Wi-Fi tweaks for speed freaks: 2013 edition

	Fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard may pay off big | Intel chooses sides in wireless power market
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	Wi-Fi tweaks for speed freaks: 2013 edition Things slowing down on your Wi-Fi network? Here are a host of tricks, tips and tweaks to speed up your wireless performance. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Cisco Open Network Environment Program the network your way with Cisco ONE and open up your network to a whole new world of possibilities www.cisco.com/go/one In this Issue Fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard may pay off big Intel chooses sides in wireless power market Michael Horowitz: Perfect Forward Secrecy can block the NSA from secure web pages, but no one uses it T-Mobile: FCC can prevent spectrum hoarding without sacrificing revenue FAA looks to relax rules for using electronic devices during flights British intelligence tapping fiber-optic cables for massive amounts of data Airwatch CEO: We'll be the breakout market leader in mobile management Sprint set to become 'spectrum powerhouse' RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Plantronics eBook: Why Voice is Critical for your UC Deployment The ability for your team members to have all points of communication brought together in one platform is compelling. And allowing team members to collaborate from virtually anywhere should be appealing. How can IT leaders drive better adoption in Unified Communications? What is the most mission critical component to get it right? Download the eBook now! Fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard may pay off big The emerging IEEE 802.11ac wireless LAN standard will be able to deliver faster connections wherever it's used, but the biggest benefit may come at public hotspots -- eventually. Read More Intel chooses sides in wireless power market Intel has joined the board of the Alliance For Wireless Power, an industry group competing with others in the wireless charging market with its 'flexible wireless power' specification. Read More Michael Horowitz: Perfect Forward Secrecy can block the NSA from secure web pages, but no one uses it Perfect Forward Privacy is an obscure SSL configuration option that increases security. Until a few days ago, I had never heard of it. Almost no one uses it. Without it, a single piece of data is all that stands between the NSA and all the HTTPS encrypted web pages from a website of interest. One key can decrypt every "secure" web page a site has ever sent. In this fairly long and technical blog, I speculate on how the NSA might, perhaps, possibly be able to see right through SSL, TLS and HTTPS.  Read More T-Mobile: FCC can prevent spectrum hoarding without sacrificing revenue The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should limit the two largest U.S. mobile carriers from buying too much spectrum in an upcoming auction, but the agency should also set a minimum price for the spectrum as a way to ensure that it receives the revenues projected, carrier T-Mobile USA proposed Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Eliminating the Challenge of Remote Backup In today's global economy, many companies are increasingly distributed. That puts IT in a precarious position, especially when it comes to backup processes. Providing IT services to remote locations generally requires investment in local servers, storage, and networking. Read Now FAA looks to relax rules for using electronic devices during flights The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is moving toward relaxing the rules about using electronic devices on airplanes, according to a published report, but the decision isn't final yet. Read More British intelligence tapping fiber-optic cables for massive amounts of data More secret NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden suggest that the U.S. agency's British counterpart intercepts petabytes worth of communication data daily from fiber-optic cables. Read More Airwatch CEO: We'll be the breakout market leader in mobile management In this installation of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Chief Content Officer John Gallant talks to Airwatch CEO John Marshall about the company's approach toward mobile, its $225 million in venture funding, and its new Content Locker product, which aims to help enterprises control data access from devices. Read More Sprint set to become 'spectrum powerhouse' Sprint shareholders Tuesday set the stage for a potentially massive change in the wireless carrier competitive landscape by approving SoftBank's bid to buy 78% of the company for $21.6 billion. Read More
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