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A tale of two city Wi-Fi's
Different approaches to wireless Internet access in San Francisco and neighboring Silicon Valley are producing very different results, with one project springing up around the city and the other inching through regulatory procedures. Read more...

Faster Wi-Fi draft is one year old, but some concerns remain

Wi-Fi Alliance takes on wireless IP telephony

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Sprint Nextel to launch WiMax in September

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8 incredibly useful tools for road warriors
Being mobile these days means more equipment -- and more problems. These devices and services will make things a bit easier.

Elgan: You can be a 'digital nomad' (no, really!)
Have you ever dreamed of traveling while working? Columnist Mike Elgan offer advice, based on his own experience, as a "digital nomad."

Elgan: In search of the super easy super-phone
We all want a phone that's superpowerful, does it all, but is brain-dead easy to use. But can it be done? And if so, who's likely to do it?

RIM execs on best BlackBerry apps: 8 downloads
Here are what they find to be the most valuable and use the most, from GPS apps to travel aids to media players -- and many are free.

Opinion: It's not your father's wireless anymore
Four major challenges face IT execs as more data services are used, bandwidth gets broader and wireless/wireline integration moves forward.

Review: Which 3G network is the best?
Three U.S. national cellular operators offer 3G wireless broadband service, but these services are not all created equally. Here's what we found in our on-the-street tests.

Elgan: Your car — the ultimate 'mobile computer'
You may hate Windows Vista, laugh at the Zune media player and completely ignore Windows Mobile, but Microsoft seems to be making all the right decisions about its Windows for Cars product, called Microsoft Auto.

Elgan: Adventures in 'extreme telecommuting'
Working from Greece for the past month has been rewarding, but it hasn't been easy. Here's what columnist Mike Elgan has learned so far.

Elgan: Which religion has the best cell phone?
Now you can get cell phones customized with services specific to your religion. Columnist Mike Elgan picks the three best devices.

Opinion: No end in sight for WLAN architecture wars
The debate over the best wireless LAN architecture continues, and columnist Craig Mathias explains why there's no clear winner on the horizon.

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Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?
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Bringing Order and Security to your Mobile Workforce: Corporate Mobility Policy and Device Management
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Troubleshooting Remote Site Networks - Best Practices
Management and remote site employees expect the same level of network service as the headquarters site. However, when IT staff are faced with limited resources to support remote site networks, often the applications, services and performance at those sites is not as robust as the headquarters site. See how to deliver a high level of network service at remote sites using the best practices outlined in this white paper.

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Super-size your LAN with fiber
Fiber optic technology frees the Local Area Network (LAN) from the confines of a single building, allowing a LAN to extend across a campus or a metropolitan area. Read how the selection of fiber optic components affects repeaterless transmission distance and how one school district used fiber to build a more reliable and more cost effective high-speed, district-wide network. Also, read how Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) ownership may require self-assessment of network performance.

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Determining the cause of poor application performance
Are users constantly complaining that your network is too slow? Or that they can’t connect or can't stay connected? Are network applications hanging and slowing productivity? Do you spend way too much time trying to isolate the source of the problem and to prove that often the issue isn't the network at all but the application? In this on demand webcast, learn best practices and common root causes of application problems using case studies and live network traffic.

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