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  • Hybrid approach key to enterprise Wi-Fi success

    Enterprise Wi-Fi coverage is a key aspect of communications infrastructure planning as dual-mode smartphones and mobile handsets replace desk phones. Successful Wi-Fi strategies must incorporate hy...

  • Hospital chain boosts indoor cellular with DAS

    With terrible indoor cellular coverage impeding its ability to support mobile users, the hospital chain Baptist Healthcare System adopted a distributed antenna system from ADC. The system improved ...

  • Cost-effective mobile connectivity

    Countless companies are facing mounting mobile connectivity costs as more and more employees require mobile devices and travel around this rapidly shrinking globe. Make sense of the available mobil...

  • Phones not so open if carriers' bottom line threatened

    While next-generation mobile phones are more open and play nicer with third-party developers, some applications are still taboo, particularly when they intersect with service provider interests.

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  • Hospital chain boosts indoor cellular with distributed antenna system

    With terrible indoor cellular coverage impeding its ability to support mobile users, the hospital chain Baptist Healthcare System adopted a distributed antenna system from ADC. The system improved patient care at its hospitals and its ability to comp...  Article | 08 Oct 2008

  • Mobile devices not so open when carriers' bottom line is threatened

    While next-generation mobile phones are more open and play nicer with third-party developers, some applications are still taboo, particularly when they intersect with service provider interests.  Article | 03 Sep 2008

  • Motorola Good offers smartphone users NOC-based VPN

    Motorola Good Mobility Suite 6.0 offers smartphone users secure connections to all applications behind the firewall and beefs up its mobility management features.  Article | 01 Jun 2008

  • Smartphone diagnostics, troubleshooting go remote

    Smartphones have long been left out of the remote control support space, but LogMeIn recently unveiled a way to troubleshoot and diagnose device problems remotely.  Article | 11 Jul 2007

  • CRM SaaS vendors moving to mobile

    On-demand CRM vendors are extending their functionality into mobile applications, and though they can be a good fit for some, there's still a need for mobile platforms.  Article | 31 Jul 2006

  • BGAN has begun

    BGAN, Broadband Global Area Network, is ready to hit the U.S. this year. The satellite service will beam DSL speed connectivity to roughly 85% of the earth's landmass and 98% of its population.  Article | 11 Jan 2006

  • A taste of all-you-can-eat access

    Mobility services are intended to make it easier for road warriors to stay connected, but columnist Jonathan B. Spira is living proof that getting connected isn't always easy.  Column | 21 Mar 2005

  • Enterprise mobility: More than one application, more than one device

    The challenge of mobilizing employees increases as more departments hop on the self-service bandwagon, and more printed information becomes Web-based. How can IT managers offer their teams better access to mobile data?  Article | 06 Apr 2004

  • CTIA offers new speed for the road warrior

    This week's CTIA Wireless 2004 show in Atlanta brought the promise of new speed and applications to the road warrior.  Column | 26 Mar 2004

  • Commentary: The Greek road warrior

    If you think it's difficult to get a wireless connection in the U.S., try getting one overseas. In part two of his column, Basex chief analyst Jonathan Spira shares his connectivity frustrations during a recent international business trip.  Article | 20 Feb 2004

  • Does a mobile VDI platform make sense for your users?

    Mobile VDI isn't always a good fit. Ask these five questions to determine whether a mobile VDI platform makes sense for your users.  Tip

  • Efficient enterprise Wi-Fi coverage requires hybrid approach

    Enterprise Wi-Fi coverage is a key aspect of communications infrastructure planning as dual-mode smartphones and mobile handsets replace desk phones. Successful Wi-Fi strategies must incorporate hybrid technologies like DAS, femtocell and FMC.  Tip

  • Campus mobile telephony -- Evaluation criteria

    An increasing number of workers use their mobile telephones as their primary business telephone -- which complicates business cards, adds a second voicemail platform for users to manage and grows telephony budgets. Daniel Taylor discusses how investi...  Tip

  • Campus mobile telephony -- Making hard decisions

    IT managers are trying to manage their campus mobile telephony situation, but they face a number of challenges. You can't change a user's behavior and confiscate cell phones at the door. So what do you do? Ease your worried minds (and shrinking budge...  Tip

  • Campus mobile telephony -- In-building signal improvement

    If your workers are using their mobile telephones in the office, and dropped calls and network dead spots are becoming problematic, it's best to consider an in-building wireless solution to improve the performance of carrier networks on campus. In th...  Tip

  • Campus mobile telephony -- The argument for Wi-Fi

    Dan Taylor examines Wi-Fi telephony in the enterprise and the prospects of Wi-Fi as a way to improve on-campus mobile telephone performance.  Tip

  • In-building wireless, Part 1: Making the case

    Poor on-campus cellular coverage is a common problem. Dropped calls, weak signals and workers standing by the nearest window are commonplace in many businesses. Given this challenge, the question is what role the enterprise IT department should play ...  Tip

  • In-building wireless, Part 2: Best practices

    In this tip, Daniel Taylor discuss best practices around design objectives, budgeting, architecture and planning in-building wireless.  Tip

  • Mobile VPN roadtest

    Mobile VPNs let users keep the same virtual IP address when roaming from hot spot to cellular to office, preserving application and login state. In this tip, Phifer explores the business problems addressed by Mobile VPNs and shares her experience ins...  Tip

  • Mobile VPN: Closing the gap

    PDA VPN clients have been around for nearly as long as PDAs themselves. From the simple PPTP client found in early Windows HPCs to standard IPsec clients embedded in today's Symbian and Windows Mobile smartphones, solutions abound for tunneling from ...  Tip

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About Mobile Access

As more employees require mobile access it can be quite a challenge to manage these mobile users. In this section you’ll learn how to determine which employees should have mobile devices that access your corporate resources, and you’ll discover tips and advice for managing mobile users regardless of whether the device is company issued or employee owned.