We, at Acentic, have been busy monitoring major corporation IT security movements around WiFi acceptance.

As recently as 2005, only 25% of business travellers used WiFi in your hotel rooms. This was due to cultural and cost barriers as well as security concerns. Four years later and practically every laptop built is equipped with a built-in WiFi card enabled to access corporate LANs. Today, corporate IT managers don’t only allow WiFi usage, they insist upon it. We’ve seen growth in the hotel industry adopting WiFi. This is reflected in an increasing number of request for proposals being received by Acentic, all of which insist upon conformance to WiFi standards.

Although WiFi offers so many benefits for your guest, your IT managers have to deal with a myriad of protocol standards, with different levels of security. A New York Times¹ article quoted: “Business travel is dependent on fragile technological networks that have already shown the stresses of a sudden strain.” With this it becomes all the more important to partner with technology vendors that have experience with WiFi, security and the logistics that come with WiFi networking. With Acentic’s expertise and hotel heritage you have a partner that is fully equipped and focused to consult on their needs and fulfill not only today’s but also tomorrow’s requirements.

To underline Acentic’s dedication, we have created a new Business Development team solely dedicated to WiFi and other HSIA applications. Want to know more? Email them at john.waters@acentic.com

¹ Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/business/04road.html?_r=2&scp=30&sq=internet&st=nyt