Motorola: WLAN poised to replace enterprise wired networks

Motorola made the case for the enterprise to cut the wires during the Interop conference in Las Vegas. Kathy Paladino, president of enterprise mobility with Motorola, told conference attendees that wireless LANs are at the point where they should motivate enterprises to go all wireless. She said new standards such as 802.11n are offering the enterprise wired-like data speeds, reliability and security to WLAN networks. In addition, cost savings provide a compelling proposition to move all wireless. Paladino said wired networks cost 10 times that of WLANs to deploy and maintain.

"The technology is ready, and the time is now to make the shift," she said.

For more about Motorola's all-wireless views:
- check out this InformationWeek article [1]

Related article:
- Motorola introduces pre-802.11n WiFi equipment [2] 
- Colubris Survey: 802.11n WLANs Set to Replace Many Wired Networks [3]