Well hey, it's 2013! The 20th anniversary year of Intel's Pentium chips and the first recorded incident of spamming. We've come a long way since then.

Now that everybody's all eager to get back to business after the holiday interlude, we want to take a second and anticipate what we'll be talking about this year in convergence, networking, and IT. More...

The need for small cells – those miniature cellular access points traditionally known as femtocells – typically arises because of coverage or capacity issues within a building. Small cells are a relatively new concept that works on an operator’s licensed frequency to extend the wireless network inside a building. These cells can be installed in a number of ways to accommodate different needs. More...

It probably comes as little surprise that most employees today expect on-the-spot mobile data accessibility and anywhere voice service to enhance their work productivity both at their desk and throughout an office. In response, IT teams are searching for the best approach to support this trend and provide the highest quality, in-building service available for a reasonable cost.  Small cells have emerged as a breakthrough solution. More...

A recent article in UC Magazine by Richard “Zippy” Grigonis caught my attention. Despite the magazine’s usual B2B focus, most of the article addressed the consumer benefits of femtocells. Which is fine, except the emphasis on coverage – particularly when it comes to the enterprise – sells femtocells short. The technology is far more encompassing than that. More...

As good as the wireless infrastructure is in this country, we all know that you can’t always get perfect coverage everywhere. That’s a concern for remote office or home-based workers, particularly as the companies they work for move to wireless-wireline integration and eventually come to standardize on mobile phones. More...