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Selling the intelligent network wiring closet
Users need more than commoditized switching in the network wiring closet to meet the demands of integrated wired and wireless, mobility, video and unified communications. Feature
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Mobile endpoint management guide: Essential knowledge for partners
This mobile endpoint management guide offers management, security and storage solution essentials to help channel partners make the best choices for customers in the enterprise. Tutorial
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Offering cloud-managed wireless LAN services: One provider's journey
Joshua Smith, HIT strategist from Untangled Solutions, explains the effective and successful integration of cloud-managed wireless LANs into his company’s IT consulting services. Feature
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Veriwave Partner Program Checklist
Before considering partnering with Veriwave, make sure you know the partner program and what it has to offer. This Partner Program Checklist details the program's features, including web portals, lead distribution, etc. Partner Program Directory
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Healthcare networking: Healthcare IT services guide
Planning to offer healthcare IT consulting services? Make sure you know the ins and outs of healthcare networking and other healthcare IT services, which are covered in this comprehensive guide for networking solution providers and consultants. Guide
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Choosing a wireless networking vendor
When selecting wireless networking vendors as partners, you want to make sure you fully understand the benefits as a reseller. This Partner Program Directory examines wireless vendors across the board, including major vendors and some smaller ones. C... Partner Program Directory
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Ruckus Partner Program Checklist
Read about Ruckus Wireless, a wireless networking vendor, and its partner program, including the tiers of its partner program and benefits offered. Partner Program Checklist
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Wireless networking services: An overview of cellular systems
With more people going mobile and smartphones becoming more prevalent, offering wireless networking services to your customers can be lucrative. This book chapter explains the different kinds of wireless network systems, including the different kinds... Chapter Download
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Integrating wireless and mesh
A product marketing director talks about the integration of mesh and Wi-Fi. Executive Briefing
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Five WLAN questions answered: WPS attacks, access control, and more
Even after a successful Wi-Fi network implementation, users are fraught with WLAN questions regarding access control and management. Do you have the answers? News | 13 Feb 2012
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Cisco Live London: 40 and 100 GbE switching and souped up WLAN
At Cisco Live London, Cisco debuted 40 and 100 GbE line cards for Nexus and Catalyst switching lines, as well as a 4-antenna wireless access point meant to soup up the WLAN. News | 06 Feb 2012
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2011 networking channel trends: Can partners keep up?
The top five 2011 networking channel trends display expansion and growth in networking service, product and solution offerings, keeping partners on their toes going forward. News | 03 Jan 2012
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Four desktop virtualization best practices for your customers
Desktop virtualization best practices, such as conducting the right kind of proof-of-concept, can make or break the technology for your customers. Here's how to guide them. Channel Chat | 17 Oct 2011
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Wireless health care technology: Opportunities…and challenges
WLAN in healthcare requires partners to tackle complex cellular and Wi-Fi networking architectures, as well as very long sales cycles with complicated user education efforts. Feature | 11 Oct 2011
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Network infrastructure upgrade fuels faster casino cash transactions
One VAR guides a casino cash transactions company in a network infrastructure upgrade using Cisco UCS and a managed data center for high-volume transactions and flexible storage. News | 24 Aug 2011
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Cisco Quad and Cius create buzz at Cisco Live 2011 in Las Vegas
At Cisco Live 2011 in Las Vegas, the press explored Cisco Quad and Cisco Cius. They are aimed for the enterprise, but will channel partners really be able to sell them? Channel Chat | 21 Jul 2011
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Offering managed wired and wireless LAN: Why a unified strategy?
Many companies turn to partners for managed wireless LAN to lower costs. Pavlov Media took that business model a step further, offering combined managed wired and wireless LAN. News | 20 Jun 2011
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Cisco and AT&T partner to sell Cius tablet: Small VARs beware?
Cisco and AT&T have partnered up to sell the Cius tablet in the enterprise business space. Will this partnership risk the chance of smaller VARs selling the Cius tablet? News | 24 May 2011
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How to break into the healthcare IT services market
With $19 billion up for grabs thanks to the stimulus package, healthcare IT spending will be on the rise. Find out how you can break into this lucrative market of healthcare IT services as a networking solution provider offering healthcare IT network... Article | 13 Sep 2010
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How to add wireless LAN access control to your portfolio
If you're selling enterprise wireless networks, then you should also be offering WLAN access control tools that manage guest networks, employee devices and embedded Wi-Fi clients. Tip
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The value of vertical market IT: Breaking into vertical services
Vertical markets are a lucrative place to find business, but doing so requires proper preparation for service providers. Learn how to break into vertical market IT services and how to create a vertical IT strategy as a service provider. Tip
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Offering fixed mobile convergence services benefits WLAN solution providers
Offering fixed mobile convergence (FMC) services can help wireless LAN solution providers add considerable value by helping customers reduce total cost of operation, improve reliability and increase business productivity. Tip
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Upgrading customers to 802.11n wireless networks
Helping customers upgrade their networks to 802.11n wireless LANs can be an opportunity for VARs and solution providers to do more than just sell or install hardware. Learn how to help customers sort through confusing 802.11n options, design optimize... Tip
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How to extend your client's wireless access point range
Some WLAN installations require multiple access points. But before you go that route and install more WLAN access points, use these steps to determine how you can extend the wireless access point range of the current devices. Tip
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How to configure wireless access points
A crucial part of any WLAN installation is configuring wireless access points. Learn which configuration options -- such as IP address, transmit power and beacon interval -- are best for your customers. Tip
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How to use an RF site survey for WLAN installations
An RF site survey is essential for smooth WLAN installations at a client site. Use these tips to determine whether a basic or advanced RF site survey is best suited to a given project. Tip
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How to maximize WLAN performance
With greater demands being placed on WLANs, learn what you can do to improve WLAN performance for your clients, such as choosing the right physical layer and properly setting access point channels. Tip
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802.11n creates systems integration opportunities
The 802.11n wireless standard and its MIMO radio technology offer systems integrators the opportunity to provide wireless networks capable of supporting more bandwidth and new applications to their customers. Systems integrators can look forward to r... Tip
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Key wireless LAN security tools for resellers
Wireless LAN (WLAN) security tools help value-added resellers and systems integrators combat vulnerabilities in the WEP security component of the 802.11 wireless standard. Here are one expert's favorite tools. Tip
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What's the difference between broadband WiMax and WiFi?
