Wireless and Mobility

It’s hard enough being a department of two. Now imagine managing an out-of-date network infrastructure in an old, three-story building. And add two other older buildings running the same decrepit network and you have the scenario that was facing the two-man IT department of the City of Biel, Switzer…

You know the differences between 802.11ac and 802.11n. You can explain how to install a wireless network until the digital cows come home. You even know the technical term for “the fear of phones”! How about taking all that knowledge and using it for something fun? Cisco is proud to present Mobilit…

Can you place phone calls over Wi-Fi to save roaming costs when you travel abroad? Is there an easy solution for making phone calls despite poor indoor cellular coverage? The answer is Yes! You can do all of the above using a new solution adopted by service providers and cell phone vendors known as…

Join us in Vegas this week at CTIA Super Mobility 2015, one of the biggest mobility shows in the country. We’re in the MobilCON space, the premier destination at CTIA where the best minds in business and enterprise IT converge to transform their organizations in this digital, connected era. You hav…

The network and phone system for the largest charitable funder of child health research in Canada—SickKids Foundation—was ailing. From dropped calls to poor voice quality to unexpected downtime, SickKids Foundation’s phone system was causing a lot of frustration among donors. SickKids Foundation dep…

In my position at Cisco I manage a team who helps our customers set an architecture vision and processes for using Cisco solutions to achieve business outcomes.  Despite the fact that we have been creating solutions for Healthcare for many years now, some of our customers are still not fully aware t…

As the world’s largest appliance maker, Whirlpool Corporation knows a thing or two about innovations. But the company recently looked at its factories’ mixed networking devices and realized that their backend infrastructure needed some innovating too. An unstable wireless network set-up was costing…

Since the release of Apple watch in April 2015, a considerable amount of articles have been published on the features of the watch and how it connects to the iPhone through either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Unlike those pieces, this article analyzes the impact of the Apple watch on the wireless network. Th…

I am a typical Gen X employee and started my career as a university teacher in the early days of the Internet. I was restricted to working in an office and wasted a great deal of my time commuting. Once I arrived into my office, I tried to be as productive as possible which wasn’t always easy after…