Firms moving across to wireless networks
Tue, 20 Oct 2009
Companies are moving their in-house networks to wireless, recent surveys and anecdotal evidence indicates.
Speaking at the Misco Expo on October 14th, Matt Bennett, category manager for networking at Misco, said a high-demand for managed wireless switching and managed access points had been witnessed.
His comments came after a report by the Aberdeen Group identified the importance of wireless networks to businesses.
The study found that some organisations, on introducing wider, more pervasive wireless networks, have experienced a 229 per cent growth in wireless network traffic.
Mr Bennett suggested the shift may be coming about purely because of the sheer complications that large-scale IT poses.
He stated: "In the last couple of years we've seen a general move among businesses from wire-based to wireless. From a management perspective having a building and having multiple PCs, the amount of cabling that's obviously required is quite time consuming."
Customers want greater functionality so are buying managed switches as opposed to unmanaged, he claimed.
Last week, the government launched a new consultation seeking to effectively use the UK's airwaves.
Parts of the spectrum suitable for mobile broadband and 3G will be made available in order to offer more sophisticated services and applications, the report says.
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