Adam Stone

Looking for hosted VoIP? Check amongst the enterprises. That’s where you will see it next.   So says ABI Research in its recent study, The Evolution of Enterprise VoIP.   While in-house VoIP is solidly entrenched throughout much of the enterprise market, hosted VoIP has not gotten nearly so much traction. But the day is […]

Microsoft once held pride of place for making hard things easier. So why does the new Windows Live Suite seem bent on making easy things harder? Easily and efficiently choose which Windows Live components will be installed This free suite of services (many still in beta) includes a raft of browser-based Web applications complete with […]

Not only is the worldwide adoption of Wi-Fi accelerating, the pace of acceptance is growing even faster than experts had anticipated. At least part of the overall growth can be attributed to rapid acceptance in international markets. While analysts have been looking for the Wi-Fi market to expand, the rate of growth has exceeded expectations. […]

On July 19 Research in Motion (RIM) announced BlackBerry 8820, the first Wi-Fi enabled version of its handheld device. This thin model sports dual-mode operation, both cellular and Wi-Fi, along with a full keyboard, voice and data functionality and an enhanced media player.   As the dust settled we caught up with Kevin Oerton, RIM’s […]

Corporate America is almost ready to upgrade its wireless LAN to the speedier 802.11n protocol. Tech execs might even be ready to ditch wired LAN in favor of 802.11n, which they see as a significant step forward from existing 802.11b or g options. But we’re not quite there yet. These are the finding of a […]

Building an urban Wi-Fi network? Might as well keep it all in the family. Recently, the developers of a vast planned community in Texas brought in technology consultancy Perot Systems to help rig up the area for free public wireless access. The connection? Both Perot Systems and Hillwood Development are chaired by Ross Perot Jr. […]

Last October, Nokia introduced Wibree technology. Analysts say it could capture major market share. Nokia says it could open up broad new wireless uses. The wireless community says: what is it? The short answer is, it’s an extension to Bluetooth, one that extends the capabilities of the Bluetooth protocol to better enable low-power uses and […]

At William Beaumont Hospitals in Royal Oak, Michigan, Kimberly A. Bonzheim had a problem. Each time an alarm would go off, signaling a possible problem with a patient, the notification would go to a central telemetry station. Technicians would then page the nurse on duty, but the nurse might be busy or otherwise unable to […]

In the hotly contested hotel space, Wi-Fi vendors are looking beyond the lobby, bar and meeting rooms. Take, for instance, PayKiosks Internet Terminals. Founded in 2000, the company stayed true to its name for a long time, building up a base of some 300 installed Wi-Fi kiosks in 300 hotels and truckstops. Users pay the […]

Wireless telecommunications passed a milestone of sorts this fall, with spending on wireless outpacing wired solutions for the first time, according to a study from TNS Telecoms. While the study did not address Wi-Fi directly, its authors say the wireless-spending numbers could have positive implications for the world of WLAN. “As the predominance of wireless […]