Please join us in welcoming Devin Akin, Chief Technology Officer of The CWNP Program, along with Jean Boland, Chief Information Officer of Morrisville State College. Devin will cover key topics for enterprises considering The Next Generation of Wireless Networks, including standards, performance, and deployment issues. He will also discuss: what standards are on the horizon; what these solutions will do for you in the future; and why you need to stop, think, and deploy 802.11n networks differently. Jean will provide insights into her real-world 802.11n wireless network implementation for the Morrisville 3000+ student campus. As a luminary higher education CIO, she will discuss the challenges and solutions that affect the students, staff, and faculty in the Morrisville campus.

Meru Networks will highlight its enterprise-class 802.11n solution, providing guidance and best practice examples for successful deployment. Learn how Meru’s 802.11 solution delivers the highest possible capacity and performance, simplified deployment, and the lowest total cost of ownership while protecting your investment in legacy 802.11 a/b/g devices and your wired switching infrastructure. Meru experts will be on hand to answer any specific questions you might have.

Chief among these is the widespread belief that wireless mesh throughput will taper off to little more than 7 Mbit/s when traffic is backhauled over four or more nodes. As a result, there's some scepticism whether the technology is suitable for widescale urban networks, particularly if those networks cater to mobility and the handling of delay-sensitive voice as well as data.

A direct comparison of the past two quarters makes for grim reading. Our previous report showed $488 million of funding between July 18 and October 18, 2002. The following three-month period (October 19, 2002, to January 18, 2003) has seen a significant sequential drop to $384 million.