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• Three-stream Wi-Fi hits the mark

  By Craig Mathias | 27 March, 2012 01:06

  The rapid adoption of 802.11n has become a significant milestone in the history of wireless LANs. The MIMO-based technologies used in most 802.11n systems provide enough throughput, reliability, and rate vs. range performance to effectively remove the last major barriers to the broad adoption of WLANs in the enterprise.

• Home and Office Gear Tech Treasures [2011 Cool Yule Tools]

  By Network World staff | 21 November, 2011 17:32

  They say that a man's home is his castle – we figure that if you're going to have a castle, it needs to be filled up with some really cool, high-tech stuff. If you're working at a home office or just want to boost that home network in order to get a better connected home entertainment system up and running, the following products are great gift ideas:

• PRODUCTS: Cisco refreshes its Linksys range of wireless products

  By Patrick Budmar | 01 September, 2011 08:29

  Networking vendor, Cisco, has refreshed its range of Linksys E and X-series of wireless products.

• Ex-Linksys boss joins Multimedia Technology

  By Nadia Cameron | 15 April, 2010 14:14

  Ex-Linksys Australia boss, Graeme Reardon, has been appointed the new NSW state manager for distributor, Multimedia Technology.

• Cisco acquired nearly 50 start-ups in decade, most in M&A market

  By Jon Brodkin | 09 January, 2010 09:50

  Cisco acquired more start-ups than any other corporation over the past decade, in a list dominated by IT vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, EMC and Oracle.

• Cisco settles lawsuit with Free Software Foundation

  By Nancy Gohring | 21 May, 2009 03:32

  Cisco Systems will appoint a director to ensure that its Linksys products comply with the terms of free software licenses, and in return the Free Software Foundation will dismiss its lawsuit against the networking giant, the parties said on Wednesday.

• Linksys debuts smart home media server

  By Rodney Gedda | 13 February, 2009 15:04

  Linksys has announced the availability of its new-generation home media server, dubbed “Media Hub”, to the local market aimed at simplifying the management and distribution of digital content in homes and small businesses.

• Cisco ramps up small business play

  By Nadia Cameron | 07 November, 2008 12:20

  Cisco is launching a new small business group and range of products as part of efforts to grow its presence in the sub-100 customer segment.

• Linksys refreshes channel strategy for consumer push

  By Nadia Cameron | 07 October, 2008 14:21

  Linksys is reviewing its distribution line-up and planning new channel incentives as part of a global strategy to shift focus onto the consumer market.

• Cisco makes big push to increase SMB relevance

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 18 September, 2008 12:14

  Cisco believes many SMBs are still not knowledgeable enough of its solutions for the market and is making brand awareness top of its priority list for the next year.

• Cisco disbands separate Linksys partner program in Australia

  By Nadia Cameron | 13 August, 2008 16:36

  A local Cisco manager has confirmed the networking giant will combine its Australian Linksys and Cisco partner programs as part of a global initiative to unite the two channels.