Case Study: Santa Clara U. graduates to Gigabit Wi-Fi
In 2006, Santa Clara University began rolling out a Wi-Fi network as a way to supplement the school's existing production network. The initial deployment consisted of about 800 Cisco Aironet 1131...
View ArticleWestmont College jumps to Gigabit Wi-Fi for three reasons: "Speed, speed and...
Westmont College was the first school in the country to deploy an all-802.11n network when, four years ago, it rolled out 290 Meraki access points to bring nearly complete coverage to dorms, classrooms...
View ArticleGigabit Wi-Fi Case Study: Erickson Living upgrades to 802.11ac
Erickson Living, a company that manages 16 Continuing Care Retirement Communities in nine states, faces a unique challenge when it comes to installed a wireless network each retirement community has...
View ArticleWhat Google I/O Moves Mean for Developers, Small Businesses and Consumers
This year's Google I/O Conference showcased an enthusiastic love affair between Android and its fans. Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Android, Chrome and Google Apps, told conference attendees...
View ArticleHow to create relational databases in Excel 2013
Excel used to be the poor schmuck's database,A with spreadsheets that just sort of sat there. You could create something more sophisticated with LOOKUP functions, but they were a huge hassle to set...
View Article5 time-saving Excel macros for common data tasks
If you’re not using macros, you’re ignoring one of Excel’s most powerful features. Macros save you time and spare you headaches by automating common, repetitive tasks. And you don’t have to be a...
View ArticleWearables invade the workplace
Between Google Glass and the Apple iWatch, interest in wearables has never been higher. Analysts are predicting that wearable computers will generate more than $10 billion in revenue in 2020, and IMS...
View ArticleWhy disaster recovery planning can save lives
From Katrina to Sandy, tornadoes in the plains, flooding in the south and wildfires throughout the west, natural disasters threaten our world with destruction every year. The cost to rebuild and...
View ArticleInternet of Things could be key to IT's response to climate change
Scientists announced last month that 2014 was the planet's warmest year on record, sparking renewed debate in Washington about the causes of global warming and what to do about it. But global warming...
View ArticleYour Excel formulas cheat sheet: 15 tips for calculations and common tasks
Many of us fell in love with Excel as we delved into its deep and sophisticated formula features. Because there are multiple ways to get results, you can decide which method works best for you. For...
View ArticleTop security tools in the fight against cybercrime
Cybercrime is a massive global threat, and U.S. businesses are the No.1 target. For tips and advice about how best to defend against cyberattacks, Network World asked security pros to name their most...
View ArticleHow a B2B company got its tech groove back
MSC Industrial Supply -- one of the largest direct marketers and distributors of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations supplies -- distributes 500,000-plus industrial products to more...
View ArticleHow to fight off a zombie app-ocalypse
Is your company suffering from application bloat? Do you have expensive, overlapping legacy apps that need to be decommissioned as you move to modern, lightweight apps, or to the cloud? Do you have...
View ArticleHow to survive the death of Flash
Seven years ago, Steve Jobs launched the once-popular Abode Flash into a long, slow death spiral when he announced that Flash would not be installed on any of his cutting-edge products, particularly...
View ArticleWhat Google I/O Moves Mean for Developers, Small Businesses and Consumers
This year's Google I/O Conference showcased an enthusiastic love affair between Android and its fans. Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Android, Chrome and Google Apps, told conference attendees...
View ArticleWearables invade the workplace
Between Google Glass and the Apple iWatch, interest in wearables has never been higher. Analysts are predicting that wearable computers will generate more than $10 billion in revenue in 2020, and IMS...
View ArticleTop security tools in the fight against cybercrime
Cybercrime is a massive global threat, and U.S. businesses are the No.1 target. For tips and advice about how best to defend against cyberattacks, Network World asked security pros to name their most...
View ArticleHow a B2B company got its tech groove back
MSC Industrial Supply -- one of the largest direct marketers and distributors of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations supplies -- distributes 500,000-plus industrial products to more...
View ArticleHow to fight off a zombie app-ocalypse
Is your company suffering from application bloat? Do you have expensive, overlapping legacy apps that need to be decommissioned as you move to modern, lightweight apps, or to the cloud? Do you have...
View ArticleHow to survive the death of Flash
Seven years ago, Steve Jobs launched the once-popular Abode Flash into a long, slow death spiral when he announced that Flash would not be installed on any of his cutting-edge products, particularly...
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