Overheard @ Interop NYC 2008: When high fashion and high tech collide
Vendor A: “Busy enough for you?” Vendor B: “Packed in here.” –Two empty vendor booths There’s nothing quite like Vegas, I was told, right before tromping off to Interop New York, and boy were they...
View ArticleWireless LAN spending is down, 802.11n spending is up
Market analyst firm Dell’Oro published a 1st quarter assessment of the wireless LAN market which showed that a severe 11% drop in enterprise spending from the 1st quarter of last year and a 15% drop...
View ArticleThe future of enterprise networking is no more networks
At Burton Group’s Catalyst Conference, I chatted briefly with speaker Matt Lavallee about how the conference was going, and he asked me this question: “Have there been any surprises for you?” In short,...
View ArticleMotorola brand to disappear? I don’t think so
On the blog 24/7 Wall Street, Jon Ogg boldly predicted this week that Motorola is one of 10 brands that will disappear in 2010. It’s time to break up the company and “scuttle a brand with a bad...
View ArticleWireless LAN market on fire, Motorola closing in on Aruba while Cisco slips
Market research firm dell’Oro Group has published its latest quarterly market update on the wireless LAN industry. According to the firm, the market hit an all-time high in the fourth quarter of 2009....
View ArticleMotorola smartens access points, pulls back WLAN controllers
The role of the wireless LAN controller appliance is shifting dramatically. The days of the dumb access point are severely numbered. Motorola became just the latest WLAN vendor to deemphasize the role...
View ArticleMotorola on the future of the wireless LAN controller
Recently Motorola announced a significant change to its wireless LAN architecture with its WiNG 5 announcement. With WiNG 5, Motorola is running identical firmware across its wireless LAN controllers...
View ArticleCan your WLAN keep up with the tablet explosion?
Research firm Canalys reports that the enterprise wireless LAN market has grown by 35% due to the influx of wireless-only devices in the workplace. I could report this as good news – and it is for the...
View ArticleRIM: Move on from BlackBerry
Sometimes it pays to move on, no matter how much you have invested in something. This summer Freakonomics Radio ran an episode titled “The Upside of Quitting,” which poked holes in the old adage...
View ArticleBlackBerry: The Lincoln Town Car of smartphones
NPR’s Planet Money podcast recently did an episode on Ford’s luxury car brand Lincoln, and how far it’s fallen. “Can Lincoln be cool again?” Apparently there was a time when the Lincoln Town Car was...
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