WLAN - News, Features, and Slideshows

• City of Whittlesea opts for software defined network

  The City of Whittlesea is counting on its new SD-WAN network to help it improve network performance, streamline operations and save money.

• Extreme swallows Zebra’s WLAN biz for $55 million

  Extreme gets security, managed service, new vertical market access with wireless LAN deal

• Telcos to dial up UC, security sectors in 2013: IDC

  Telecommunications companies in Australia and New Zealand are set to capitalise on the growing use of UC for enterprise social networks as well as ramping up security offerings next year, according to IDC Australia.

• WLAN market on the rebound, Dell'Oro says

  The wireless LAN industry nearly returned to its pre-recession health in the third quarter and is likely to achieve record revenue when the current quarter has been tallied, according research company Dell'Oro Group.

• Cisco downplays WLAN vulnerability

  Cisco Systems downplayed a vulnerability in some of its wireless access points, reporting Tuesday that there is no risk of data loss or interception.

• China to propose WLAN security standard for global use again

  China will submit its wireless LAN security protocol to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for consideration as a global standard, years after its rejection by the standards body incensed Chinese backers.

Whitepapers about WLAN

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  IDC Marketscape: Worldwide enterprise WLAN 2018

  This IDC study represents the vendor assessment model called the IDC MarketScape. This research is a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the characteristics that explain a vendor's chances for present and future success worldwide. This study assesses the capability and business strategy of 11 enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) vendors. This evaluation is based on a comprehensive framework and set of parameters expected to be most conducive to success in providing enterprise WLAN solutions, for both the short and long terms. As the enterprise WLAN market is highly competitive and relatively mature, all vendors performed reasonably well in this study.

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  What to expect from 802.11ac