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May 16, 2014

NETWORKING

School Board of Sarasota County Prepares WLAN for 802.11ac

3 min read

Sarasota County Schools includes 24 Elementary Schools, 9 Middle Schools, 8 High Schools and various Technical and various Special Centers. It houses about 40,000 students in about 250 buildings....

Cisco Introduces Elastic Access

2 min read

With operational costs rising at a rate of 13% a year, carriers need to simplify their networks while leveraging virtualization and automation technologies to reduce the costs involved in bringing on new customers. What’s more, as bandwidth demands increase for video, mobile, and cloud services, network access can’t be a bottleneck for the customer experience. […]

Cisco Small Business Extending Services and Support in Latin America

2 min read

Happy Wednesday! Did you watch the Academy Awards this week? It sure would been great to get my mug in Ellen’s selfie shot. I could have been Bradley right? ..and a slice of pizza would have been great with Julia, Harrison, and “Marty”. Certainly this year’s Oscars was the best one in years. Speaking of […]

February 24, 2014

NETWORKING

Going Mobile? Get Secure.

1 min read

There is no turning back from the mobile trend. With more devices comes the insatiable hunger for bandwidth. After devices are connected to the network, IT must make sure each...

January 23, 2014

SECURITY

Security Realities of IoT (Internet of Things)

2 min read

Are you a security professional or IT professional just resolving the security issues with BYOD (bring-your-own-device)? Watch out, BYOD was a precursor or warm up exercise to the tsunami just hitting your shores now. The SANS Institute just completed a survey on the security viewpoints on IoT, predominantly with security and IT professionals. 78% of […]

Configuring Cisco Small Business Wireless Access Points using Single Point Setup

1 min read

  As we head towards Thanksgiving, it amazes me how fast time flies. 4th of July was a few weeks ago, right? I have yet to start holiday shopping, although the conversation at least came up this week. Wait! There is so much to get done before Christmas, so much to do with the Cisco […]

June 25, 2013

NETWORKING

Cisco’s New Wall Access Point Helps Hoteliers Deliver In-Room Wi-Fi Access

1 min read

Hotels and guests have had a love-hate relationship with Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi has become an expected service, not just a luxury, leaving hotels struggling to find the right setup that is...