The tablets were too bulky, too slow, too expensive, and wireless connectivity had not yet advanced to broadband Wi-Fi and wide-area network services.

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Blue Coat Systems shares are trading sharply lower this morning after the Web security and wide-area network optimization software company reduced its earnings outlook and disclosed a management shake-up.

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Blue Coat Systems shares are trading sharply lower in the after-hours session Thursday after the Web security and wide-area network optimization software company reported disappointing guidance for the July quarter.

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According to the DISA briefing, no unit or command will be allowed to connect a local- or wide-area network to NIPRNET until the network goes through a formal connection approval process.

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To provide these notifications in real time, the wireless wide-area network modules from Novatel Wireless securely connect through HSDPA and EV-DO networks to the Microsoft Exchange Server, storing user information and filter policies.

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Dick Lynch, chief technology officer of Verizon Wireless, explains that no wide-area wireless network can afford to build out wide-area data capacity to handle bursts of demand for wireless data that change from airport gate to gate every 30 minutes or so.

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Now that wide-area wireless network operators recognize Wi-Fi hotspots as complementary to their advanced packet-data networks, they will end up owning or leasing most of today's hotspots and will build out coverage.

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For several years, countries like Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary have been developing alternative trade routes, and even the European Commission's plan for a continent-wide transport network is based on the assumption that Serbia may remain a no-go area.

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Were Dash's cellular network support faster, one opportunity would be leveraging its WiFi and wide-area connectivity to create an in-vehicle hotspot.

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