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Ember today announced continued global expansion with the opening of new international facilities and the signing of new international customers and distributors. The company also announced some major milestone achievements for the first half of 2005 to further strengthen Ember’s position in the ZigBee wireless networking market. ZigBee is an embedded wireless network standard that solves the unique needs of remote monitoring and control, and sensor network applications.     Ember opened a new research and business facility in Cambridge, England, to accommodate expansion of the Continue reading →

AirMagnet’s recent self-serving press release, which essentially highlighted its relatively new Spectrum Analyzer, noted that the abundance of non-Wi-Fi-generated interference at the annual DefCon Convention (for hackers of all kinds) actually caused more disruption than the more conventional wireless attacks. The sad reality is that high-tech conventions and conferences are swamped with unintentional interference in the 2.4-GHz band from hastily deployed building- and booth-specific APs (access points), Wi-Fi-enabled laptops, Bluetooth devices and the microwaves that heat the overpriced food. Tenants stacked in multistory buildings in Continue reading →

Editor's Perspective

This edition looks at Colubris Networks' InMotion MultiService Controller, ZyXel Communications' ZyAir G-2000, Avocent Corp.'s DETwo and Draconis Software's RSP 2.0.

Companies enhance wireless IPSec

As larger and more diverse enterprise and public wireless LAN networks are deployed, some vendors are resorting to channel tricks to beef up performance. Specifically, they’re looking to divide and prioritize different traffic types, therefore adding capacity to their networks. The idea is that by separating voice, video, and data on a network, the most crucial packets can be delivered first. Of course, such tactics can’t avoid the fact that 802.11 wireless LAN is a shared medium and performance will suffer if there is too Continue reading →

Net One Systems To Sell Colubris WLAN As Part Of Complete Solution In Japan

Wi-Fi security vendor AirMagnet has increased the support for Cisco access points in AirMagnet Enterprise 6, as well as adding multi-tasking sensors, making set-up easier and adding intelligence to spot new attacks.. “You can now use Cisco APs as scanners,” said Rich Mironov, vice president of marketing at AirMagnet. “That’s a little less than a sensor, it is not a full-function analytical device, but the AP can become a full-time dedicated scanner on all channels.” AirMagnet probes are also embedded in two other recently launched Continue reading →

Chrysalis Group Plc today announced that it has licensed the Enpocket Marketing Engine after a competitive review.  Chrysalis will use the Engine to manage CRM activities around a range of mobile music initiatives.  Radio station brands including Heart and Galaxy will also use Enpocket’s solutions to drive interaction with listeners and build text clubs. Chrysalis has pioneered the use of mobile as an integral part of programming schedules for its 10 radio stations, using advertiser-sponsored campaigns and mobile competitions to generate new revenues.  Now DJs, Continue reading →

Partnership Supports Colubris’ US Enterprise Wireless Sales Push; Expansion Into Eastern Europe, Russia