Networking & Wireless Articles

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Eastern Illinois U Cuts User Complaints with NAC Overhaul

Eastern Illinois University has reported a 70 percent reduction in help desk calls a year after switching network access control applications.

Exinda Updates Application Acceleration Appliance Operating System

Exinda has updated ExOS, the operating system that runs on its application acceleration appliances. Exinda's technology helps IT administrators monitor and prioritize network traffic and control network access in order to improve application performance.

Finessing Bandwidth for a Campus Laptop Program

Introducing a completely wireless laptop campus brought a new set of challenges for this Michigan university's IT team.

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Working Group Takes on Challenges of WiFi Growth on Campus

A new working group dominated by IT representatives from higher education is tackling the problems and solutions of running WiFi networks that need to support a dramatic proliferation of wireless devices on campus and in business.

Meraki WiFi APs Boost Performance, Drop Price

Meraki has released a couple of new access points (APs) in its 802.11n family, boosting performance and lowering cost.



Campus Spotlight: Rebuilding IT from the Ground Up

What do you do with an aging IT infrastructure that's preventing your school from accomplishing its technology goals? If you're American International College's CIO, you tear down the whole thing and start from scratch.

New Extreme Networks Switches Address Cross-Platform Stacking

Extreme Networks has launched a set of gigabit Ethernet switches to address the rising mobility and virtualization requirements of campus and data center networks.

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Streamlining Wireless Management at UC Berkeley

Handling the many wireless devices that must access a campus WiFi network at once is a common challenge in higher education, where the increasing proliferation of wireless devices can raise capacity issues.