Profile of Elena Malykhina
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Elena Malykhina began her career at The Wall Street Journal, and her writing has appeared in various news media outlets, including Scientific American, Newsday, and the Associated Press. For several years, she was the online editor at Brandweek and later Adweek, where she followed the world of advertising. Having earned the nickname of "gadget girl," she is excited to be writing about technology again for InformationWeek, where she worked in the past as an associate editor covering the mobile and wireless space. She now writes about the federal government and NASA’s space missions on occasion.
Articles by Elena Malykhina
posted in April 2006
4/28/2006
Hardware companies are racing to bring out wireless LAN equipment with far higher speeds and capacity. But consumers and businesses should be cautious: As the standard they're based on isn't yet official, early products may not be interoperable and could have performance problems.
4/28/2006
All this time I've been thinking that the cause of my tiredness and quick temper is work-related stress, the side effects of living in New York City, and lack of sleep. But it's possible that the actual culprit could be my home Wi-Fi network.
4/25/2006
The companies need to cooperate to make their products work together.
4/21/2006
The Federal Communications Commission has set a 2008 deadline for schools to either use or auction their portions of the spectrum. Some plan to use it for WiMax.
4/14/2006
Intrusion detection and prevention are often overlooked in WLAN security deployments. And security pros sometimes don't realize that unauthorized access points aren't always the work of mischievous hackers.
4/14/2006
Salesforce.com buys a vendor specializing in delivering mobile applications to handhelds.
4/14/2006
Nowadays extending a business application to a mobile device is like putting together a huge puzzle. Each time you think you're getting close to completion, you're either missing a critical piece or you just can't make the different pieces fit. But it looks like things are finally starting to change. Take Salesforce.com's acquisition of Sendia this week as an example. The two c
4/7/2006
The Ireland-based startup launched a service at this week's CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas that it claims offers more communications options to mobile users than Sprint Nextel's push-to-talk service.
4/5/2006
While moderating a Birds of a Feather Session (BOFS) at the InformationWeek Spring Conference in Amelia Island, Fla., this week, I presented the attendees with a list of wireless challenges in hopes of shining a light of realism on hype around mobile applications, dual-mode handsets, WiMax, and municipal Wi-Fi. But apparently the challenges don't stop there.
4/4/2006
The heavily regulated financial services industry can offer some of the best advice on automating compliance. Stephen Rycroft of Citigroup shares what worked for his company at the InformationWeek Spring Conference.
4/3/2006
FedEx's attention to people led to the success of its 6x6 Transformation program launched two years ago, said Rob Carter, who spoke today at the InformationWeek conference.