Alan's Networking Analysis

Cisco continues to push its Unified Wireless Network for enterprises, which was their main message at the June 26th IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, CA.  While probably 70% to 90% of enterprises have some WiFi, less than 10% have pervasive access everywhere within their building or campus.  Cisco would like to greatly increase Enterprise WiFi penetration by offering features like: enhanced security, location and tracking services, and secure guest access. 

But others see problems with company wide WiFi and wonder if the benefits are worth the risks- financial, security, scalability, availability.  In an article entitled, "Helpless, Hopeless, Wireless,"  the June 26, 2007 Wall Street Journal takes a pessimistic view of this technology stating that, "in many offices, Wi-Fi has been a headache."  The Aberdeen Group weighs in with a recent research report that endeavors to measure enterprise WiFi value proposition to companies and highlights the advantages.