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Untethered Terrain : Creating Competitive Advantage with a Flexible Mobile Infrastructure

Posted on Friday, October, 10, 2008, 1:46PM

Manufacturers are seeing the emergence of what some call “the third network”, which is the wireless infrastructure. Companies that have been wired into Ethernet in the enterprise and control networks in the plant are finding out that a wireless strategy not only erases the dividing lines between operations, but also allows them to be more productive and efficient because individuals can react instantly to an event. To do that, however, requires a flexible architecture that includes any combination of cellular, RFID, and WiFi wireless protocols which provide follow-me connectivity.

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