SPEAKERS
The Internet in Hand is Worth Two on a Wire
Mark Krischer
Just as the iPod changed the way we listen to music, the iPhone and the iPod Touch have changed the way people access the Internet. While many people had been used to connecting from a laptop in a Coffee House or Internet Cafe, the ability to easily connect to the Web from a handheld device changed the idea of network access from a ""nice to have” to a “must have”. People now expect to have connectivity no matter where they are. And on a very extreme scale, this is no more prevalent than in the University environment.
But what do terms like “pervasive wireless” and “ubiquitous access” really mean in terms of coverage? How does 11n help support this? How do broadband wireless technologies such as 3G and LTE and Wi-Max play a role? What are the implications of the many different devices which will be found on a typical campus? How is all this pulled together in secure way without over complicating the solution for both IT, and the staff and students? And what new standards and technologies are on the horizon?
In this talk, we will take a combined look from both the network and client device perspectives to provide a continuously connected experience.
 | Mark Krischer's Biography Mark Krischer is a Consulting Systems Engineer with Cisco specialising in Mobility and Security, based in North Sydney. He has covered a wide range of customers and verticals across Australia and New Zealand, including: education and health care, financial service institutions and large corporate enterprises, retail and distribution, and manufacturing and mining. Mark has over 10 years experience in wireless technologies, having joined Cisco as part of the Radiata acquisition in 2001, where he managed the Software Engineering team. As part of Cisco’s Wireless Networking Business Unit he was involved with the initial design work responsible for such technologies as EAP-FAST and Management Frame Protection (which formed the basis of 802.11w). Prior to his involvement in wireless, he worked as part of BBN Technologies’ Network Security group where he focused on Intrusion Detection and the application of PKI to secure networking protocols and applications. Through his engineering work, Mark also holds 7 patents related to wireless and security. |
