5 Capabilities That Your Wireless Network Needs Now Posted on August 21, 2014 by Tim Burke We can’t afford to ignore the myriad of mobile devices and apps currently saturating our attention and wireless connections. In my last post, I laid out some of the industry’s eye-popping numbers. This time, I’m offering up just one graphic (from Cisco’s recent Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update) showing why you must upgrade your network infrastructure. Pronto. Continue reading →
Your Wireless Network: Signs That the Tail has Begun to Wag the Dog Posted on August 7, 2014 by Tim Burke In many companies, the wireless capability added on to their enterprise network a few years ago has become some employees’ primary network. It’s a development that signals just how quickly mobile devices are proliferating the workplace. The so-called “consumerization of business” changes the way we work — and our data networks have to keep up. This transformation has been in the works for a while. In 2011, market analyst firm Gartner predicted 80% of corporate wireless network technologies would be obsolete by 2015. Gartner may well be right, given the findings of more recent research. Continue reading →