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- Xirrus gets cocky about 802.11n and tells IT pros to "Ditch the switch"
- At Interop Las Vegas 2008, Xirrus tried to convince IT pros that it was time to ditch their switches and replace them with the Xirrus 802.11n wireless arrays. From its inception, Xirrus has been about trying to bring the reliability of the traditional wired LAN to the...
- Tags: Xirrus Inc., Information Technology, IEEE 802.11n, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wireless, Strategy, Networking, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Photos: Xirrus tells IT pros to "Ditch the switch"
- At Interop Las Vegas 2008, Xirrus tried to convince IT pros that it was time to ditch their switches and replace them with the Xirrus 802.11n wireless arrays. These photos show the signage they used at Interop. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Xirrus Inc., Information Technology, Photograph, Strategy, Wi-Fi, Management, Wireless, Jason Hiner, Xirrus, WLAN
- Image galleries 2008-05-01
- Xirrus explains why IT can now afford to 'ditch the switch'
- I've written positively about Xirrus wireless arrays in the past, but I recently gave them some grief at Interop Las Vegas 2008. My criticism was directed toward the "ditch the switch" promotional campaign, because I just don't think most companies are at the point where ditching the switch is a...
- Tags: Xirrus Inc., Information Technology, Podcasts, RSS, Wireless, Internet, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Interop '07: Roundup of WLAN, municipal wireless, and WiFi developments
- Wireless, WiFi, and WLANs were everywhere at Interop Las Vegas 2007. It's clear that a major wireless build out is in progress and a lot of vendors are jockeying for a piece of the action. Here is a roundup of wireless product news, updates, and developments from the show. It's notable...
- Tags: Wlan, Wireless, Wimax, Wifi, Interop07, Interop
- Blog posts 2007-05-29
- Web 2.0 Expo has the same old wireless problem -- So where's Xirrus?
- Colubris Access PointsThe Xirrus sound like a useful product. Setting up wireless access points at conferences is a large part of my job (although my conferences are typically hundreds rather than thousands of clients) Recently I have started using Colubris MAP330's and have been very impressed with their ability to...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, mail@..., Web, Web 2.0, Xirrus Inc., wireless, access point
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- Web 2.0 Expo: The standard conference wireless problem and why I miss Xirrus
- The wireless access at the Web 2.0 Expo has been horrible. This is a common theme for many big conferences, but this conference has set a new low. I know a few IT pros who have set up wireless at conferences and its a serious challenge when using...
- Tags: xirrus, Wireless, Wifi, web2expo07
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Xirrus High Performance Wi-Fi Networks
- IT administrators upgrading existing Wi-Fi networks or deploying green field sites should deploy 802.11a/b/g infrastructure. This new white paper details how to use all the available non-overlapping channels in both the 2.4 and 5GHz frequency bands - allowing the WLAN to be optimized for both voice and data applications. The...
- Tags: Xirrus Inc., Network, Wi-Fi Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Wireless
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Empowering Wi-Fi Networking in Education
- Educational institutions are constantly faced with choosing the right technologies to deploy that can help attract and keep the best students and faculty. One of those challenges has been delivering powerful wireless network access across the campus in a simple, cost-effective and scalable way. ...
- Tags: Education, Xirrus Inc., Network, Wi-Fi Networking, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Benefits of Wi-Fi Sectorization
- IT Administrators are facing an ever-increasing demand for Wi-Fi bandwidth and coverage. With the increased number and types of devices and new applications such as voice, current enterprise Wi-Fi networks will not scale to meet these demands. This White Paper details the issues surrounding the use of legacy Omni-directional access...
- Tags: Xirrus Inc., Wi-Fi Network, Benefit, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2005-11-01
Additional Resources
- Interop '07: CMP announces 'Best of Interop' winners
- Last night, CMP Technology, which runs Interop, announced the winners of the "Best of Interop" awards for seven different technology categories and also named a grand prize winner: NetXen, which produces next-generation multi-protocol and 10G NICs.Here is the list of winners from each of the categories. Application Networks & Performance: A10...
- Tags: Interop07, Interop
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- Top 10 headlines for May 12 -- Redesigned BlackBerry unveiled, Microsoft limits cheap laptops, Nokia focuses on U.S.
- Top 10 IT headlines RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Bold and a $150 million development fund (ZDNet) Microsoft to limit capabilities of cheap laptops (PC World) Nokia kicks off strategy to focus more attention on the U.S. wireless market (ZDNet) Has Eric Schmidt finally...
- Tags: U.S., TechRepublic Inc., Nokia Corp., Information Technology, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Strategy, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Top IT news for May 2: Microsoft leaning toward hostile bid, Yahoo close to Google search deal, Sun layoffs
- Top five headlines Report: Microsoft latest leaning is to go hostile Yahoo reportedly closer to Google search deal Sun plans layoffs following weak quarter; Blames U.S. economy Interop: Motorola predicts end of wired enterprise networks Intel's 10Gb NIC to ship in May ...
- Tags: Google Inc., TechRepublic Inc., Layoff, Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Search, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Top IT news for May 5: Penalizing net censorship, IBM-Google partnership, can open source save Sun?
- Top five headlines Microsoft abandons its bid for Yahoo (see below) Bill would penalize companies that aid net censorship (ZDNet) IBM-Google hug in the cloud (ZDNet) Will open source save Sun? (CNET) 48% see themselves running Windows XP in 2014 (ZDNet) ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Partnership, CNET Networks Inc., Open Source, Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Sanity check: The six consumer technologies that are destroying traditional IT
- Earlier this year, the researchers at the Gartner Group published a series of reports on the invasion of consumer technologies into the enterprise and the challenges that this phenomenon has created for IT departments. Gartner has wrapped all of that research into a special report called Consumerization: The IT...
- Tags: Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- Sanity check: The 10 biggest technology belly flops of 2007
- While 2007 gave us some fantastic technological innovations, it also brought the usual spate of bungles, miscues, and faux pas. Since I believe that you learn more from your mistakes than your successes, it's important to look at some of the most glaring errors that were made manifest in the...
- Tags: China, Apple iPhone, Web, Wall Street Journal, Red Flag Software, Information Technology, HD-DVD, IEEE 802.11n, Microsoft Windows Vista, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Blu-ray, Reality, Red Flag Linux, TJX, Linux, Hd Dvd, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming Languages, Wi-Fi, Java, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Wireless, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2007-12-02
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