Wireless and Mobility

February 27, 2015

NETWORKING

Introduction to 802.11ac Wave 2

802.11ac is the hottest topic of discussion and deployment in WiFi over the past couple of years. Ratified as a standard by the IEEE in November 2013, the first phase of 802.11ac products brought to market is commonly referred to as Wave 1, and provides roughly a 3x improvement in network performanc…

February 18, 2015

NETWORKING

TechWiseTV Workshop on Cisco CMX Location Services: The Next Best Thing to Being There

As you’ve no doubt seen from our recent Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX) Momentum announcement, the solution continues to evolve in exciting new ways. As new customers see the potential and expand the number and types of use cases, we want to continue to grow the solution and deliver the most comp…

February 16, 2015

NETWORKING

Sun, Sand, and APIs: Cisco CMX (Connected Mobile Experiences) in Action at the 1st Annual UCSB Beachside Hackathon

I’ve always enjoyed my work in coding. Sure, some days it can be monotonous, frustrating, and terrible on my back and eyes, but more often than not I find myself elated to be able to intricately manipulate letters, numbers, symbols, and lines to form a beautiful new creation. Being able to see that…

February 16, 2015

NETWORKING

Cisco the Voice Over Wi-Fi Leader: Improves New Features and Performance

Voice over Wi-Fi With its native support in Apple’s iOS 8.0, Voice over Wi-Fi (aka Wi-Fi Calling) has suddenly gotten a lot of attention. With Voice over Wi-Fi, a mobile phone which used to be only limited to placing and receiving calls and texting when “cellular coverage” was present, can now use W…

February 13, 2015

NETWORKING

Developer Network (DevNet) showcases new applications using Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX) at Cisco Live Milan 2015

Have you ever been slaving away at work all day, yet somebody asks, “Where have you been, I have been looking for you all day and by the way, have you seen James?” Well, CMX (Connected Mobile Experience) along with a cool mobile app can tackle those questions and more. To start, Cisco Connected Mobi…

February 12, 2015

NETWORKING

How to manage Chromecast at your school?

Google Chromecast is a small streaming device that plugs into a HDMI port on any TV and allows any smartphone, tablet o PC to project “cast” information to the TV. A recent previous deployment guide helped you understand how to use this in a typical multi-vlan campus environment via the use of vlan…

February 10, 2015

NETWORKING

Revisit Mobility Moments at Cisco Live Milan

Well, CiscoLive Milan 2015 is behind us…..but hopefully the energy and insights you took away from it stay with you – at least till next CiscoLive. Our attendees rated it as our most successful CiscoLive EMEAR ever……and having been to a few of them myself I’d happily agree! I had the opp…

February 9, 2015

NETWORKING

Cloud-Managed IT: The Demystification of Cisco Meraki

I often find when you say “cloud” to a customer they get a reluctant look on their face, and I wonder to myself, ”Is it the mystery about the cloud that concerns them? Maybe the idea of things being sent off to a far away place known as ‘The Cloud’ makes them leery of embracing a technology that can…

February 7, 2015

NETWORKING

Improved Location Accuracy for an Improved CMX Experience

As with any type of information, the quality of the context improves the quality of the content. That is, the more relevant and accurate the information, the more valuable it becomes. This truism is highly pertinent to the growing field of location-based services such as those supported by Cisco Con…