The Lippis Report

By ABIresearch

As sales of IEEE 802.11n wireless LAN equipment have increased over the past year, there has been a general outcry from some vendors who sell WLAN products exclusively for IT managers; they want to move to all wireless networks. Some skeptical IT managers have questioned the objectivity of such vendors and pointed to famed psychologist Abraham Maslow’s observation that “if you only have a hammer, then you tend to see every problem as a nail.” There are legitimate reasons to consider wireless LAN deployments just as there are good reasons to deploy wire line solutions. The purpose of this research brief is to look at the current network infrastructure landscape, consider the advantages and disadvantages of both types of solutions, and determine a common sense strategy for IT managers and CIOs, who are in the process of trying to determine the best course of action for their own particular network environments. Determining their own network technology roadmap requires honest answers to a number of questions rather than succumbing to vendor hype and hyperbole.
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