Category: Deployment

In late 2001, researchers revealed how to break the backbone of IEEE 802.11 security based on a so-called static WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key. Although corporate execs waffled on what to do while reassuring one another that the risk was small, the U.S. Army handled things its own way. Via [infoworld.com]

They might be shrouded in fog and clouds for much of the year, but a new survey ranks San Francisco and Seattle the hottest metropolitan regions in America. Via [news.com.com]

Since delivering its first packages overnight to 25 U.S. cities in 1973, FedEx has grown into a multibillion-dollar corporation with air and ground forces that handle upwards of 6 million packages per day. Key to the company's success has been its use of network technology - particularly wireless - that enables FedEx to keep customers...

Wireless LANs that use the IEEE 802.11b and 802.11a standards stormed the market in the fourth quarter of last year, with revenue worldwide growing 21 percent sequentially from the third quarter, market research company Dell'Oro Group Inc. reported Thursday. Via [wireless.itworld.com]

Taking a page from their wired peers, wireless local area network (WLAN) providers Wayport Inc. officials announced Wednesday the acquisition of four Laptop Lane business centers at the Cincinnati/North Kentucky International Airport. Via [internetnews.com]

WLAN in Asia-Pacific has risen out of the woodwork, even as non-US shipments of WLAN pick up faster than anticipated and as more public places become connected via the IEEE 802.11b standard, said analyst firm IDC at its Asia/Pacific IT Forum in Singapore. Via [asiacomputerweekly.com]

This month, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California banned all wireless networks, including the most prevalent, Wi-Fi, from its grounds due to "security vulnerabilities," directors said in a newsletter. Other entities that handle sensitive data are implementing or considering similar bans. And airlines are coming under fire for using Wi-Fi in curbside baggage check-in systems....

Disney World is using wireless technology to provide captioning and translation services so more people can feel a part of what is, after all, a small world. Via [news.com.com]

Royal Caribbean has built all kinds of computing gear into the ship. The various technologies provide passengers and crew with a wireless satellite connection to the Internet. There's also an on-board network, and the cruise line is working on the introduction of handheld computers on the high seas. Via [cyberwalker.net]

On any given day, between 100,000 and 150,000 visitors crowd into Walt Disney World in Florida, largely unaware that the 47-square-mile theme park is almost completely enveloped by an invisible wireless Web. Via [cnn.com]