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• Mobile survival guide: Top tips for staying connected

  By Patrick Miller | 14 January, 2011 01:11

  Picture this: You're sitting down

• Optimize your router for VoIP and video

  By Jon L. Jacobi | 10 December, 2010 02:33

  We're at an awkward stage as the age of network-streamed multimedia matures. Broadband and cell providers have only recently realized the public's enormous appetite for streaming video, VoIP, and the combination of both.

• How to pick NAS for any business

  By Jon L. Jacobi | 05 November, 2010 01:42

  Network-attached storage (NAS) can make your business easier to run and more efficient in multiple ways.

• The ABCs of VoIP

  By Sheena Finnegan, Cisco Presales Engineer, CDW | 30 September, 2010 08:17

  Given the importance of telephone systems, refreshing the technology can be daunting. However, for small and midsized businesses who consider upgrading from a PBX to VoIP, the benefits are clear and, with proper planning, the implementation is not very frightening. Consider these three steps:

• Slow Wi-Fi? Try bypassing it with an Ethernet cable

  By Rick Broida | 11 August, 2010 09:10

  A reader has noticed that the Wi-Fi at her local library has slowed considerably in recent months, and she's wondering what's causing it: "Is it our computers, bogged down with too much junk, or is it something to do with the library's system?"

• Troubleshoot sluggish or non-working Wi-Fi

  By Rick Broida | 29 July, 2010 08:22

  I'm a big fan of working at offsite locations--meaning my local Wi-Fi-equipped coffee shop. In fact, I'll often spend the afternoon hunkered down at Panera Bread, iced tea in one hand and a French Toast bagel in the other. (It's bad form to set up shop without buying something.)

• 5 Tips for Pain-Free Wireless Home Networking

  By Bill Snyder | 11 May, 2010 07:06

  Hair-pullingly bad experiences with wireless networking have led me to formulate Snyder's First Law of Home Networking: No matter who sells you the router, you'll have at least one excruciating session with tech support before you have an Internet connection.