How to Set Up a Business-Grade Wi-Fi Network

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	How to Set Up a Business-Grade Wi-Fi Network Setting up a robust Wi-Fi network for your business doesn't have to be a nerve-wrecking experience. CIO.com looks at seven key factors you need to consider, including access points, frequency bands, network management and the forthcoming 802.11ac standard. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial In this Issue Cisco, Citrix forge ADC alliance Microsoft's magic trick: Making 100,000 Metro apps appear The Huawei Controversy – The Rest of the Argument 7 ways Windows Server 2012 pays for itself Gartner: Big Data to Drive $34 Billion of IT Spending in 2013 10 open source projects that power the cloud Mellanox has an answer to Cisco, Arista WHITE PAPER: Brocade Scaling Out Data Centers Organizations of all sizes are facing daunting challenges as they struggle to adapt their data center networks to new technologies and applications. The move toward cloud architectures in particular is demanding a high-performance network interconnect that can host servers potentially numbering in the thousands. Read Now Cisco, Citrix forge ADC alliance Cisco will reference sell Citrix's NetScaler application delivery controller as part of an expanded relationship between the two companies to address cloud and mobile opportunities. Read More Microsoft's magic trick: Making 100,000 Metro apps appear A Microsoft vice president raised a few eyebrows among the tech punditocracy when he said there would be 100,000 apps for Windows 8 within 90 days after the operating system launches on October 26. In an interview with Beet.tv, Keith Lorizio, vice president of U.S. sales and marketing at Microsoft, said the company is "expecting to aggressively pursue 100,000-plus apps in the first three months" Windows... Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. The Huawei Controversy – The Rest of the Argument I recently published a longer-than-usual column at informationweek.com on the recent government report urging the masses not to buy anything from Huawei (as well as ZTE) on the grounds that such equipment might be fronting intelligence (or worse) efforts underway within the government and/or military of China. Read More 7 ways Windows Server 2012 pays for itself These new and improved 'supersaver' features offer the biggest return on your Windows Server 2012 investment Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Delivering game-changing productivity & dependability By creating one contiguous, end-to-end Fabric, Avaya is empowering businesses to achieve unprecedented levels of infrastructure productivity, service agility, and network dependability, the very essence of the fast, flexible, and secure design aspirations. Read Now Gartner: Big Data to Drive $34 Billion of IT Spending in 2013 Big data is forecast to drive $34 billion of worldwide IT spending in 2013, according to research firm Gartner, with the figure for 2012 standing at $28 billion. Read More 10 open source projects that power the cloud Read More Mellanox has an answer to Cisco, Arista Data center switch maker Mellanox Technologies this week unveiled a new processor designed to optimize its switches for software-defined networking (SDN). Read More
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