Leon Erlanger

Have you stayed away from wireless LANs (WLANs) because of their notorious lack of security? If so, its time to take another look. The Wi-Fi Alliance, which tests and certifies products based on the 802.11 specification, recently approved a new security standard called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), which addresses just about every WLAN vulnerability. The […]

Last month (our June 30 issue), we predicted a wondrous future in which everything from PCs and PDAs to cell phones, automobiles, and other devices are connected to the Internet. The only problem: Well soon run out of IP addresses to support these devices. The new version of Internet Protocol, IPv6, upgrades the IP address […]

Youve probably read about a wondrous future in which everything from PCs and PDAs to cell phones, automobiles, and home appliances are connected to the Internet. Imagine: Youre on a business trip, and your PDA alerts you that someone is at the door of your home, thousands of miles away. You check your front door […]

After years of hand-wringing over the lack of effective wireless LAN (WLAN) security, players in the WLAN arena have finally agreed on a security specification that addresses most of the vulnerabilities. At the N+I trade show in late April, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced reference designs from chip set vendors Atheros, Broadcom, and Intersil for the […]

Networked Storage Backgrounder With the growth of e-commerce and the Internet, storage has suddenly taken on a whole new importance. Once a boring appendage to the server, data storage has become a strategic asset, tapped 24 hours a day by multiple applications and servers, and mined for valuable personalization information and business intelligence. As companies […]