Bad things are going to happen to your network. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but sometime. How you prepare for them will help determine just how much damage they do to the network, to your business, and to the way your organization is perceived in the market.

In the third in a series of convergence white papers, available here, Michael Suby of Frost & Sullivan looks at the role of convergence in terms of network reliability, security, and creation of an environment that he says is "designed to minimize operational risk."More...

As a beta user of Sprint 4G Enterprise WAN, Senior Network Engineer Greg Wagnon of Explorer Pipeline already has a lot of positive experience with it, thanks to a highly successful deployment at an Explorer Pipeline fuel storage facility in Houston. More...

We’ve been talking a lot lately about the wireless option for business continuity and disaster recovery, and nothing proves the point better than a successful example of a company putting this to work. Especially when there are warm, cuddly puppies and kitties involved. More...

In my last post, This Old Infrastructure, I referenced a theoretical model, the “Three Pillars of Technology Investment,” that I created several years ago to talk to audiences about where investments get their “structural integrity.” I wrapped up that post by referencing disaster planning and how important it is to any deployment of new technology. Because disaster planning is so important, I thought you would appreciate more detail around these concepts. More...

I recall Norm Abrams, of the PBS series “This Old House” and “New Yankee Workshop” once saying that when remodeling an old house, you “could only do what the house would let you do.”  That’s true of investing in convergence technology too, but the smaller the house (or business), the fewer limitations you  have.  With a small house, you can often build a huge addition without much concern for  the original house. But with a large house, you often choose to knock down walls instead of just adding-on to the existing space; and if a wall is discovered to be load-bearing, you’ll either have to abandon some aspect of your original plans or pay exorbitant costs to reinforce the structure. More...

We had a good turnout for the April 20 Sprint-sponsored webinar, “Building Business Continuity with Wireless Solutions.” Hope you had a chance to tune in, but if not, we’ll briefly touch on a few of the many interesting points.

For instance, using 4G or 3G wireless as a backup is not only quick to implement, it represents a huge cost savings over T1 backup. A backup T1 will run you about $300 a month, while 3G or 4G service can be had for as low as one-tenth of that. More...

The chance to find out more about how wireless solutions can deliver data network connectivity and assure business continuity would be worth an hour of your time, wouldn’t you think? More...