on open standards and at lower total cost of ownership versus expensive one size fits all alternatives. Learn more AT&T exec blames FCC for T-Mobile layoffs James Cicconi knows whom T-Mobile workers should blame for their company's recently announced layoffs: the FCC. Read More U.S. Cellular throws its 4G LTE hat in the ring U.S. Cellular joined the ranks of U.S. carriers with commercial LTE service on Thursday, launching the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 as its first LTE-capable device. Read More Windows 8 update: Dell thinks it can sell Windows 8 tablets Dell thinks it can make a buck off Windows 8 tablets, despite the fact that it pretty much abandoned its Android tablets last year. Read More Apple's Bonjour protocol tamed, managed for enterprise Wi-Fi How can iPads and iPhones discover and use projectors, Apple TVs, printers and the like without flooding the enterprise Wi-Fi network with multicast discovery messages? Aruba Networks says it has a way. Read More Verizon defends cable spectrum deal at Senate hearing Verizon wants to make one thing perfectly clear: Its deal to buy spectrum from several cable companies is different from the failed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. Read More
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