Access/Wiring

 

Remote Access to Business Applications

Today's business environment requires mobile access to business applications which are housed behind secured networks. Citrix has been a leader for years in this arena and continues to offer innovative solutions to securely web-enable critical business software.

Specialty appliances also provide secure access to business applications using SSL protocol across the internet, allowing any place, any time access to business applications. The SSL/VPN provides streamlined remote access that is secure and quick to install.

 

Wireless: Mobility With Connectivity

Wireless LANs enable users to establish and maintain a wireless network connection throughout or between buildings, without the limitations of wires or cables.

There are three wireless-networking standards available depending upon your requirements.

  1. Wi-Fi (802.11g), or Wireless Fidelity which is also known as 802.11g is the corporate choice and has  a suitably wide range for use in small, medium, and large office spaces. Wi-Fi (802.11g) is currently the most popular and least expensive wireless LAN specification. It operates in the 2.4GHz radio spectrum and can transmit data at speeds up to 54Mbps within a 100m range indoors, and up tp 400m outdoors. It can be affected by interference from mobile phones and Bluetooth devices which can reduce the transmission speeds. It is the standard fitment to many wireless laptops including the new Centrino based models.
  2. 802.11n is the latest standard and promises to be the most popular format in the furture. It surpasses the speed the 802.11g with the backward compatibility of 802.11g/b/a. It has a much longer range than 802.11g but in the same way it can be affected by interference.
  3. Bluetooth is a somewhat different standard from Wi-Fi or 802.11a, offering much more flexibility but on a smaller, 'personal area network' scale and primarily is being seen as a replacement for I.R (Infa Red) and wireless connection to Bluetooth enabled electronic devices. Its actual throughput is only 300Kbps, and its range around 10m. But unlike Wi-Fi and 802.11n/g/b/a, which require adapters, routers, gateways, access points and synchronised setup schemes to connect devices, any devices with a Bluetooth radio and antennae or Bluetooth enabled can speak to each other with little or no preparation.

 

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