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Just when wireless engineers got used to Wi-Fi 6 and all of its improvements like OFDMA, BSS coloring and Target Wait Time (TWT)... ...we have a brand-new wireless LAN, Wi-Fi 6E, on the horizon. What does the "E" stand for? The answer is "Exciting". Or, at least that's how every Wi-Fi enthusiast should feel about...
By Jeff Aaron, Mist and Danny Johnson, Verizon We get asked all the time what “AI for IT” really means. Is it just a fancy way of saying “automation”, or is there more to the equation? Why is it so prevalent now? Well, if we were to put together an “AI for IT” manifesto, it…
Maria Korolov, CIO.com Contributing Writer, examines how IT organizations are embracing AI and interviews North Canton City Schools on how Mist’s AI-driven WLAN allows their IT team to troubleshoot network issues faster and ensure connectivity across their entire campus. Read the full article below: IT organizations are adopting AI-based tools to improve support, optimize infrastructure,…
In order to keep up with the soaring numbers of devices and apps, you can’t keep doing what you have always been doing. You need to change the way you: (a) connect your devices, and, (b) manage your network to deliver a robust user experience.
No IT system is an island, and AI is the perfect bridge for seamlessly interconnecting wired, wireless, security, and other IT systems together. It brings much needed automation and insight and turns best-of-breed autonomous platforms into a cohesive, integrated stack. Mist has been committed from day one to lead the AI for IT charge. To…
The world has changed substantially since Wireless LAN (WLAN) controllers were created over a decade ago. While the controller architecture was great for managing yesterday’s network of APs where wireless clients were limited and connectivity was a convenience, they are not equipped for the modern era of mobility. Now is the time to #RetireWiFiControllers Click…
Second in a series about our first deployment of a Mist Systems wireless network. Originally posted on 5/10/18 by Ian Beyer at CaNerdlan In my last post, I gave you an overview of the various components of the Mist Wireless system. This post will go into some of the design considerations pertaining to this particular…
First in a series about our first deployment of a Mist Systems wireless network. Mist Systems Logo Originally posted on 5/8/18 by Ian Beyer at The CaNerdlan. Over the course of the past few months, I’ve been working with the IT staff at College Park Church in Indianapolis to overhaul their aging Ubiquiti UniFi wireless…
Introduction Time series aggregation forms an integral part of the Mist Cloud. Most of our machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms rely on incoming telemetry data getting aggregated over various time intervals. A general-purpose time series aggregator can require significant resources, depending on the kind of aggregation, and hence can be difficult to scale. This…
Your mission: Deploy 500 sites with thousands of APs in under 5 minutes….with no errors. Can you do it? With Mist’s API driven platform, it is actually pretty easy. In fact, we just did it for one of our customers last week. Check out this new video that shows you how.
As we celebrate the 30 year anniversary of one of the networking industry’s most prolific standards, 802.11, I can’t help but think about what new standards will drive the adoption of IT for the next 30 years. As we all know, standards are not only critical for getting new technologies going. They are also essential…
AI is Changing IT for the Better From virtual network assistants to location services, technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are simplifying operations, lowering costs, and giving unprecedented insights into the user experience – improving the lives of both IT professionals and their users in a myriad of ways. Here are the top 5 ways…
AI replaces manual WiFi management tasks with automated intelligence and provides deep insight that helps identify and fix problems faster than ever before. Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) is a common term in IT that represents the average time required to repair a failed component or device. In networking, MTTR is often longer than desired…
The Impact that MAC Randomization has on Location Analytics Introduction Bluetooth is a wireless personal area networking standard for exchanging data over short distances. Bluetooth low energy (BLE) (also known as Version 4.0+ of the Bluetooth specification, or Bluetooth Smart) is the power- and application-friendly version of Bluetooth that was built for the Internet of…
“Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is close at hand Creatures crawl in search of blood To terrorize y’all’s neighborhood And whosoever shall be found Without the soul for getting down Must stand and face the hounds of hell And rot inside a corpse’s shell The foulest stench is in the air The…
Wi-Fi has become a staple at almost every tradeshow. But only recently have event coordinators started to take wireless to the next level with valuable location-based services like wayfinding, proximity notifications, and traffic analytics. Mist’s virtual BLE solution is key to this transition, as it enables highly accurate location services without relying on battery powered…
Are you ready to take advantage of this $3+ Billion opportunity? Cloud-managed Wi-Fi is the fastest-growing segment of the enterprise WLAN market, with MSP deployments expected to triple from 2015 to 2020, according to IDC. We asked Shane Moulton, our partner at Optix Media, to share his top 5 tips on how he uses Mist’s…
