Jeff Goldman

As mobile devices flood the workplace, the need to safely and effectively manage this logistical thicket fuels a rapidly growing market. Jeff Goldman details the process of choosing a vendor. The mobile device management (MDM) market is growing rapidly. Forrester Research recently revised its prediction of the size of the market in 2015 from $3.9 […]

With the rise of mobile computing, handheld devices are a lucrative new area for hackers. Protect your Android phone with these apps. Thanks to the fact that the Android operating system allows for broader multitasking than that other popular smartphone OS, Android devices are able to support a wide range of mobile security functionality that […]

With hundreds of thousands of iPhone applications available in the App Store, it can be a challenge to find the right solution for a given issue. What follows is a look at some key areas in which apps can help improve iPhone security, and suggestions of some specific applications that may be a perfect fit […]

There are several basic actions every iPhone user should take to make the device more secure, such as setting it to auto-lock after a specified period of time, and requiring a passcode to unlock it (both can be accessed within Settings -> General), but other functionality, such as managing your passwords on the device, or […]

For the past several months, the Finnish home improvement retailer Rautakesko has been using Wi-Fi RTLS solutions from Ekahau to capture key data on its customers’ shopping patterns. Upon entering a store, customers are offered an RTLS tag to carry with them while shopping, which then transmits location data throughout their visit. Tuomo Rutanen, Ekahau’s […]

Obama’s and McCain’s policies regarding wireless technology and the Internet may not be front and center in media coverage of their campaigns, but their differences are worth a look. As the presidential election approaches, there’s little discussion in the media of the leading candidates’ positions regarding technology issues. While that’s more than understandable when immediate […]

Fonality has introduced version 3.0 of its HUD (Heads Up Display) unified communications client, not only for its commercial PBXtra and trixbox Pro offerings, but also for its open-source trixbox CE solution. Chris Vuillaume, Fonality’s vice president for business development and channel relationships, says this is the first full version of HUD to be made […]

On July 15th of this year, without much fanfare, the IEEE published the final specification for IEEE 802.11r-2008, also known as Fast Basic Service Set Transition, an amendment to the 802.11 standard that supports fast handoff between access points—specifically in order to enable VoIP roaming on a Wi-Fi network with 802.1X authentication. The new amendment […]

Seven years after the September 11th attacks, wireless technology is playing an increasingly central role in so-called “homeland security,” with new deployments announced on a regular basis. Most recently, Arizona’s Page Municipal Airport has launched a new wireless network for video surveillance and access control. The network was deployed by Durham Communications using wireless equipment from […]

Municipal Wi-Fi networks may have been getting a bad rap lately, but citywide wireless networks deployed to support public safety – as opposed to public Internet access – seem to be doing just fine. From Washington, D.C. to Dallas, Texas, cities are using tools like video surveillance both to prevent crime and to investigate incidents […]