Manufacturing Industry

From wireless to Wi-Fi: uses for wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, not hard to find.(Security/Wireless)

Manufacturing Business Technology, April, 2005 by Bury, Scott

By now most everyone has heard of Wi-Fi, which stands for "wireless fidelity," and which, among other things, allows wireless, Ethernet-based connection of laptop PCs to the Internet. Wi-Fi hotspots are found in restaurants, coffee shops, and hotels. The technology also is used in hospital, university, and corporate settings to connect cabled networks in different buildings.

According to research firm IDC, Boston, the number of wireless LANs in the U.S. tripled between 2001 and 2004, to 12 million installed. Wi-Fi also is a standard for wireless communications in manufacturing, where emerging applications based on converging technologies will eventually allow not just better communication, but new kinds of business processes. The combination of...

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