Vendor Research

This report is designed to help vendors and solution providers understand adoption trends and end-customer requirements for enterprise access networks.

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The Wireless LAN (WLAN) market continues to grow, along with the value enterprises get out of them. Use Info-Tech's research to choose, with confidence, the WLAN most suited to your needs.

Solution Set

This solution set will help you understand the key issues to focus on through your WLAN vendor selection process, identify the primary strengths and challenges of the leading players, and reach the right vendor decision.

Tool

Use this tool to generate a customized shortlist of Wireless LAN vendors based on the importance your organization places on product features and vendor attributes.

(27-Jun-11) The last of Nortel's assets — patents for Internet search, mobile video and wireless networks that can be used in consumer technology — go up for auction Monday, ending an era for the bankrupt Canadian telecom company. Internet...

Template/Policy

Organizations embarking on the selection process for an Enterprise Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) vendor may elect to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) after determining their final selection criteria. Use this RFP template when soliciting...

25-Jan-10 Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) has alleged Waterloo, Ont.-based Research in Motion Ltd. (TSE:RIM) is infringing on its patents and is asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to stop RIM from selling certain BlackBerry products in the...

Skype's combination of strengths and shortcomings make it a complicated issue when it comes to use in business environments. However, while the desktop application poses similar security risks to other consumer messaging tools, small business IT...

T-Mobile USA offers competitive wireless voice and data services to small or mid-sized enterprises in many US geographies. When choosing a wireless service provider, consider the carrier's quality of service landscape, in terms of network...

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Small enterprises utilizing a Wireless LAN Real Time Location System can find significant benefits in certain vertical markets. Tracking high-value assets, inventory, and people in healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics has the potential to...

Service quality is one area that cellular providers prefer not to discuss with small enterprise clients. When it comes to the marketing hype surrounding current 3G and the forthcoming 4G cellular networks, wireless carriers are concealing many...

Enterprises are increasingly adopting mobility to keep remote and traveling users connected and productive. However, this trend towards mobility comes at a cost, and most enterprises have seen the total cost of mobile services rise, even as per...

The benefits of mobility are becoming increasingly clear to enterprises. Mobile employees are more productive, internal and external communications are better, and efficiency can be improved. However, these benefits can also send mobile service...

The selection of Wi-Fi enabled smartphones has expanded dramatically in the past year as wireless carriers are becoming more amenable to selling the devices for use on their networks. Companies of all sizes are adopting the new breed of mobile...

As dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi mobile devices become more widely available, they are finding their way into enterprises around the world. There are several potential advantages to augmenting wireless connectivity to carrier networks with Wi-Fi that...

Companies adopting mobility strategies are finding bigger bills from their wireless carriers. Even as the cost of mobile voice and data plans are dropping, organizations embracing mobility are seeing mobile costs dart upwards as mobile employees...

Dual mode mobile devices that can operate on a wireless carrier's network as well as a Wi-Fi network have been around for a while, but wireless carriers have been reluctant to sell them. Times are changing and carriers are starting to offer a...

Unified Communications (UC) and enterprise mobility are inherently linked technology areas. IT leaders that are building their organization's communications strategy should recognize the cross-opportunity of mobile UC and approach planning...

Unified Communications and workforce mobility are becoming key priorities for a growing number of organizations. Small enterprise IT leaders assessing solutions in these areas should understand key opportunities for integration.

In-Depth Report

Surfing the Internet, accessing e-mail, and utilizing VPN connections while flying the friendly skies could soon become a reality. In-flight broadband services using Wi-Fi and air-to-ground communication facilities are on the horizon....

It has taken substantial amounts of time and money for enterprises to construct and effectively manage their network infrastructures. As wireless continues to penetrate enterprises, concerned executives ask if and how they should integrate...

The lure of cheap or free Wi-Fi access from the local coffee shop is often too much to resist for increasingly mobile employees. But these easy connections could expose the enterprise to a rat's nest of security vulnerabilities. Tighten down...