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Network World Mobile & Wireless Alert Apr 24, 2017 Toward a bigger, faster, denser Wi-Fi world Some 350 Wi-Fi true believers have gathered in Tysons, Va., this week at the Wi-Fi Now event to sing the wireless networking technology's praises, peek into its future and warn of its challenges. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Inside a smartphone safety testing lab • Mobile device strategies catch on among hospitals • What happens to companies that depend on the iPhone? • Samsung Galaxy S8+ and DeX Dock • Flaws let attackers hijack multiple Linksys router models • New FCC web portal opens for 5G experimenters • Riverbed absorbs WIFi vendor Xirrus, reaches for the edge of the network • What 5G means for your business • 12 tips to curb data usage in Android White Paper: Microsoft How Technology Helps SMBs to Maximize the Value of Ideas In an increasingly competitive environment, ideas can differentiate businesses and fuel their growth. SMBs need to get behind ideas and the people that create them. They can do that by encouraging a culture in which ideas thrive, and by giving people the tools they need to shape, share, and sell their ideas. Read More ▶ Video Inside a smartphone safety testing lab Smartphones have to undergo weeks of testing in this lab before they go on sale. Watch Now ▶ Mobile device strategies catch on among hospitals A recent survey shows that more hospitals are developing mobile strategies, but there is still work to do on the implementation side. Read More ▶ Video What happens to companies that depend on the iPhone? What the iPhone giveth, the iPhone taketh away. Watch Now ▶ Video Samsung Galaxy S8+ and DeX Dock Enterprise features stand out on Samsung's excellent flagship Galaxy S8/S8+ phones, especially the new DeX dock that turns a phone into a desktop. Watch Now ▶ Flaws let attackers hijack multiple Linksys router models Two dozen Linksys router models are exposed to attacks that could extract sensitive information from their configurations, cause them to become unresponsive and even completely take them over. Read More ▶ New FCC web portal opens for 5G experimenters Got a fantastic, futuristic wireless application you need to try out, but you need an FCC license to start testing? It's about to get easier to get a program experimental license, thanks to a new web portal announced days ago by the FCC, in partnership with NYU and the University of Colorado Boulder. Read More ▶ Riverbed absorbs WIFi vendor Xirrus, reaches for the edge of the network Network management company Riverbed Technology today announced its intent to acquire enterprise Wi-Fi equipment vendor Xirrus for an undisclosed fee. Read More ▶ What 5G means for your business The 5G-powered enterprise will be less constrained by its physical location thanks to vastly improved service delivery capabilities that improve employee and customer engagement Read More ▶ 12 tips to curb data usage in Android If your Android device is guzzling data, it can cost you or your employer a bundle. Here are 12 ways to prevent that. Read More ▶ White Paper: Microsoft The Productivity Puzzle: How to Get the Very Best Out of Your People in the Modern Workplace Productivity remains one of the top issues facing small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) today. And while there's no doubting the importance of trying to get the most out of your talent, the approach many SMBs take actually has the reverse effect. This is the 'productivity puzzle.' Read More ▶ Join The Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook ▶ Network World on LinkedIn ▶ SLIDESHOWS 10 more killer Raspberry Pi projects (Collection 2) New products of the week 4.17.17 Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. Twitter's porn problem is 'trending' 2. Cisco issues 7 "high priority" security advisories; Firepower, IOS and ASA issues among them 3. Cisco certifications target business professionals eyeing software roles 4. iPhone 8 release date may be delayed until November 5. 18 free cloud storage options 6. Bose accused of spying on users, illegal wiretapping via Bose Connect app 7. 7 free tools every network needs 8. Linux, PCs and Trump's 'Buy American' problem 9. Peeping into 73,000 unsecured security cameras thanks to default passwords 10. Are we ready to bid the SIEM farewell?

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