IP-based network, on how fast the partners' existing networks can be brought together.

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We tried it then and it couldn't have been easier, logging in while connected to your home network flips the switch based on IP address or MAC address, and then it worked at home or on the go, no password necessary.

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The innovation announced today takes advantage of the machine-to-machine capability and expands it to other devices on the network that can receive IP based commands.

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And since it's all based on an IP system, it's easy for the team to network in multiple sites, pits and even offsite labs.

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As reported by Light Reading, Cisco, Humax, Pace, Technicolor and others are working on hardware for a new multiroom setup based on a central gateway (or maybe a Cablevision-style network DVR) that streams video to IP-connected extenders called the XI3.

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Security solutions based on physical infrastructure, and policy expressed in terms of a particular device, the corporate PC, an IP address, network port, or application protocol are becoming useless in a mobile, borderless world.

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