WiMax is considered the replacement for the wire line Internet connectivity method. Learn the differences between broadband WiMax and WiFi and how your clients can benefit from either Internet connectivity method. Ask the Expert
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What benefits does 802.11n offer the channel?
As networking vendors ramp up production of hardware supporting the new 802.11n wireless standard, VARs and consultants will be able to help clients support their real-time applications with added reliability. Learn more about 802.11n in this expert ... Ask the Expert
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Choosing between Wi-Fi and wireless broadband
Learn the difference between Wi-Fi and wireless broadband, discover how the two technologies can work together at a client site and understand the tradeoffs involved in choosing one over the other. Ask the Expert
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Resolving an IP address conflict
Discover how to troubleshoot an IP address conflict at a client site involving DHCP-assigned IP addresses. Ask the Expert
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How to share a printer on a wireless network
While you can connect a printer to your client's wireless network using a wireless print server, learn why you should first make sure all your other connectivity options have been exhausted. Ask the Expert
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Extending the range of a wireless network
Learn about the best ways to expand the range of your client's wireless network while taking into account the fact that 802.11n is quickly becoming the WLAN standard. Ask the Expert
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SSID and wireless connection problems
Discover why changing your SSID number might be the answer to resolving wireless connection problems when your client's wireless network seems to be properly configured. Ask the Expert
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Bridging LANs wirelessly
Correct equipment and configuration is key to successfully bridging networks with a WLAN. Ask the Expert
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Securing free wireless for customers
Our wireless networking expert has some suggestions for a channel pro installing free wireless for a customer's clients. Get encryption advice. Ask the Expert
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Connecting wirelessly to a LAN
Connecting a wireless router to a wired LAN. Ask the Expert
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Cisco Quad and Cius cause commotion at Cisco Live 2011
Cisco Quad and Cius caused quite the commotion at Cisco Live 2011 in Las Vegas, but channel partners successfully selling both remains to be seen. Video
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Channel Chat: Ruckus channel chief talks wireless networking services
Wireless technologies are always a profitable addition to any business portfolio, and the ability to ensure efficient wireless LANs can boost customer trust in any networking solution provider. In this podcast, the director of global channel programs... Podcast
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Five WLAN questions answered: WPS attacks, access control, and more
Even after a successful Wi-Fi network implementation, users are fraught with WLAN questions regarding access control and management. Do you have the answers? News
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Cisco Live London: 40 and 100 GbE switching and souped up WLAN
At Cisco Live London, Cisco debuted 40 and 100 GbE line cards for Nexus and Catalyst switching lines, as well as a 4-antenna wireless access point meant to soup up the WLAN. News
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2011 networking channel trends: Can partners keep up?
The top five 2011 networking channel trends display expansion and growth in networking service, product and solution offerings, keeping partners on their toes going forward. News
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Selling the intelligent network wiring closet
Users need more than commoditized switching in the network wiring closet to meet the demands of integrated wired and wireless, mobility, video and unified communications. Feature
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Four desktop virtualization best practices for your customers
Desktop virtualization best practices, such as conducting the right kind of proof-of-concept, can make or break the technology for your customers. Here's how to guide them. Channel Chat
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Wireless health care technology: Opportunities…and challenges
WLAN in healthcare requires partners to tackle complex cellular and Wi-Fi networking architectures, as well as very long sales cycles with complicated user education efforts. Feature
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Network infrastructure upgrade fuels faster casino cash transactions
One VAR guides a casino cash transactions company in a network infrastructure upgrade using Cisco UCS and a managed data center for high-volume transactions and flexible storage. News
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Cisco Quad and Cius cause commotion at Cisco Live 2011
Cisco Quad and Cius caused quite the commotion at Cisco Live 2011 in Las Vegas, but channel partners successfully selling both remains to be seen. Video
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Cisco Quad and Cius create buzz at Cisco Live 2011 in Las Vegas
At Cisco Live 2011 in Las Vegas, the press explored Cisco Quad and Cisco Cius. They are aimed for the enterprise, but will channel partners really be able to sell them? Channel Chat
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Offering managed wired and wireless LAN: Why a unified strategy?
Many companies turn to partners for managed wireless LAN to lower costs. Pavlov Media took that business model a step further, offering combined managed wired and wireless LAN. News
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About Wireless Network Implementation
These wireless network implementation tips teach value-added resellers (VARs) and networking consultants how to determine wireless router and access point (AP) placement, how to conduct a wireless site survey and how to extend the range of a wireless network. You'll also learn how CDMA works, how to resolve IP address conflict, how to share a printer on a wireless network and how to connect a wireless router to a wired LAN.