Wayne Rash

There were no major events, save one, in the wireless world since the last time eWEEK brought you the Wireless Wire. 3GSM is long past, CTIA is a month away, yet the companies that make wireless products and provide wireless services continue to tell me about the products theyre bringing out. I guess they dont […]

ARLINGTON, Va.—The Information Technology Association of America has found that CIOs in federal agencies think theyre making great strides in security, enterprise management and in making progress on consolidating IT efforts to save money and speed implementation. On the other hand, the ITAA reported that those same CIOs continue to face challenges in those same […]

DiVitas Networks on Feb. 20 announced an enterprise-level mobile convergence appliance that it says allows companies to provide seamless communications and handoffs from Wi-Fi to cellular networks. The product, which supports dual-mode phones, Wi-Fi phones, cell phones and soft phones, provides the full functionality of an office desk phone on most wireless phones, company officials […]

AirDefense on Feb. 20 announced that it has released a new version of its enterprise wireless LAN security appliance with new reporting and monitoring capabilities. According to the company, AirDefense Enterprise 7.2 improves managers abilities to see what their networks are doing, discover security threats, and to report on whats found. The new reporting capability […]

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced on Feb 15 the unsealing of a one-count industrial espionage case against Yonggang (Gary) Min, formerly a senior scientist for DuPont, the Delaware-based chemical company. According to the announcement, Min has been charged with stealing trade secrets from DuPont and trying to provide them to his […]

Cisco Systems is releasing an integrated network self-defense system that combines the companys existing wired and wireless intrusion prevention technology with its NAC Appliance and ifirewall technology. The company refers to this combination product as the Cisco Unified Wireless Network. In addition to providing a defense against such threats as rogue access points and clients, […]

Youd think that the major players in the wireless industry would be thoughtful enough to announce everything at once, so that we could do this in one story, and that would be it. But no. Taking no pity on us, they keep announcing new products and deals and so forth. So heres whats happened since […]

While the big news at the 3GSM trade show in Barcelona comes from Microsoft and BlackBerry, theres a lot of other news, too. Whats perhaps most interesting is that unlike past meetings, 3GSM is increasingly relevant to the United States. More U.S. companies are making announcements, and more of the products will reach these shores […]

When Microsoft brings out a new operating system, its always nice to know that you can actually take advantage of it. Sure, youre used to whatever you currently have, which is most likely Windows XP, but you also know that sooner or later, something new will come along that requires the new OS. So when […]

A Microsoft spokesperson has told eWEEK that the company will show its new version of Windows Mobile to the world on Feb. 12 at the 3GSM trade show in Barcelona, Spain. The new version, Windows Mobile 6, is an upgrade to the popular Windows Mobile 5, now widely used in smart phones, PDAs and some […]

D-Link Systems, of Fountain Valley, Calif., is shipping a new mobile Wi-Fi router that can work anywhere there is a cell signal thats data capable. The new DIR-450 is designed to accept an EVDO card from carriers such as Sprint, Verizon or Alltel. To make it work, you plug the device into a source of […]

Ruckus Wireless has released a new dual-zone version of its metro Wi-Fi device for service providers. The device, the MetroFlex DZ, is designed to give users access to outdoor broadband wireless networks, municipal Wi-Fi access points or mesh networks, while providing strong indoor signals. The device is designed to allow business users or home users […]