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Several wireless LAN vendors are preparing new management software to help ease the process of securing a wireless network. Interlink Networks Inc., Airespace Inc. and Aruba Wireless Networks have each developed advancements to their respective WLAN products that ease network management and security configuration—an issue that for many users has become the primary obstacle to […]

Security partnerships and technology advances are making it increasingly safer to keep corporate data up in the air. To better fight the threat of wireless network subterfuge, Cisco Systems Inc. is bolstering its WLAN (wireless LAN) security offerings through partnerships with third-party security companies, while Symbol Technologies Inc. is beefing up its branch-office WLAN switch […]

They are companies as different as their leaders. At Aruba Wireless Networks, the watchwords have been sales and channel. Under the direction of CEO Don LeBeau, a former Cisco Systems Inc. sales vice president with a penchant for catchphrases and seal-the-deal handshakes, Aruba has used its market savvy to capture large customers such as Amazon.com […]

Aiming to promote the adoption of the broadband wireless technology known as WiMax, Intel Corp. has teamed with Clearwire Corp.—a company best known for its founder and CEO, Craig McCaw. Clearwire plans to deploy WiMax networks using Intel silicon, company officials said late last month. Intel, for its part, is investing a significant amount of […]

Security developers took more than a decade to move from intrusion detection to intrusion prevention in the world of wired networking. But in the fast-paced wireless space, vendors are already jumping on prevention as the first step in security. Companies such as AirDefense Inc. and Wibhu Technologies Inc. are set to release new tools that […]

Symbol Technologies Inc. is readying multiband Wi-Fi support for its WLAN switching system that will give enterprises more bandwidth to support voice, video and data all managed from a central location. Symbol will introduce next month the AP300, a thin “access port” that supports 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g simultaneously. While 802.11g and 802.11a offer similar […]

Small-business customers that need enterprise-level features but can’t afford enterprise-level prices have new options from 3Com Corp. Rolling out through the fall, the products include a travel access router, a wireless print server, a high-speed PC Card adapter and two access points. “The way we position ourselves is to deliver enterprise-class products to SMBs [small […]

3Com Corp. Monday unveiled several new wireless networking products for small business customers who need certain enterprise-level features but can’t afford enterprise-level prices. “The way we position ourselves is to deliver enterprise-class products to SMB,” said Neil Kaufman, senior director of the small business product line at 3Com, in Santa Clara, Calif. Rolling out throughout […]

Cisco Systems Inc. is preparing to introduce products to its WLAN line that add support for AES, among other security and management features. While Cisco is not the first wireless LAN provider to embrace Advanced Encryption Standard, its support will bring peace of mind to many IT managers who have standardized on the leading enterprise […]

WLAN (wireless LAN) hardware manufacturers are gearing up to take advantage of new silicon that promises to increase range and decrease the price of enterprise access points. Chip maker Engim Inc. this week will introduce a high-capacity wireless LAN chip set, which officials said will be used by several major access point manufacturers in products […]

Canadian broadband wireless technology provider Wi-LAN is suing industry giant Cisco Systems for patent infringement, Wi-LAN officials announced Thursday. And if the lawsuit goes well, the company may keep on suing. All of the patents in question relate to OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing), the modulation technique that enables high-speed data transfers for both the […]

Cisco Systems on Monday introduced a new card that adds support for the 802.11b and 802.11g wireless LAN standards to its 3200 Series routers. “This solution set is around creating a solution for the outdoor wireless broadband for the public sector,” said Ann Sun, senior manager for wireless and mobility at Cisco in San Jose, […]