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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....

March 18, 2014

NETWORKING

Shining a New Light on Shadow IT

3 min read

More people than ever are talking about “shadow IT” nowadays.  As the name implies, it’s mysterious, perhaps even malevolent by some people’s standards.  From a traditional IT vantage point, this negative view may be somewhat justified given the risks it creates around security, compliance, productivity, and technology investment. But let’s look at it from another […]

March 7, 2014

GOVERNMENT

Mobile Government and Telework Week 2014

2 min read

Each year I pledge to telework along with thousands of others for the annual Telework Week.  Today, I worked from my rpod parked in front of my house.  My rpod is my personal smart work space and provides me everything I need to work at home or on the road with secure mobility capabilities that allow […]

February 17, 2014

NETWORKING

Church uses wireless technology to bring community together

2 min read

Instead of having people travel to a singular physical location every week, this church brings their services to the people, therefore reducing barriers in spreading their message. Eastlake community church is located across 8 campuses in Seattle area in Washington. Their main objective is to create a feel of a singular church across physically disconnected […]

January 28, 2014

NETWORKING

Increasing Business Investments and IT Opportunities

2 min read

As business groups increase their technology investments and gain more access to new technologies and consumption models, IT’s balance between operational excellence and innovation is shifting. Technical innovation can now happen anywhere. This change presents a huge opportunity for IT to drive innovation in new ways. So which organizations are seizing this opportunity? To find […]

December 16, 2013

NETWORKING

Mobility and BYOD That’s Right for Your Midsize IT

2 min read

Employee are now unchained from their desks; mobility frees the ability to work anyplace, anytime, and from any device. This is revolutionizing the type of productivity and efficiency businesses see from their workforce- large, medium, or small.  While realizing business efficiency and growth, midmarket IT is struggling to balance objectives (make the network for you) […]

October 23, 2013

NETWORKING

Honesty is the Best BYOD Policy

2 min read

Does BYOD really mean that my device will become the company’s device? Do I control my private data or does my employer? How can I make sure I maintain a...

October 10, 2013

NETWORKING

Catalyst 3650 Delivers High Quality User Experience with Simplicity

4 min read

The network at my workplace is getting really fast these days. I cannot believe that as soon as I hit “Download” to pull a 50 MB video file from a server to my laptop, the browser immediately says “Download is complete.” Wait, isn’t that supposed to take a few minutes, or at least a few […]

October 3, 2013

NETWORKING

Reminder – Join Us Live Today From InteropNY

1 min read

Yesterday Cisco announced a couple of new technologies – a new 802.11ac Access Point, a new converged wired+wireless Catalyst Switch, and more – but the announcement that generate d quite a bit of buzz beyond networking circles was a new partnership with Facebook.  This solution –  CMX for Facebook Wi-Fi – is part of a broader […]