| IEEE 802.11n heads for a finish in September
The IEEE 802.11n standard is likely to be approved in September, making the high-speed wireless LAN technology official after about seven years of wrangling and refinement. Novell makes a run at cloud security
Novell is trying to secure cloud services with technology that maps corporate security policies to service providers' clouds so applications and databases get the same protection they do in corporate owned facilities. Virtualization will drive adoption of Fibre Channel over Ethernet: survey
The Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) storage protocol may enhance virtualization projects by ensuring greater mobility of virtual machines. Chinese news sites go down after reports on gov't scandal
Two of China's most popular technology news Web sites went offline Tuesday after carrying news reports that linked the son of China's president to a corrupt African deal. Indoor/outdoor network piece parts merge
Stretching wireless networks of various kinds across campuses with a unified management system seems to be a growing theme these days. Wi-Fi providers Proxim Wireless and Ruckus Wireless, for example, have made recent outdoor announcements that address customer requirements for a centrally managed end-to-end wireless infrastructure. OMB eyes new metrics for security at federal agencies
The White House Office of Management and Budget is looking for better ways to measure the readiness of government agencies to fend off cyberthreats, according to federal CIO Vivek Kundra. Wall Street analyst suggests Cisco may recover lost market share during 1Q10
In his research note today, RBC Capital Markets Managing Director Mark Sue believes Cisco has a shot at reclaiming its lost market share. Google Tries to Silence YouTube Critics
Google is doing a little image control this week, trying to swat away criticisms of YouTube, its wildly popular video site. Google is fighting back against questions about the site's finances, as well as attacks on the quality of videos available on the site. Google patches Chrome browser, says Chrome OS will defeat malware
Not that Chrome OS deserves any more attention, given that it is currently just an over-hyped figment of Google's imagination. But this is irresistible. One business day after patching a critcal hole in Google Chrome, a news report surfaced where Google executives promised that its ChromeOS will be so secure, its users will think viruses are a thing of the past. July Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
The number of botnets has grown from about 1,500 two years ago to 3,500 today.
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