Andrew Garcia

Unified Communications products like Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 make it pretty simple to integrate the video experience into a user’s daily routine, requiring only off-the-shelf Web cameras to layer on the new communications channel. But what quality of video are you really getting with this kind of integrated solution? Will it meet your needs […]

In the last quarter of 2007, Microsoft burst onto the scene with a pair of products launching Microsoft into the voice over IP and unified communications markets. These products, although aimed at opposite ends of the marketplace, share the common theme of leveraging software to foster improved communications for their clients. Released in October, Office […]

Microsoft has been seemingly inching toward unified communications for years, but with Office Communications Server 2007, the company is finally there. By integrating VOIP (voice over IP), videoconferencing and instant messaging in a single slick and with a familiar user interface-while layering on unified mailbox and collaborative work sessions-Microsoft has put together a compelling communications […]

Last week, I attended the San Francisco premiere of a new short documentary, “The New Face of CyberCrime.” Directed by Frederic Golding and brought to fruition by the folks at Fortify Software, the film was screened for select members of the media as well as IT executives from around the Bay Area and was followed […]

Since EarthLink killed off San Francisco’s muni Wi-Fi project in 2007 after EarthLink CEO Rolla Huff took a long, cold look at the economics of the company’s municipal plans, two grass-roots municipal efforts have been slowly percolating toward prominence in its stead. While neither network has gained citywide popularity by any means, networks powered by […]

eWEEK Labs Tests the Newest iPhone Features iPhone firmware 1.1.3 provides several new features, including Google Maps location detection, SMS (Short Message Service) to multiple recipients and a customizable home page. eWEEK Labs Tests the Newest iPhone Features – Upgrade To upgrade, it took about 10 minutes to download and install the image. eWEEK Labs […]

The news that most caught my attention during Steve Jobs’ Apple keynote today was not the MacBook Air, but rather the announcement that the new iPhone firmware—Version 1.1.3—includes location-based tracking for Google Maps that use not only cell phone triangulation, but Wi-Fi-based locationing services as well. The Wi-Fi location tracking is apparently being provided by […]

RIM has dominated enterprise-class mobility deployments to date because they have an end-to-end solution, providing an evolving and attractive mix of devices, a development platform for customized applications and a central management component that addresses ongoing provisioning, updating and reporting needs. While Microsoft has for awhile been able to emulate the first two criteria, only […]

While the wireless LAN industry is gearing up for the wide adoption of the next generation of equipment-promising significantly improved performance and enabling more diverse applications and opportunities-enterprises and some vertical markets are tasked with effectively locking down their wireless networks for the purpose of regulatory compliance. These twin conditions present wireless intrusion prevention and […]

eWEEK Labs Wild Wireless Ride WiMax Mobile Demonstration Motorola’s test network consisted of four temporary WiMax towers spread around the city. In just six weeks, Motorola was able to identify and acquire the rights to tower locations, then perform the deployment. Motorola representatives made it clear that the network was not optimized and that there […]

Securitywatch’s Ryan Naraine notes that new Secunia users are finding their computers insecure, as applications have fallen out of date. As a Secunia user, I can say there are a lot of causes for my inability to keep my primary system up-to-date (by Secunia’s standards). For instance, on my work PC at this moment, Secunia’s […]