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Internet Week > Wireless > Enterprises Are Expanding Wireless, Survey Finds > August 4, 2004

Enterprises Are Expanding Wireless, Survey Finds

By Mobile Pipeline

A survey released Wednesday by In-Stat/MDR indicates that wireless technology already plays an important role in most enterprises and that it is becoming even more important.


Half of the mid-sized and large enterprises in the survey said they already have wireless equipment or data applications and another 30 percent are either planning or evaluating wireless for future deployment, the market research firm said in a statement. About 75 percent of the enterprises that currently use wireless technology said they expect to expand usage in the future.

Warwickshire hospital puts in wireless LAN network

Warwickshire hospital puts in wireless LAN network

George Eliot Hospital, an NHS Trust located in Nuneaton, Warwickshire is putting in a Wireless LAN (WLAN).

The suppliers are Airespace, Inc, together with strategic partner Sigma Technology.

It is envisaged that with the WLAN system, doctors, nurses, and support staff will be able to electronically retrieve patient records from anywhere in the hospital. A goal for the wireless network is improved productivity at the hospital and increase in the efficiency with which George Eliot Hospital can care for patients.

Web Hosting News: VITAL Network Services Receives Recertification for Wireless LAN Specialisation from Cisco Systems

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Intel cool on 802.20 | The Register

Intel cool on 802.20
By Datamonitor
Published Thursday 5th August 2004 07:55 GMT
Intel could be closing the door on the emerging 802.20 mobile broadband wireless access standard after the company admitted to uncertainty surrounding the working group's ability to put aside self-interest. But the chip giant has finally accepted the rise of the Bluetooth short-range wireless technology, which will shortly be accommodated in its wireless LAN chipsets.

Intel's position was outlined at a journalist presentation given by senior executives from its communications group in Palo Alto, California last Friday. Intel's top-line position on wireless technology support was provided by Sean Maloney, executive VP and general manager for the group.

Mr Maloney re-affirmed Intel's commitment to WLAN, WiMax, GSM/GPRS and WCDMA but was equivocal on the likelihood of the company developing chipsets around the IEEE's developing 802.20 standard, also known as mobile broadband wireless access.

Wi-Fi Product Guide - LucidLink Wireless LAN Security (Interlink Networks, Inc.)

LucidLink Wireless LAN Security
Version 1.5
With LucidLink, you can protect your WiFi network from unauthorized access with 802.1x authentication and secure your company's wireless data with advanced Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption. At the same time you can free up valuable IT resources through simple user management and control Wi-Fi access with 2-click user administration.

LucidLink provides a high level of security without requiring security and networking expertise. Using award-winning RADIUS-level security—the same security used by large corporations—LucidLink can secure your wireless LAN against unauthorized access and protect the data flowing through your network.

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EE Times -Startup launches RFID alternative

Startup launches RFID alternative

By Christoph Hammerschmidt
EE Times
August 03, 2004 (12:00 PM EDT)



MUNICH — A German startup company has developed a possible alternative to short-range communications technologies such as RFID, Bluetooth and Near Field Communications (NFC). In contrast to those processes, the company's Skinplex technology uses human skin as a transmission medium.

Skinplex technology could be used between an identifier worn on the user's body and a receiver integrated into a car, for example. A distinct code is transmitted through touch, the receiver recognizes its dedicated, authorized sender, and the car door is opened, for example.

Skinplex technology uses certain electrical specifics inherent to human skin for the transmission. "Skin's resistance includes a real part and an imaginary part," stated Stefan Donat, Ident Technology AG's chief operating officer. "For our data transfer we use a frequency with which the imaginary part disappears." Skinplex transmissions operate at 195 kHz, which is one one of several of these kinds of license-free frequencies.

