In the modern office environment, each worker is equipped with a personal computer with its own processor and multiple disk drives. The computer may be free-standing (very much the exception these ...

Networking. I am not talking about the kind of networking that connects computer systems together. I am talking about professional networking, the kind that connects people together. Building a strong ...

With Wireless LANs becoming mainstream, organizations want to tightly integrate Wireless LANs with wired LANs. Network managers are reluctant or unwilling to deploy Wireless LANs unless those LANs ...

LAN technology recently passed a milestone — it has been around for 30 years, some of them tumultuous. But while the LAN seems ubiquitous now, there are those who think its future may be more troubled ...

For two decades, the telecommunications industry has operated on a familiar premise: Build the pipe, push the data and scale the infrastructure. My previous writings explored how the convergence of ...

Hoping to improve demand for products and increase sales, networking vendors are taking a multifaceted approach to driving enterprises toward large-scale network infrastructure upgrades. Users should ...

Corporate local area networks are typically large and complex, requiring intense planning and ongoing support. A corporate LAN facilitates communication and data sharing for the company, and the ...