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June 5, 2014

NETWORKING

Wi-Fi Roaming 101

3 min read

Wi-Fi roaming is often a tumultuous subject.  The crux of the issue is, with Wi-Fi the roaming decision is left to the client. In the recent years, there have been...

June 26, 2013

NETWORKING

Metageek Chanalyzer Pro + Cisco CleanAir = Powerful RF Visualization

2 min read

As I partake in Cisco Live! activities, I wonder how the network team handles the thousands of geeks with their 3-4 geek toys each connecting to Wi-Fi from anywhere around...

January 14, 2013

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

Retailers Must ‘Catch and Keep’ Today’s Demanding Digital Shoppers

2 min read

Retailers are entering a new era of consumer shopping behavior fueled by the digital world in which we live. The explosion of digital content has major implications for retailers across...

December 6, 2012

PERSPECTIVES

Summary: What Partners Need to Know Before Selling into the Healthcare Sector

1 min read

Consider the following facts:  In the US, the street value of a stolen social security or credit card number is about $1, and it can be sold for only a few days after it’s been stolen.  By comparison, a stolen medical record number has a street value of $50 and can be exploited over a […]

December 4, 2012

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Satisfied Customers Aren’t Necessarily Loyal Customers

2 min read

Retention Trumps Satisfaction For about a decade, JD Power and Associates has been asking consumers to rate their satisfaction with insurance companies on a simple scale of 1-5. This summer, a study of the auto insurance industry found satisfaction, as measured by this simple survey, to be at an all-time high (2012 U.S. Auto Insurance […]

November 20, 2012

DATA CENTER

Next Generation Data Centers Need Next Generation Skills

1 min read

The Cisco Global Cloud Index reports that annual global data center IP traffic will reach 6.6 zettabytes by the end of 2016 at a compound annual growth rate of 31 percent. The growth of data and these new technologies impacts not only IT systems and infrastructures, but also the professionals that design, install, operate and […]