In case you missed it, industry expert Craig Mathias was featured on Network World’s podcast series to discuss his selection for the WLAN industry’s “Category-Breaker,” defined as “products that go above and beyond to solve IT issues.”

We here at AirWave were absolutely smitten when we found out that the AirWave Wireless Management Suite Version 5.3 was chosen; in addition, Craig did an excellent job providing those unfamiliar with our solution an excellent synopsis of the features and benefits of our solution. If you’ve not yet heard it, click here to listen to Network World’s Category Buster: AWMS 5.3.

Summary from the Network World site:

As part of the Best Products 2008 coverage, we present a special podcast with Network World blogger and IT Roadmap presenter Craig Mathias, who talks about the distinguishing features and functionality of the latest Air[W]ave Wireless Management suite (12:01).

I encourage all of you to give it a listen and/or pass it on to anyone who you feel could benefit from understanding the features and functionalities of AWMS.

It’s great to finally see the industry recognizing WLAN management as a criticial component of an organization’s infrastructure.

For more Craig Mathias, click here.

We recently hosted a webinar (click to view) with Craig Mathias on wireless trends for the upcoming year. Craig, as always, did a very interesting job of talking about both WWAN and WLAN technologies as well as the impact on devices and users. By far the topic that is generating the most interest is 802.11n. Most questions centered around the additional speed and coverage that “n” brings but also a lot of questions about how “n” will co-exist with existing a/b/g networks. One of Craig’s main points was the “n” shouldn’t be considered a replacement for “g” and should be used to augment existing networks. He also stressed using “n” in the 5GHz range (same as 802.11a) to avoid interference with existing “g” networks.

Craig was able to answer quite a few questions and if you have some of your own feel free to post them on our forum.

Learn the latest developments in Fixed/Mobile and Mobile/Mobile Convergence — and what you need to know for managing convergence of voice and data on your wireless network and on single wireless devices– from leading wireless industry analyst Craig Mathias of the Farpoint Group – part of AirWave’s “Staying Ahead of the Curve” series of webcasts.

Click to view the “Fixed-Mobile & Mobile-Mobile Convergence” webcast

This is the AirWaves webcast (visit AirWave Webcast Library for more) to have, as we shattered our previous registration and attendance records featuring Craig Mathias’ presentation on everyone’s hot topic in the wireless space: 802.11n.

When will the first enterprise units ship? What will this mean for my legacy gear? Will my users be able to connect to .11n APs? Will my users with .11n cards be able to connect to my old B or G equipment?

Find out here:

Click here to view the “What’s New with 802.11n & Beyond” webcast

MIMO? Unified Architectures? Dense WLAN deployments? Management & assurance? VoFi/Convergence? Location/Tracking? Scalability?

These are some of the trends that will define 2007.

But how?

Find out with guest speaker Craig Mathias:

Click here to view the Wireless Trends for 2007 webcast

We were lucky enough to have Craig Mathias guest speak on the Wireless LAN industry as it makes the migration between “thick” and “thin” network topography. The market continues to rapidly evolve and Craig is well positioned to understand the market, not only this year, but in the years to come.

Click here to view the webcast

What do you think? What works for you in your environment?