BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - July 10, 2007) - In the newly released benchmark report
"Measuring the Real Value of Wireless LAN Deployments," Aberdeen, a
Harte-Hanks Company (
NYSE:
HHS), found that best-in-class organizations
have significantly higher levels of employee productivity, flexibility and
collaboration than all other organizations. Additionally, best-in-class
organizations see measurable benefits in time and cost savings in managing
their wireless networks as compared to their wired networks.
The report analyzed organizations' deployment, use and management of
WiFi-based wireless networks to better understand how best-in-class
organizations leveraged the technologies to improve their corridor
warriors' productivity. As part of that performance increase,
"best-in-class organizations saw a 26% increase in the collaboration of the
workforce directly attributable to using a WLAN -- over twice the industry
average," said Philippe Winthrop, Research Director for Wireless and
Mobility research. Over 300 organizations worldwide contributed their
experiences to the study in order to be heard.
The best-in-class organizations represent the top 20% of the responding
organizations and are defined on the basis of Process, Organization,
Knowledge and Technology. "Best-in-Class organizations are deploying
wireless networks in a holistic fashion that includes guest policies as
well as security policies for preventing rogue access," continued Winthrop.
"They are able to balance the needs of their end-users while ensuring that
the network is secure and reliable."
The report, underwritten in part by Bluesocket, Trapeze Networks,
WildPackets, Extricom and Meru Networks, provides readers with findings on
how best-in-class organizations are leveraging wireless LANs as compared to
others, and recommends clear actions to improve the productivity of their
corridor warriors, as well as the deployment and management of the wireless
network. Technology adoption, corridor warrior productivity and
performance, as well as other key performance indicators are reviewed. A
complimentary download of the report is available at:
http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=3998
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Contact Information: Media Contact:
Philippe Winthrop
Aberdeen Harte-Hanks
(617) 854-5231
Philippe.Winthrop@aberdeen.com