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The pros and cons of mobile workforce and portable offices
The workforce today is a mobile one, working where and when they choose – fact. Indeed, many organisations have even started issuing laptops in preference to the standard desktop PC. However, as always, every positive must have a negative, and this practice is no exception – the battle is to mitigate against these negatives before they can do any damage.
Historically organisations tended to ignore data transported on mobile devices almost treating it as a second class citizen – out of sight out of mind. However, today that mindset has changed as data breaches continue to make headlines the world over, more often than not, caused by lost or stolen devices.
According to the Ponemon Institute over 3500 laptops go missing every week in European airports and with the average cost of a data breach to an organisation in the UK currently at £1.7 million, it isn’t surprising, then, that the resulting clamour has seen data firmly pinned to the hard drive, often with encryption. Yet there... [ more ]
Korenix releases High-Bandwidth Wireless Access Point for reliable surveillance networking applications
Korenix has released the JetWave 2450 IEEE 802.11b/g/n complaint Outdoor Wireless-N Access Point to provide supercharged speed, range and performance for the most demanding high-bandwidth wireless surveillance networking applications.
The cost-effective JetWave 2450 with up to 150Mbps data rate connection by high throughput 802.11n technology allows you to extend wireless coverage up to 5KM with reduced roaming between APs and stable video stream transmission. With dual antenna design, wireless clients can flexibly deploy the device for their specific long distance line-of-sight applications and/or extend transmission by overlaying multiple radio signals.
Combining advanced management and security features to the rugged IP65 design and -20~70oC operating temperature range, the Korenix JetWave 2450 becomes the ideal solution for expanding reliable wireless video traffic transmission in harsh outdoor environments.
High-Throughput & Enhanced Wireless Performance by 802.11N
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