In Pictures: CES 2015’s best business gadgets
CES is a consumer show, but there are plenty of nifty tools for businesses too.
Researchers at the University of Washington have 3D printed a series of plastic connected devices that communicate with WiFi receivers without electronics.
Cisco reportedly skirted US sanctions in order to sell networking equipment to Russia's military.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2846421/sdn/alcatel-lucent-virtualizes-wans-and-routers.html">Nuage Networks</a> this week released an application designed to better integrate physical and virtual networks.
CES is a consumer show, but there are plenty of nifty tools for businesses too.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2174532/lan-wan/juniper-broadens-sdn-for-carriers.html">Juniper Networks</a> this week introduced a virtualized version of its MX Series 3D edge router to fulfill carrier requirements for <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2173825/smb/understanding-how-sdn-and-nfv-can-work-together.html">Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)</a>.
The merging world of personal technology and workplace technology is always a fascinating scene to observe, so a lot of devices here can be utilized at home, and vice versa (see our Digital Life article for home-related tech gift ideas). But for the most part, we're confident that your work life will improve with these gadgets - peruse the writeups for gift ideas for your favorite colleague!
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Six years ago, we tested dual-WAN routers as a way to pump more bandwidth into small businesses that couldn't afford a T-1 and were stuck with relatively slow DSL and cable connections.
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