Wireless LAN Attacks are Moving from Discovery Mode to Manipulation


AirDefense discovers injection and new denial of service attack at DefCon

ATLANTA, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- AirDefense, the leader in 24x7 wireless
LAN security and monitoring, discovered wireless LAN attacks are evolving from
simple sniffing to complicated data injection and network manipulation while
monitoring the airwaves at DefCon 12, the annual underground hacking
convention held last week in Las Vegas.
"The types of attacks we are seeing are increasingly more sophisticated
than those of years past," said Richard Rushing, chief security officer of
AirDefense. "Whereas last year we noted basic denial of service and MAC
spoofing attacks, this year hackers have moved on to what we refer to as level
three attacks, where hackers are actually injecting traffic into the network
and manipulating data."
AirDefense identified an injection attack where attendees surfing the Web
would receive manipulated images and form data that they had not requested.
Previously, this attack was most often used on the wired side; however,
hackers taking advantage of the open, unencrypted traffic have learned to
adapt the technology to function in the wireless environment.
AirDefense also discovered a new Developer's Kit Denial of Service (DoS)
attack. This type of attack involves modifying firmware on a network card to
allow the cards to send data without having to wait for a signal from the
access point. This type of attack, equivalent to a chattering network card,
can knock people off the network, prevent other users from sending data, or
even allow an individual to take control of the network.
"This is an example of how theoretical attacks are becoming practical. The
only way to identify this type of attack is to use a monitoring system with
multiple analysis engines to detect anomalous behaviors. These types of
attacks are why we are continuing to add theoretical alarms based on
correlation across signature, behavior and policy engines to AirDefense. As
more instances of attackers using developer's kits occur we want to ensure our
customers are equipped to defend their network," said Anil Khatod, president
and CEO of AirDefense.
DefCon remains the defacto conference to view leading edge tools and
techniques. This year DefCon boasted the "Wall of Shame," a large screen that
was displaying passwords and identifying attendees that used "clear-text"
services over the wireless network, including email, Telnet and Instant
Messenger. Originally, the producers of the wall were using "Ethereal" to
capture the traffic and then parceling the data for user names and passwords.
By the second day of the conference the producers of the wall, having become
more adept, began using "Cain and Abel," a more sophisticated tool that
automatically captures passwords.

About AirDefense, Inc.
AirDefense is the thought leader and innovator of wireless LAN security
and operational support solutions. Founded in 2001, AirDefense pioneered the
concept of 24x7 monitoring of the airwaves and now provides the most advanced
solutions for rogue WLAN detection, policy enforcement, intrusion protection
and monitoring the health of wireless LANs. As a key element of wireless LAN
security, AirDefense complements wireless VPNs, encryption and authentication.
Based on a secure appliance and remote sensors, AirDefense solutions scale to
support single offices, corporate campuses or hundreds of locations. Blue chip
companies and government agencies rely upon AirDefense solutions to secure and
manage wireless LANs around the globe. For more information, go
to http://www.airdefense.net or call 770.663.8115.


SOURCE AirDefense, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.airdefense.net

Computerworld | Ultrawideband: A Better Bluetooth

Ultrawideband: A Better Bluetooth
Matt Hamblen, Computerworld

03/08/2004 09:59:37

The wireless personal-area network technology is more than 100 times faster than Bluetooth, but business applications are still a long way off. Ultrawideband wireless technology has been called "Bluetooth on steroids." Like Bluetooth, its personal-area network (PAN) cousin, UWB is designed to replace cables with short-range, wireless connections, but it offers the much higher bandwidth needed to support multimedia data streams at very low power levels. And because UWB can communicate both relative distance and position, it can be used for tracking equipment, containers or other objects. In a recent technology demonstration, Freescale Semiconductor, showed a UWB device that transmitted at a data rate of 110Mbit/sec at a range of up to 10 meters. That bandwidth is 100 times faster than Bluetooth and twice the capacity of the fastest Wi-Fi networks. It is enough to pump three concurrent video streams over a single UWB connection. Vendors are promising UWB products that support speeds up to 1Gbit/sec.

Bluetooth is not same as infrared - AUG 4, 2004

Bluetooth is not same as infrared
BLUETOOTH was introduced in 1998 by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, made up of technology giants such as Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia and Toshiba.

It uses radio waves to transmit data between mobile devices such as cellphones, headsets and computers.

Typically, more than half the Bluetooth-enabled devices shipped are cellphones. Last year, 70 million Bluetooth-enabled devices were shipped.

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Motorola's Canopy(TM) Wireless Broadband Deployed in Boston for Support During DNC
Tuesday August 3, 11:00 am ET
Police Increased Security Measures With Canopy Wireless Broadband Network


SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- When the Boston Police Department sought added security measures during the July 26-29 Democratic National Convention, it turned to Community WISP, Inc., a wireless Internet service and network provider in the greater Boston area.
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Community WISP previously set up a wireless security network along the parade route in downtown Boston in February when the New England Patriots were honored for winning the SuperBowl. Security for the national political convention was more demanding and involved more agencies and departments.

Robert Zakarian, president of Community WISP ( http://www.communitywisp.com ), welcomed the challenge and worked with the local police department to install video surveillance cameras atop 10 downtown office buildings. The pan-zoom cameras operated from a central command center. Real-time video was sent to the command center via Motorola's Canopy wireless broadband radios.

"Motorola is a trusted name among law enforcement agencies, and the Canopy wireless broadband products again proved to be extremely reliable, robust, interference tolerant, secure and easy to install," said Zakarian. "The police department liked the added wireless security system enough during the SuperBowl parade to invite us back for another major event."

