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High-speed Ethernet planning guide
Ten-gigabit Ethernet was so last year.

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Tests/Buyer's Guides

iPad 2 vs. business class tablets
Tech lovers have been flocking to the iPad 2 and other tablets in order to watch movies, read books, surf the Web and make video calls on the latest, greatest, thinnest, lightest, coolest devices. But where do tablets fit within the enterprise?

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More news

Wi-Fi devices crowd 2.4GHz band; IT looks to 5GHz
Of the 470,000 Wi-Fi connections made on a recent day at Abilene Christian University, fully 94% used the 2.4GHz band, representing an extreme example of how today's surging number of Wi-Fi clients is crowding the band least able to accommodate them.

Fun with naming Wi-Fi nets
According to a media report out of San Antonio, the man recently accused of planning to assassinate a Saudi diplomat in Washington, D.C., was not the sharpest tool in the box. However, if neighbor accounts are to be taken at face value, the same could be said of the FBI agents tasked with foiling his alleged plot.

While we wait for cold fusion, let's update the ECPA
Gibbs wants you to get as excited about protecting your privacy as many of you are about cold fusion

4G device options beyond the smartphone or USB modem
Verizon's 4G LTE network has been available in several major cities for awhile now, and it continues to expand to more regions across the U.S. We've done some early network testing, but now have tried two devices (a tablet and netbook) that integrate the 4G LTE network connectivity into the device.

What's OpenFlow's killer app?
As most participants at the inaugural Open Networking Summit extolled the virtues of software-defined networking (SDN) and the OpenFlow protocol, others are waiting for key features to emerge before considering it for their networks.

SuperTweet: Twitter without the OAuth hassle
Last year, Twitter went over to OAuth; SuperTweet allows you to still use basic authentication.