Your Challenge: As a company in a society where technological demands are ever-changing and always increasing, you need to be adaptable to ensure customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. Your end users are embracing wireless and you can’t afford to live in the past. They’re demanding faster and more reliable wireless networks as they push the limits of your network’s capacity with a growing number of devices per person. Our Advice: Critical Insight Supply your stakeholders with historical network usage and capacity data when making the case for a Wireless LAN (WLAN) build or refresh in order to provide a benchmark and gain buy-in for the project. Define your technical WLAN requirements based on your business context and requirements. If you design your WLAN for capacity, density and coverage will follow. Impact and Result Gain stakeholder buy-in by making a solid business case for your WLAN build or refresh project by understanding the value it provides to the business. Define the business context surrounding the WLAN build or refresh and make sure your technical requirements can satisfy your business requirements. Develop a comprehensive request for proposal based on your technical requirements and score your responses using a standard methodology. Craft a well-designed network implementation and monitoring process.

1. Build or refresh your Wireless LAN
Keep your clients content and remain at the forefront of changing technologies by providing your network with the necessary updates, effectively aligning your business and technical needs.
· There are a number of drivers pushing the need for mobility and a better level of user connectivity within different business environments.
· Wi-Fi is now considered a “necessity” as opposed to an “amenity” as it once was. As a result of this, businesses should look to remain concurrent with what their users want and need by keeping
their networks up-to-date.
Cisco estimates that by 2016, there will be three networked devices per capita; businesses should look to build or refresh their wireless networks in order to keep up with this growing demand.
As wireless technology continues to change, an increase in user expectations occurs. This pushes businesses to constantly adapt and upgrade their wireless LAN in order to remain concurrent
with user demand.
A successful WLAN build or refresh is founded upon your company’s ability to identify the driving business requirements and align these with technical requirements that will provide the
underlying framework for the WLAN build or refresh project.
By always keeping in mind this alignment between business and technical requirements, you will be able to successfully launch a WLAN build or refresh that promotes internal growth while remaining in the
scope of your organization’s capabilities.
· The mindset surrounding Wi-Fi has changed: Wi-Fi has become widespread in homes and users want the same kind of accessibility and speed they have at home, at work, in school, and at any
other venue they may be visiting – i.e. fast Wi-Fi when they want it, and where they want it.
· Additionally, a widespread acceptance of “BYOD” has fueled an increase in personal devices used in the workplace; 55% of organizations currently permit the use of personal devices for work
purposes.
· These factors are examples of key drivers pushing the need for organizations to re-vamp their wireless networks, creating ties between the business requirements and the resulting technical
requirements specific to the organization.
· When re-designing your network, keep in mind the following:
o Design for capacity; density and coverage will follow.
o Define your technical WLAN requirements based on your business context and requirements.
o Historical network usage and capacity data can support your business case for your WLAN build or refresh.

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refresh-the-wireless-lan