http://wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,57794,00.html Cisco's Power Grab: Wireless LANs In a move analysts say is an attempt to lock up the market, Cisco Systems teamed up with IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and six other technology vendors to offer corporate customers what it says are more stable and secure wireless networks.
While the partnership, which includes Agere Systems, Atmel, Intersil, Atheros, Marvell and Texas Instruments, could mean the creation of more secure and compatible wireless LANs for companies, it could also mean more expensive local area networks, since Cisco will have made deals with most of the major players in the marketplace...[it is in a nice position to try to lock customers into it's hardware.] __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
