Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business. Meraki ...

Plucky Meraki, a San Francisco mesh networking startup, is stepping up to play with the big boys with the introduction of its $1,499 MR58 WiFi router. Designed for outdoor use, the MR58 has three ...

Even though Meraki made a name for itself in cloud-based WLANs, Cisco’s long-term goals for its new acquisition go beyond just Wi-Fi. Cisco acquired Meraki on Sunday for $1.2 billion. Meraki is a ...

Meraki this week unveiled new management tools for its cloud-based Wi-Fi product, adding bandwidth controls, diagnostic tools and spectrum analysis. The tools exploit the packet processing engine ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. This article is more than 3 years old. The new Meraki Go ...

Cloud networking is taking off and could help enterprises unify their wireless and wired network operations in new, economical and convenient ways. For example, startup Meraki has added ...

San Francisco's plan to provide citywide wireless Internet access, which foundered last summer when EarthLink pulled out, is being revived by a Mountain View company that wants to turn the city into a ...

In addition to rooftop access points, startup will fill out coverage with repeaters on windows or balconies, distributed free of charge to individuals and businesses Meraki Networks’ plan to cover San ...

San Francisco may get its citywide WiFi network after all, and it could be rolled out without costing taxpayers a cent. Meraki, which wants to "bring affordable Internet access to the next billion ...

Meraki Solar made headlines recently when it released the first self-powered 802.11n Wi-Fi hub. The units aren’t cheap–a 40-watt MR58 router sells for $1,497–but San Francisco solar buffs will have ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. Meraki, a start-up that hopes to bring cheap Wi-Fi ...

City-wide Wi-Fi might not be a pipe dream for San Francisco residents after all. After successfully rolling out mesh networks in 6 San Francisco neighborhoods, Meraki Inc. has announced its plans to ...