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Study looks in depth at how the economic slowdown is forcing new networking strategies

New York – May 17, 2010 – TheInfoPro, an independent research company for the IT industry, today released the results of its biannual networking study, which shows the extent to which midsize enterprises and the Fortune 1000 are adopting proven cost-cutting strategies such as telepresence and unified communications (UC) …

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15 September 2009 – Based on respondents to our Networking Wave 6 study, meeting internal customer expectations for sufficient and reliable network performance is second only to network security among the pain points they deal with.  Expectations that their wireless LAN perform as well or better than wired networks is among the new criteria enterprise customers use to judge their organizations IT infrastructure.  Now that the IEEE has formally adopted the 802.11n standard for the next generation wireless standard it would appear that the enterprise networking pros are set to move quickly towards adoption of this standard in an effort to address this pain point.  In response to questions about their wireless infrastructure, Networking Wave 6 interviewees collectively we saw adoption of Next Generation Wireless Solutions top the Heat Index in Wave 6 while nearly tripling in numbers citing having these solutions in use currently to just under 20% of respondents (18%).  In addition, citations for future adoption are indicative of a large pent up demand as an additional 36%, or double the current adoption rate, have 802.11n adoption plans in the next 12 months.  Cisco and Aruba are among the most frequently cited providers of Next Generation Wireless Infrastructure but the competitive landscape is likely to get more crowded given the adoption of the final standard by IEEE.  Future spending citations for Next Generation Wireless solutions moderate but are still strong as 60% of respondents indicate higher spending for such solutions in 2010.

With the advent of 802.11n it may now be time for organizations to consider moving to a totally wireless infrastructure as speeds and capacity might now allow for this cost savings measure that has been long promised but yet to be achieved.

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By Tim Greene
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