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Overcome limited resources with a wireless LAN

March 13, 2001 8:00am PST

Is your organization planning to implement a new network infrastructure for a small workgroup? Do you need to get it up and running quickly but on a limited budget? Ed Engelking looks at the pros...

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Will the iPad be a support nightmare for IT?

January 28, 2010 2:09pm PST

The wait is over. Apple has officially announced its tablet PC--the iPad. If the iPad makes its way into business IT, do you have any support concerns?

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Meraki Networks plans to implement city-wide Wi-Fi across San Francisco

January 7, 2008 7:07am PST

Funded by Sequoia Capital and Google, Meraki Networks plans to provide city-wide free Internet access via Wi-Fi in San Francisco.

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LAN headroom: Designing for expansion

March 7, 2002 8:00am PST

Designing LANs with expansion in mind is a critical aspect of a network designer's role. As budgets grow tighter and needs become greater, there is less room for error. Robert McIntire gives you...

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Research your requirements before selecting a broadband router

April 15, 2003 7:00am PDT

If you need to deploy a router for a small office or remote office, you don't want to simply purchase the first broadband router you find. You need to carefully consider the requirements of the...

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Keystrokes to power smartphones? It's just a waste of energy

October 15, 2012 7:40am PDT

Avoiding wasted energy is a big part of the green credo, and at first sight collecting excess power seems a good idea. But in reality good design always trumps those kinds of scheme.

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Help this manager justify the cost of a trial LAN setup

December 16, 2002 8:00am PST

An IT manager needs your help in persuading non-IT management to allocate funds for a much-needed trial LAN. Let us know how you would deal with this delicate situation.

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Automated updates: Why they may not be such a good idea

August 3, 2009 1:06pm PDT

It's the time of year that software developers dread. Black Hat and Defcon security conferences just finished, the fallout is starting to be digested, and everyone is figuring out who got hit the...

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Cheat sheet: Mobile and wireless security

February 14, 2002 7:15am PST

Stopping your bits floating unprotected in the air...

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How to edit the Windows registry with Lavasoft's RegHance

August 8, 2003 6:26pm PDT

How to obtain, install, and use Lavasofts RegHance to edit the Windows registry

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Get IT Done: LanTrend makes it easier to monitor LAN and Internet traffic

May 29, 2002 7:00am PDT

Monitor network and Internet traffic to improve performance

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Do you plan on implementing wireless LAN or WAN technologies within your enterprise?

November 22, 2000 8:00am PST

Polling Place examines the results of TPG's Quick Poll: Do you plan on implementing wireless LAN or WAN technologies within your enterprise?

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QuickBooks users warned to stay off public Wi-Fi hot spots

January 3, 2008 11:56pm PST

Intuit, the makers of the popular accounting package QuickBooks, have warned users not to use the software at public Wi-Fi hot spots. A serious bug that was supposedly patched last week...

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WiMAX: Don't forget about interoperability

April 14, 2010 6:48am PDT

We learned some hard lessons about Wi-Fi device incompatibility. Let's not make the same mistake with WiMAX.

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Manage your LAN with a customer-driven focus

April 30, 2003 7:00am PDT

Being in charge of a local area network isn't all switches and wires. New managers of LANs also need to understand their network users. Here are some tips for becoming customer-focused.

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Get IT Done: Use LAN emulation to integrate ATM with Ethernet

February 17, 2000 8:00am PST

Take advantage of ATMs high speed and low latency capabilities by using LAN emulation (LANE) to integrate ATM into your existing Ethernet and Token Ring networks.

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On the road? My seven tips for keeping hackers at bay

May 23, 2012 4:34am PDT

Hackers aren't always miles away. They can be sitting next to you waiting for the chance to get into your device and onto your network.

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Almost worthwhile: A follow-up to AlmostEverest

April 25, 2008 12:13pm PDT

In the spirit of our nostalgic trip look back at the AlmostEverest event, I decided to embark on my own Trek for Technology.

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Top 10 headlines for May 12 -- Redesigned BlackBerry unveiled, Microsoft limits cheap laptops, Nokia focuses on U.S.

May 12, 2008 1:29am PDT

Top IT news headlines for Monday, May 12, 2008: RIM officially announces redesigned BlackBerry, Microsoft puts limits on cheap laptops, Nokia puts greater focus on U.S. wireless market, the battle...

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Will Wi-Fi on planes be another nail in the coffin of print newspapers and magazines?

August 8, 2008 10:59am PDT

Delta announced this week that it will be rolling out Wi-Fi Internet access across its entire fleet of U.S. planes by the middle of 2009. One of the ramifications is that it could accelerate the...

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