Wireless and Mobility

You read all about the recent news that Cisco Catalyst 9800 controller made an addition to its family with the Catalyst 9800-L. This new controller is specifically geared towards smaller sized environments. But how much do you know about a Catalyst controller that runs the gamut from small to large…

In November, you may recall that Cisco knocked the industry on its backside with the announcement of the next generation of wireless controllers, the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series. As the new addition to the Catalyst 9000 family, the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers—which includes the 98…

A mobile carrier’s worst nightmare is a customer who doesn’t have wireless service and blames their operator. Maybe they are traveling and don’t have an international cellular plan. Or they are at a stadium for a game, but no traffic is going through because the cellular towers are overloaded. 5G is…

The world’s wireless systems are getting huge upgrades this year and next: 5G cellular is beginning its rollout, with the promise of much faster speeds; and Wi-Fi is getting a big upgrade too, with the release of Wi-Fi 6 devices that will give us not just better speed, but better battery life and re…

In 1999, the idea of connecting to a network wirelessly was mostly a dream. The only device one might want to connect was a laptop, and they were generally expensive and often restricted to the executive suite in larger enterprises. But 1999 was also the year that the IEEE 802.11 Working Group appro…

When you visit a commercial web site, that business immediately knows a lot about you. It knows if you’re a first-time visitor or a regular. It knows the site you were on before you came, and where you went after you left. It can tell what kind of machine you’re using, the languages you…

Amorepacific’s new headquarters is a building that is on the cutting-edge of design. So it only makes sense that its wireless infrastructure is the same—and that’s why they turned to Cisco. In November 2017, one of the top beauty companies in the world, Amorepacific, opened a new, state-of-the-art h…

Waiting for test results can be a long and frustrating experience. Think back to when you were at school, taking the test was difficult; but waiting for the teacher to post the results were excruciating—even if you thought that you aced the exam! So you can understand how Cisco felt. Miercom, an ind…

When I was a kid, the future meant flying cars and everyone wearing the same silver jumpsuits. It’s been a few years since I was a kid and while I may not own a flying car, but I don’t have to wear a jumpsuit and working at Cisco allows me to check out all of new innovations that we bring to the wor…