Publications

Wireless with a Business Edge

The Tablets’ Wider Impact on Enterprise IT

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
An analysis of the importance of security in mobile unified communications in light of the adoption of tablets and acquisition of SMobile by Juniper Networks

Apple's iPad - The Third Device for Mobile UC

Monday, June 21, 2010
A discussion of how and why the Apple iPad will be adopted as an enterprise computing device, and the additions that will be needed to make it truly useful as a mobile UC device.

Books
Voice over Wireless LAN- The Complete Guide

White Papers

Fixed Mobile Convergence Options for the Enterprise (March 2008)
Implementing Voice on Wireless LANs (March 2006)
Designing MPLS Networks for Voice (July 2006)
Five Ways to Save (or Make) Money on Wireless Oct 28, 2008
The US Market for Fixed Mobile Convergence and Mobile Unified Communications- May 1, 2009

Interviews and Podcasts

Fixed Mobile Convergence and Mobile Unified Communications- Bringing the Picture into Focus (August, 2008)
Mobile Unified Communications- Bitpipe.com (September 2008)
RIM Aims to Take iPhone by Storm By Judy Mottl
Telecom Junkies- The Secret Agent Phone Dec. 31, 2008
802.11n: How Best to Use It and When By Karen D. Schwartz
Fuzzy Definition Doesn't Stop UC Growth by Carl Weinschenk, IT Business Edge- Dec 16, 2008

Articles/Blogs

Wireless LAN

Cisco Motion Ups the Ante in Mobile Unified Communications
Cisco Motion Partners
Network Planning for 802.11n
Is Pre-Standard 802.11n a Safe Bet?
Planning for 802.11n- It’s More than Just a Bigger Pipe
Aerohive Gets into the 802.11n Swing
Free Wi-Fi at Starbucks Begins
WiFi In the Sky
Wireless Pricing Factors: Leverage and Convenience
Femtocells or VoWLAN?
Motorola To Acquire AirDefense
Polycom's Ben Guderian on WLAN Voice and Mobile UC Sep 8, 2008
Cisco Goes Bigger In 802.11n- Jan 13, 2009
Cisco Announces PoE Supportable 802.11n Access Point- January 13, 2009
Aerohive’s New Scheduling Algorithm Could Boost 802.11n Performance 10-Fold- Feb 4, 2009
The End of Ethernet? Wrong Question May 5, 2009
Meraki: Virtualizing the WLAN Switch- May 11, 2009

Fixed Mobile Convergence and Mobile UC

Michael Finneran Discusses The Road to FMC
Cisco Motion Ups the Ante in Mobile Unified Communications
Cisco Motion Partners
Benefits of IP Telephony- Avoiding the Obvious
The Future of Open Mobile Devices- Set My Handset Free!
When Will the Cellular Carriers Support Open Mobile Devices Femtocells or VoWLAN?
Will the iPhone 3G Capture the Enterprise Market?
Why Your Cell Phone Stinks
LTE or WiMAX: The Road to 4G
Can iPhone 3G Play in the Enterprise?
Fixed-Mobile Convergence: It’s a Matter of Control
Small, Nimble Competitors Besting Cisco in FMC
The Motorola Split- Good For Enterprise
The Cellular Market in the $99 Days
Wireless Pricing Factors: Leverage and Convenience
And the Walls Come Tumbling Down (Maybe)
Mobile UC Attacks the Parking Crisis
The Siemens' Partnership- A Mobility and Wireless Perspective

Siemens’ Partnership Shuffles the Deck for Wireless
AT&T Wireless Confirms: Stiffing Customers is Still a High Priority
Tango Networks Couples FMC with Microsoft’s OCS 2007 September 08, 2008
Santa’s Bag of Cell Phones October 1, 2008
AT&T: Wireless is a “Consumer Offering” October 1, 2008
Managing the Mobilization of UC October 2, 2008
Handsets for Everyone- Except the Enterprise October 3, 2008
Siemens- More Mobility for OpenScape October 14, 2008
Siemens: Going Mobile In A Bigger Way, Oct 14, 2008
Microsoft’s Feeble Upgrade to Mobile UC October 21, 2008
Microsoft Drags a Dead Dog to the Mobile UC Fight Oct 20, 2008
Blackberry’s Storm: For Enterprise Users, It’s the iPhone Beater Nov 20, 2008
For Mobile UC, The Blackberry Storm is the Touch Screen of Choice November 20, 2008
Taking the Wrong Train to FMC?- Feb 1, 2009
DiVitas Scores Big with Avaya Deal- Mar 3, 2009
Avaya to Offer Dual-mode Mobile UC Solution from DiVitas- March 04, 2009
FMC Provider OnRelay Scores Trial Agreement with BT Global Services- Mar 24, 2009
Who's An FMC Vendor? Apr 3, 2009
MVS for Cisco: Some Things Change, The Big Ones Stay the Same- May 11, 2009
Agito Posts a Dual-Mode FMC First: BlackBerry Support Jun 21, 2009
Agito Announces BlackBerry Support on Dual-Mode FMC June 22, 2009
Cellular Handset Deals: Time for a Change July 2, 2009
BlackBerry De-Tour: A Tour With Wi-Fi for Sprint July 13, 2009
Users Moving Tentatively Toward FMC and Mobile UC July 28, 2009
AT&T Nixes Google Voice on the iPhone July 31, 2009
A Mobility Take on the Microsoft/Nokia Alliance August 12, 2009
DiVitas Announces Windows Mobile Partnership With Samsung August 17, 2009

WiMAX

Optimistic Sprint CEO Identifies More WiMAX Delays
Whither WiMAX?
LTE or WiMAX: The Road to 4G
What is Cable’s Goal in WiMAX?
Optimistic Sprint CEO Identifies More WiMAX Delays
Sprint and Clearwire Combine WiMAX and Hope Returns
CTIA News- Sprint's Mobile WiMAX Xohm Delayed
Sprint Nextel Gets Its New Boss
Centrino 2 Debuts Without WiMAX
Xohm WiMAX Launches in Baltimore September 30, 2008

Mobility Management

Mobile Management: Programmed for Failure- Jan 25, 2009
Getting real With Wireless, STC Lines, July 2009
The FMC Payoff: Saving Money with Converged Networks Jan 6, 2009

Regulatory Issues

Wireless Competition Tops the Agenda at the New FCC August 31, 2009
Wireless Competition and Mobile UC September 02, 2009
Smaller Cellular Carriers Objecting to Handset Exclusivity Feb 27, 2009
The FCC Should be Getting More For White Space
Note to the FCC: Bargain for a Better White Space Plan
White Space Transmission Gets the Nod from the FCC Nov 6, 2008
FCC Moves on White Space and Other Wireless Initiatives November 06, 2008

Other Wireless Topics

Google Wins Twice in 700 MHz
700 MHz Winners and Non-Winners
My MacBook Air
Wireless HDTV Interface at 60 GHz
Me and My Mobile: Can Mobile Phones Replace Desk Phones? Feb 12, 2009
The iPhone: Enterprise Allusions and Delusions Apr 6, 2009
The Palm Pre Debuts Jun 8, 2009
And a New iPhone, Too Jun 9, 2009
HP and Microsoft Put a Shot Across Cisco's Bow May 26, 2009
HP and Microsoft Draw a Bead On Cisco - May 28, 2009
To Make Presence Workable, Location is Key July 8, 2009
Location is Needed To Make Presence Workable July 14, 2009