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The higher education IT landscape is constantly changing, especially when you’re focusing on Wi-Fi and networking. What used to be fairly straightforward, is no longer simple or one size fits all. College and University campuses are among the most demanding wireless environments in existence today.

Thinking about updating the devices, applications, or firmware on your wireless network? Before you risk everything, Erik has some tips that just might help your situation.

When you think about what it takes to compete in today’s marketplace, every business is essentially becoming a technology business. In denial?

Considering Wi-Fi as a Service for your business? In this edition of the Wi-Fi Minute, Danny gives ten reasons why you should make the jump to WaaS, which gives you access to the latest hardware, cutting-edge software, and critical managed network services all rolled into one monthly subscription.

How much does it cost? A simple question, that for many other industries can be answered without ever talking to a sales person. However, when it comes to Wi-Fi and networking or in this case Wi-Fi as a Service, getting someone to give you a price hasn’t been easy.

Experiencing wireless network performance issues? In this video, Erik details some of the problems that might be affecting your Wi-Fi performance and how the SecurEdge support team can save the day.

In a hypercompetitive world where every business is becoming a technology business, network infrastructure is more critical than ever as a competitive necessity.

Over the past 10 years, C-Suite executives and business owners across almost every industry, have become dependent upon high-speed, reliable, and secure wireless networks to power their daily operations. Yet, with this dependency comes inherent complexity and risk.

In today’s digital-first world, technology gives your company a sharp, competitive edge. However, a technology infrastructure that’s poorly designed can be more of a liability, than an asset. This is especially true with wireless networking.

For as long as the PC industry has existed, dating back to the 1980s, companies have tried to save money on IT-related expenses.

Who should have access to your network? And who shouldn’t? How can you ensure that only authorized users are on your network, while the bad guys are kept out?

Restaurants have operated in the United States for over 200 years, after spinning off from establishments that provided both lodging and dining -- what we now know today as the hospitality industry. While restaurants aren’t exactly a bleeding edge business model, in recent years restaurant owners and operators have been increasingly turning to technology to improve the dining experience, efficiency, and profitability -- and gain a leg up on the competition.

 Is your wireless network not performing as it should? In this vlog, Kevin explains why a network refresh or update may be in order when it comes to your Wi-Fi performance. The wireless planning and installation phases are critical for a optimized Wi-Fi network.  

Over the past decade, the hospitality industry has become technology-driven. Deloitte’s 2019 Travel and Hospitality Industry Outlook reveals “just how much technology has shaped the travel and hospitality industry in such a relatively short time. In 2009, the first hotel and airline apps were just hitting the market. Instagram and iPads didn’t exist.”

What do the 6,210 hospitals in the United States all have in common? Virtually every hospital administrator is trying to accomplish the same thing: to provide excellent healthcare that fills a need in their community with the finite amount of resources that are available.

For most workplaces, wireless networking (WiFi) is as important as utility power, air conditioning, heating, and running water. Because of this, many kinds of companies invest in standby power generators to largely eliminate the business interruption from a loss of utility power.

Commercial Voice over IP (VoIP) is nothing new, tracing its roots back to 2004. And VoIP’s underlying packet voice and packet network interconnection technology dates back to the early 1970s when IEEE published a related research paper.

Everything You Need to Know About a Wireless Assessment Video Transcription: One of the many professional services offerings we provide here at SecurEdge Networks is a wireless assessment. To understand the benefits of this service I would like to walk you through what it is, why it is needed, how the service works and what you get from the service.

Bring your own device (BYOD) is a deliberate IT or business policy where employees are allowed, or even in many cases encouraged, to bring their personally-owned electronic devices into their workplace.

Early on in my career, I had the good fortune to be part of two very well-funded programs that supported both higher education and K-12 technology adoption.

You get what you pay for.

If your company is like most, you and your team are dependent on your company's wireless network. When the WiFi goes down, you can expect your company’s productivity to come to a screeching halt. And if you operate the kind of business where clients, diners, patrons, students, guests, patients or other forms of customers depend on guest access to your managed WiFi, even a relatively small outage can cause direct financial losses as well as damage to your reputation.

For most executives and IT managers, their company’s WiFi network is a strategic necessity -- right up there with utility power, HVAC, running water, and telecommunications. However, the process that companies go through when planning their wireless network design can be anywhere from frustrating to utterly confusing.

Wireless networking has been around for literally decades -- starting as a project to connect the Hawaiian Islands in 1971 (ALOHAnet, developed at the University of Hawaii).