| Sun offers open-source encryption key management protocol Sun announced today that it is throwing its hat into the standards arena, proposing that its open-source key management API be used as a universal way to allow encrypting devices to communicate with key management systems. New Bluetooth standards to bring speed, energy efficiency Although Bluetooth technology is commonly used today for syncing up mobile devices with headsets or for wirelessly networking PCs with mice and printers, the Bluetooth... IEEE smoothes way for data center networking We've heard a lot about what companies are doing to converge networks in the data center. Today I'd like to take a quick look at some work that's being done on the standards side to enable the convergence. Obama’s Electronic Health Records initiative could usher in a new wave of ID theft With the stimulus bill all but signed it looks like the government will be handing out $19 billion in an effort to digitize America’s health record system. The problem is we have a noble goal but no plan or direction on how it should be accomplished. The stated goal, which has garnered substantial support, is to build a National Electronic Health Records (EHR) system. But the plan or direction on how to get us there is completely missing from the stimulus bill. Beating WLANs into submission, Part 1: Airtime management The IEEE ratified the bare bones Wi-Fi standard in 1997. Since then, equipment vendors and various 802.11 working groups have been beating it into submission with formal extensions and proprietary capabilities to render ... Beating WLANs into submission, Part 2: Beamforming You've probably heard mentions of a nascent RF capability called transmit beamforming. A couple things to keep in mind: 1) There are various types and implementations of beamforming, so not all beamforming is created equal (or standard); and 2) in large, all-wireless environments, some flavor of beamforming will eventually be needed to allow all types of client devices to run at an optimal, predictable rate and to alleviate unnecessary and troublesome interference. Comply! Compliance with regulations is a bear, but there are tools to get you there. Our revamped Product Guide can help you sort through them all. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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