Wireless software vendor PCTEL rolled out its Segue SAM (Soft Access Module) software at Wi-Fi Planet. To be bundled with wireless adapters and licensed to 802.11 chipset makers, SAM turns any laptop or desktop PC with a supported WLAN card into a wireless access point without the need for additional routers or hotspot hardware. The company is targeting both home users -- who will be able to set up wireless networks faster and more easily, said PCTEL -- and enterprise users who want the ability to create a wireless access point on the fly for such chores as offsite meetings and ad hoc group discussions.
In wireless news off the floor of Wi-Fi Planet, a research firm tagged Wi-Fi security as next year's hottest topic among security professionals. According to TheInfoGroup, a New York-based research firm that surveyed nearly 200 security pros at companies ranging from Citigroup to AT&T, approximately four in 10 of those administrators polled said that they were planning wireless security projects in 2004. That leads all anticipated enterprise security initiatives by a wide margin.
As if to prove the point about security, Cisco -- named by TheInfoGroup as the leading vendor which enterprise security experts will turn to for help in securing their wireless network -- said Wednesday that three of its wireless access points can be tapped for security keys. (See information about the fix here.)
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