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Mobile Retail Evolution and Location Based Services
This is part of a series of how location services is a core part of the mobile evolution in various industries. In a previous post I looked at the growth of mobile location, data and context based advertising, and there is no doubt from the evidence that this market space is already big, and predic…
What, Why, Where, When, How: The New FCC Ruling Around 5 GHz
You don’t need me to tell you to know that we are in the midst of a technology revolution. It’s mobilizing the internet. And it’s transforming the way billions of people around the globe collaborate, communicate, and connect to the internet. • The education customers I work with are inco…
Setting the Stage for the Cisco Mobile Workspace Solution with Citrix CVD
The times keep changing: first there were devices, then there were apps, and today, if you don’t develop a strategy for enterprise mobility and get ahead of the trend, the mobile wave will leave you behind. A year ago, after talking with many of our customers, partners, and our own technical sales t…
Portland State University rolls out 802.11n and 5760 Series Controller
Portland State University is Oregon’s largest and most diverse public university encompassing 50 city blocks, eight schools, 226 degree programs, 29,000 students, including 1,700 international students from 91 countries, and 126,000 alumni. For the second year in a row, the US News & World Repor…
Explosive Growth in Mobility and Location-based Marketing
It’s exciting to watch the explosive growth of mobile and hyper local based services. Mobile location based services and marketing is rapidly becoming BIG business, with an estimated $4.5B of mobile advertising being location based (rising to over $10B by 2017). Let’s look at some of the funda…
The Future of Wireless: Times are Changing Before Our Eyes
We live in amazing times, ask anyone who ever had to look up a phone number in a phone book. In the past this was the only way you could find the number to your favorite restaurant if you wanted to make a reservation. Today, all we need to do is reach into our pocket or purse and grab our mobile dev…
Midsize Hotel redefines luxury standards using the network
Can you remember the last time you checked into a hotel that didn’t have wifi connectivity? Whether it’s for personal or business travel, guests increasingly expect to connect personal devices to their hotel’s wireless LAN. Network connectivity now plays a vital role when it comes to providing a gre…
Bring Out Yer Dead: 5 Steps to Eliminate 802.11b From Your Networks
Now that US tax day is over, we in the wireless field can get back to focusing on P1: optimizing and maintaining network performance. Keeping your network in good shape is like gardening: if you don’t pull out the weeds, it’ll never look as good as it could. My friend Jim Florwick detailed the gory…
Connected Healthcare: How Mobility Drives Better Care and a Healthier Society
As advancements in mobility continue to accelerate across all industries, one area that appears poised for some of the deepest transformation is healthcare. Already, we are seeing how mobility adoption in hospitals — along with new personal health-monitoring devices — is enabling better patient care…