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Are your wireless engineers certified?

Yesterday Xirrus announced that they have adopted the Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) training and certification program offered by CWNP.  This is a smart move by Xirrus and I wish more enterprises would encourage their network engineers to become certified using CWNP.  I am currently working my way through the CWNA study guide, and it [...]

My thoughts on enterprise mobility

My thoughts on the state of enterprise mobility are quoted in this Network World article.  Last week I published a new report with the Burton Group entitled “Enterprise Mobility at a crossroads” where I discuss topics such as:

Mobility governance
Wireless security
Impact of workforce demographics on enterprise mobility
Mobile device personal use policies
Mobile collaboration
Mobile use of virtual worlds

The [...]

The mobility generational gap

Younger workers are pushing many enterprises to embrace mobility solutions. These younger workers are often referred to as Gen-Y. However, since there is no precise definition for the Gen-Y cohort, I simply use the term “younger workers” in this post. Younger workers prefer instant/text messaging instead of e-mail, and they frequently use social networking services [...]

My Catalyst conference presentation

Many enterprises are considering Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ 802.11n draft 2.0 deployment because it has significant advantages over existing wireless technologies. However, these advantages present the enterprise network manager with important deployment considerations. At the upcoming Burton Group Catalyst Conference in July, I will examine the various deployment considerations for 802.11n in [...]