Does mobility imply wireless? Does wireless ensure mobility? Is there a difference between portability and mobility? Should an organization have a mobility policy before it crafts a mobile solution? This white paper answers these questions and more.

Check out the new white paper from Paul Whalen that examines wireless from the PAN, LAN, MAN, and WAN perspective. For each coverage area, we look at the relevant technology and decide if it provides portability, mobility, or both. With this question resolved, we turn our attention to the issues related to introducing mobility into the enterprise. We address issues surrounding access, transport, security, devices, and applications. Finally, we introduce the components of the mobility policy. 

The paper also discusses the technologies used in contemporary mobile telephone systems, which Paul further discusses in two of our latest podcasts. The first podcast explores UMTS and cdma2000, paying particular attention to base technology and the implementation differences. The second podcast discusses issues related to mobile computing.