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If you're looking to provide network access across your corporate campus, a Campus Area Network (CAN) might be useful. Click to read and learn about how CANs connect campuses.

With great data, comes great responsibility… Since Purple’s beginning in 2012, data security has been at the forefront of our business and we’ve always gone a step further by providing guests the moment they log in with an easy to read and digestible terms of business and privacy policy which…

If you run a cafe or restaurant, social WiFi could provide your business with actionable data. See how you can social WiFi in your cafe with the comprehensive guide.

Purple, the intelligent spaces company, has today announced that CAE, a long-standing partner, is now certified and set to secure new contracts with brands and venues worldwide. Purple specialises in delivering a WiFi solution that generates real-time analytics and marketing for brands that want to engage with visitors and understand…

Purple have teamed up with Arcom IT to provide services to C2i Woking Digital and Woking Shopping (managers of Peacocks and Wolsey Place Shopping Centres). Together the partnership has delivered: Project objectives 1. To realise C2i Woking Digital’s vision of making Woking a key economic and digital hub in the south-west of…

Bring your own device, or BYOD, is a phenomenon allowing personal laptops, tablets and smartphones into the workplace to gain online access and view company information. Initially met with trepidation, it is now firmly entrenched into the corporate world. Whether employers like it or not, it’s happening! So should you…

Media influences opinion… …there is no doubt about that.  But do we mindlessly follow what is presented to us?  Some media researchers used to argue that what we watch and read is fed into us like a syringe and there is little we could do to stop it.  Then along…

Ensuring that a business has no more than the correct number of occupants in a venue at any given time has never been more important.

Wireless internet. WiFi. However you refer to it, you simply can’t deny that it’s something we’re all familiar with now. A study in 2012 found a staggering 73% of UK homes had WiFi networks. The same study placed the UK second on worldwide household WiFi penetration, just behind South Korea…

If you're comparing business WiFi solutions, you need to read this article. We cover managed WiFi, WiFi as a service and more.

How do you set up WiFi for your business? Click to read about the do-it-yourself route here and when you should call the experts.

Your can offset your business WiFi costs with these tips. See how you can start budgeting for business WiFi and get an ROI.

British Land have again partnered with Purple and North to install a fast and secure guest WiFi network at several sites across the UK. Following the successful implementation of WiFi analytics in previous years, the leading UK commercial property company have renewed contracts at two of their popular shopping destinations, Glasgow…

Consumers are exposed to an average of 4,000 to 10,000 ads per day. From watching television to surfing the internet on a smartphone, consumers are bombarded with tons of messaging throughout the day. As a result, marketers have to figure out how they can differentiate themselves. Much of this can…

A guest blog post by Lina Arseneault, Senior Director of Marketing at AirTight Networks Canadian Doug Stephens, founder of “Retail Prophet” is the author of the groundbreaking book, The Retail Revival: Re-Imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism.  I read the retail futurist’s book soon after it was released in…