5G for Events — Behind the Hype

Pretty much everyday I’m either asked or told about the way 5G is going to ‘change everything’. I’m…

Event Organisers Cannot Afford to Ignore GDPR

Is this yet another GDPR article? Yes, but before you click on past, this…

Event Road Warrior Tech: Keeping it Productive, Secure & Cost Effective

Behind the Wi-Fi Part 3: On the Edge

In part one of this series we looked at the physical network, part two covered the logical…

Technology Education Needs to Evolve

My 85 year old mum happily orders from Amazon, does her banking online, uses Facebook and…

What’s the Risk? It Won’t Happen to Us…

The problem with modern IT is that on the whole it just works. Its reliability has made us…

Wi-Fi Direct: Potential Disaster for Event Wi-Fi Networks?

There’s plenty of press coverage of the recent, much anticipated, announcement of the approval of the Wi-Fi Direct standard. On the surface non-technical folks would be unlikely to give it a second thought but if you rely on…

The New 802.11ac Wi-Fi Standard — A Good Thing for Events or Not?

It has been said that there are two certainties in life — death and taxes. If you said the same about technology it would read ‘confusing acronyms and over hyped performance claims’. Although 802.11ac, the latest in a…

Event Wi-Fi: Less Shouting, More Listening

Another week, another big event, another twitter stream full of complaints about…

The Holy Grail of Public Wi-Fi

The topic of public or attendee Wi-Fi at events creates more churn and discussion than just about any…