Separately, during the Democratic National Convention, the Massachusetts Highway Department enlisted Community WISP to wirelessly connect nine video cameras already installed along the Southeastern Expressway in Boston to monitor traffic in a convertible high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane.

"The system worked very well," said Christopher Costello, systems project manager with Edwards and Kelcey, the MassHighway subcontractor responsible for the network. "We had nine existing cameras on T1 lines and MassHighway was in the process of relocating video feed from one facility to another and we needed to get it done in the last minute. Community WISP was able to convert all nine camera sites to wireless and to the new location."

In a third Canopy wireless broadband deployment centered around the Democratic National Convention, Community WISP was contracted by a local television news outlet to provide live video feeds from four traffic bottleneck locations. News stations that normally had traffic reporters providing live traffic information from helicopters were grounded because of the no-fly restrictions placed over the greater Boston area during the convention.

"What is evidenced by these successful deployments is that wireless broadband continues to make in-roads in a number of areas, including security operations, surveillance, voice over Internet protocol and video applications. Community WISP and companies like it are able to compete with traditional wired alternatives in providing permanent or temporary secure, reliable Internet connectivity and data services," said Tom Hulsebosch, senior director of sales and marketing for Motorola's Canopy Wireless Broadband group.

About Motorola's Canopy wireless broadband

Motorola's Canopy wireless broadband is an always-on, high-speed broadband solution for cost-effective connectivity to private networks, such as governments or enterprises and to Internet service providers and carriers. The Canopy system's superior performance promises one of the lowest total costs of ownership and can significantly reduce a provider's start-up, maintenance and leased-line costs. The Canopy point-to-point and point-to-multipoint system configurations are being deployed in more than 85 countries around the world. For more information, visit http://www.motorola.com/canopy and the online magazine Connections at http://www.connectwithcanopy.com .

About Motorola

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) is a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies that help make life smarter, safer, simpler, synchronized and fun. Sales in 2003 were US $27.1 billion. Motorola creates innovative technological solutions that benefit people at home, at work and on the move. The company also is a progressive corporate citizen dedicated to operating ethically, protecting the environment and supporting the communities in which it does business.

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.




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Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Deploys Wi-Fi to Assure Inmate Safety and Deliver Critical Information within Jail Facilities

KIRKLAND, Wash. & CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2004--
Wavelink Mobile Manager and Wavelink Avalanche Provide Centralized Management of Vital Wireless Network Resources and Devices





The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office today announced that it has deployed an advanced wireless network within one of Florida's largest jail facilities using solutions from Wavelink Corporation, a leading provider of mobile infrastructure management software for the enterprise.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is among the first to deploy a wireless jail management system that assures that conditions for the inmates, deputies and staff are at the highest levels of safety and efficiency at all times. The innovative wireless network supports a variety of handheld devices and applications used by deputies and other staff to monitor inmate health and well-being, provide instant access to inmate records and photos, record location of inmates, and support wireless Voice over IP (VoIP) communications among deputies -- all designed to maximize the safety and efficiency of the day-to-day jail operations.

Network administrators recognized the need for a centralized management solution to keep administrative costs down, while maintaining consistent security and performance across a growing multi-vendor network. The end-to-end management provided by Wavelink Mobile Manager and Wavelink Avalanche has enabled the Sheriff's Office to centrally manage configuration and security profiles, apply software updates, and monitor and respond to network health and performance issues without having to physically access the network infrastructure or wireless devices. Network changes and maintenance that, without centralized management, would have taken several administrators weeks to roll out are now easily accomplished by one administrator in a matter of days.

"With an operation running 24 hours a day, seven days a week supported by a wireless network, it is vital to monitor, manage, update and secure the network at all times," said Tom Baumgartner, network analyst, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. "Wavelink's Mobile Manager and Avalanche solutions help us maintain consistent network performance and troubleshoot network issues before they become major problems. Wavelink's solutions have allowed us to get the wireless network up and running, integrate multi-vendor infrastructure solutions and assure peak performance, and security with minimal time and resources."

"Network reliability and security is vital to daily operations within organizations like the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office," said David Bullis, president and CEO at Wavelink Corporation. "Wavelink's solution helps customers like Pinellas County ensure their network is consistently up and running and secure. And, most importantly, it gives the IT professionals the ability to be proactive and resolve issues before users are impacted and the phones start ringing."

Wavelink's Mobile Manager enables network administrators to accelerate wireless local area networks (WLAN) configuration and deployment, enhance WLAN security and improve network health and performance by centralizing the management of WLANs and mobile devices. Wavelink offers the most widely-deployed and scalable multi-vendor, multi-platform wireless management solution. Wavelink's ease-of-use, interoperability and scalability allow customers to deploy the best products for their infrastructure, enabling a feature-rich and flexible environment.