Thanks to advances in AI, companies of all sizes can transform their wireless networking with WiFi that is predictable, reliable and measurable. Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days. There’s broad consensus that AI is the next game-changing technology, poised to impact virtually every aspect of our lives in the coming years, from transportation…
Guest post by Lee Badman. Originally posted at Wirednot. It’s always refreshing when a truly original story comes along in the WLAN world. Mist Systems isn’t quite brand new (I wrote about them for Network Computing back in 2016) but their approach is fresh enough to cause some good energy in the room when you…
Guest post by Jake Snyder. Originally posted at Transmit Failure. So I really didn’t want to like Mist Systems. I haven’t really gelled with any of the pure-cloud networking vendors and kind of expected this to be a “me too” play. So when Mist told the #MFD2 delegates they were going to send us an…
Artificial Intelligence? Wi-Fi Assurance? Bluetooth Location? Automation through APIs? We at Mist obviously have our own thoughts, but we wanted to hear from the experts. So, we posed this question to some of the top analysts, bloggers, end users, solution providers, and investors. (Thanks to everyone who participated. Feeling left out? Tweet your thoughts to…
Every artificial intelligence solution is built on these four foundations; here’s your quick guide Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm, with innovative use cases being applied across all industry segments. We are decades away from replacing a doctor with an AI robot, as seen in the movies, but AI is helping experts…
The internet of things is all about connecting people and things and enabling objects to be sensed and/or controlled remotely across any network infrastructure. In a business environment, that often means smarter control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, lights, security cameras, etc. — resulting in huge efficiencies and cost savings. Bluetooth® Low Energy…
Video Blog We are thrilled to announce our latest service: Bluetooth® LE Asset Visibility! Hear what the new service has to offer from Mist Head of BD, Sunalini Sankhavaram, and VP Marketing, Jeff Aaron. If you’re interested in learning more after the video, please check out the full suite of Mist services on our website, as well as…
Not too long ago, we put out a paper on the benefits of using Mist to Managed Service Providers. It covers how Mist partners can use our groundbreaking platform to deliver wireless as a service, with unprecedented insight into mobile user behavior and automation of day-to-day tasks for faster problem resolution and lower operational costs….
Wi-Fi may not be the only problem when it comes to connectivity issues. Here’s how to accurately and easily address this problem. In my last post, “#WirelessSucks: Where do we go from here?” I talked about the need for better insight into the root cause of network problems. All too often, the Wi-Fi infrastructure is…
We’re only one month into 2017, but wireless has reinvented itself and we’re falling in love all over again. Check out the slideshare, “11 Reasons Wireless is Sexy Again,” to see the technologies that are rekindling our wireless spark. Who would have thought artificial intelligence, virtual beacons, new antenna arrays, the cloud, BLE, and other…
I’ve always had a lot of respect for veterinarians, because they are masters at solving problems based purely on fuzzy symptoms that their patients cannot explain: where it hurts, how long it’s been hurting, and what events led up to the problem. Many times the patients don’t even know they are sick. Yet a vet…
Is Wi-Fi really the problem, or is it getting a bad rap? As wireless becomes more predominant and business critical, it’s essential to get to the root of the issue. “The Wi-Fi doesn’t work.” After speaking to hundreds of customers of all sizes, this is consistently one of the top help desk complaints that I…
“The best time is always right now; the best place is always right here.” While this is a great philosophy for living life, it is also very applicable to wireless. That is because mobile users have become accustomed to high speed connectivity that allows instantaneous access to information, coupled with smart applications that take advantage…
The precise information you need, delivered exactly when and where you need it. Personalized engagement and experiences. Easy step-by-step navigation. These are just some of the things you get with indoor location-based services. Similar functions have existed outdoors for more than a decade thanks to GPS and apps like Google Maps. However, indoor location services…
Cloud and big data technologies complement machine learning, creating an array of new applications. I have spent 30 years of my life making a living in wireless. In the last 10 years, I have also been learning the art of wine making. Both passions have their good days and their challenging days. But that’s not…
With BLE becoming a standard feature in mobile devices, indoor location is finally headed for widespread deployment. One of the many things I learned throughout my career is that mobile devices can drive industry disruption. The iPhone drove the wireless internet. Intel putting WiFi into the laptop with Centrino drove the wireless controller transition. And…
