Top Performers Transform WLANs From Network of Convenience to Business-Critical Infrastructure

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Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:00am EDT 

  BOSTON, MA, Jun 10 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Organizations that maximize the performance and security of their
Wireless LANs can improve the uptime of their Wireless LAN by 121% while
decreasing in incidence of security breaches by 10%, according to the
Aberdeen Group report, "Wireless LAN 2009: From Network of Convenience to
Business-Critical Infrastructure." The research from Aberdeen Group, a
Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS) details the business benefits derived
from WLAN performance and security optimization.

    The report uncovers how the industry's top performers have transformed
their WLANs from "networks of convenience" to business-critical core
infrastructures that are as resilient and secure as wireline networks,
with enormous potential for future growth and expansion. It describes why
Wireless LAN performance and security management remain critical success
factors that organizations must address if their investment in enterprise
mobility is to be fully realized.

    "At an average cost of over $73,000 of lost revenue per minute of network
downtime, organizations are well-advised to pay close attention to the
recommendations for WLAN performance and security optimization as
described in the report," said Andrew Borg, senior research analyst for
wireless and mobility, and author of the Aberdeen Group report. "With
almost seven hours per month per full-time IT employee spent on
troubleshooting network security issues, the economic impact of not
addressing these issues is considerable."

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following underwriters: AirMagnet and Bandspeed. To obtain a
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Aberdeen Group
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