Correction: Telesym Wi-Fi phone works peer-to-peer as well as through central phone systems (PBXs): a product manager at Telesym very nicely corrected my story of a few days ago about the potential of Wi-Fi phones. These devices will work peer-to-peer for voice-over-IP conversations. If you want to dial out into the PSTN (public switched telephone network), you need a PBX. (My original point still stands: this phone offers an enormous opportunity for companies to built quasi-cell-phone-style networks that overlay existing Wi-Fi infrastructure, a la Boingo's partnerships.)

5:31:34 PM    comment   

Glendale, Calif., plans to install a citywide wireless LAN that will provide mobile users with 1M bit/sec. throughput, far greater than the 19.2K bit/sec. offered by cellular carriers, with only cost equipment vs. monthly charges.
10:12:57 AM    comment   

Demo 2000 products offer new approaches toward solving long-standing dilemmas.
10:11:40 AM    comment   

New wireless products introduced at the Demo 2002 conference show the potential to radically improve wireless technology as we know it.
10:10:54 AM    comment   

Despite a downturn in the investment market, financial services firm Charles Schwab is continuing to invest in its CRM strategy and give customers a more integrated, personalized experience.
10:09:26 AM    comment   

Retail and CRM analysts offer advice about how to exploit your customer data.
10:08:28 AM    comment   

In contrast to scores of retailers struggling to turn a profit from their e-commerce operations, Lane Bryant claims that it's making money even though it doesn't sell any merchandise from its Web site.
10:07:52 AM    comment   

Citing the harsh economy, some retailers may pull the plug or scale back investment in their e-commerce sites, according to some electronic retailing executives and experts at the eTail 2002 event.
10:06:39 AM    comment   

CRM systems are too high-concept to work in tough times. But small, tactical improvements will eventually give you the same benefit with much less pain.
10:05:21 AM    comment   

Peter Drayton on Ars Technica on .NET

[Jon's Radio] pointed me to the Ars Technica write-up on .NET. Their stuff is usually good, and I like the fact that they separated out managed code from managed data (most people blur them), but there were tons of annoying errors in the article. I posted a little write-up here. [Peter Drayton's Radio Weblog]

Thanks! And good luck with the book launch.

7:55:56 AM    comment   

Good to the Last Ping: Yuban coffee can-based antennas are good enough, but other tin cans with connectors work slightly better. All of them beat the Pringles design. Building your own antenna never sounded easier.

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