Wavelink Avalanche is an industry-proven device management solution ideally suited for managing industrial handhelds, PDAs and laptops in a wide range of applications. Avalanche provides IT professionals with the tools needed to centrally manage wireless devices, thereby dramatically decreasing the cost of operating and supporting wireless devices, applications and end users.

About Pinellas County Sheriff's Office

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is a fully Accredited, Triple Crown Award Winning, Law Enforcement agency.

About Wavelink

Founded in 1992, Wavelink Corporation is the industry's leading provider of software solutions for the management of wireless LAN networks and mobile devices and the development of mission-critical wireless applications. Over 5,000 customers in nearly every industry use Wavelink's wireless management and application development software to solve the unique challenges involved in deploying, managing and controlling wireless LAN networks. Wavelink Mobile Manager(TM) and Wavelink Avalanche(TM) offer the most widely-used, multi-vendor solutions which solve wireless network and device management challenges by offering complete visibility, effective network management and control over wireless LAN access points and mobile devices. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.wavelink.com or call 425-823-0111.

Contacts


Wavelink Corporation
Eric Hermelee, 425-823-0111 ext. 5344
ehermelee@wavelink.com
or
Schwartz Communications
Smita Topolski, 415-512-0770
wavelink@schwartz-pr.com

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Wireless LAN Sales to Jump 20 Percent in 2004; Dell'Oro Group 5-Year Forecast Predicts Enterprise Access Point Shipments Skyrocket 75 Percent in 2004

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2004--In a newly published report, Dell'Oro Group predicts that sales of wireless LAN products will grow 20 percent in 2004 to $2.1 billion. According to the Dell'Oro Group report, enterprise-class access point shipments are forecast to increase dramatically by 75 percent in 2004, growing at an average annual rate of 47 percent through 2008. In contrast, small office/home office (SOHO) products such as access points, gateways, and network interface cards, are forecast to peak in the near term as users opt for DSL and cable modems with embedded wireless LAN and notebook computers with integrated wireless LAN.


"Until recently, corporations have been reluctant to adopt wireless LANs, primarily because of security concerns," commented Greg Collins, Senior Director of wireless LAN research at Dell'Oro Group. "Now with the improvements in management, encryption, and user authentication, wireless LAN will penetrate larger corporations because the technology improves productivity by allowing users to connect to the network from anywhere."

About the Report

The Dell'Oro Group Wireless LAN 5-Year Forecast Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering market size, unit shipments and average selling prices. The Dell'Oro Group report tracks 802.11b, 802.11g, and Multimode (802.11a/g) technologies in the following product categories: Access Points-Enterprise, Access Points-SOHO, Broadband Gateways, and Network Interface Cards/Client Devices. To purchase this report, call +1.650.622.9400 x223 or email Julie@DellOro.com.

About Dell'Oro Group

As a trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Dell'Oro Group provides in-depth, objective research and analysis that enables component manufacturers, equipment vendors, and investment firms to make fact-based, strategic decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.delloro.com.

Contacts


Dell'Oro Group
Julie Learmond-Criqui, 650-622-9400 x223
Julie@DellOro.com

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Can WiMAX Bring Broadband Wireless Mainstream?
Industry Heavyweights Bet on Technology Standard to Take on Cable and DSL

AUGUST 01, 2004

Special to Cable Datacom News by Martin Weiss
Last month we summarized the early successes achieved by wireless ISPs (WISPs) deploying unlicensed broadband solutions. (See "Wireless Broadband Getting Up To Speed"). These WISPs operate primarily in underserved Tier 2 and 3 markets, delivering broadband IP services to a mix of small businesses and, to a lesser extent, residential customers, typically using pre-standard equipment. While these pioneering efforts have made some headway, the approach does not seem to offer the ingredients needed for broadband wireless to scale in competitive major metropolitan areas.

"For the good small [wireless] operators, it's an exciting time for them, but it's also challenging because early successes run a risk of making people think that they have the model figured out. And everyone has to keep learning and reconfiguring the plan," said Andrew Krieg, president of the Wireless Communications Association (WCA).

Alameda Times-Star Online - Bay Area Living

The perfect solution for the on-the-go gamer

By Bill Hutchens - TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE

SAY hello to the best hand-held gaming device you've probably never heard of.
While Nintendo and Sony

furiously work to produce, respectively, the Nintendo DS (Dual Screen) and the Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable), the Tapwave Zodiac ( www.tap-

wave.com) is quietly coming into its own.

Zodiac has all of the touch-screen trappings of a personal digital assistant and all of the form and function of a topnotch hand-held game machine.