http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/johnson.html Johna Till Johnson's weekly Network World column on dealing with carriers and service providers. Updated on Mondays. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/112509-johna.html In case you've missed it, someone recently dumped a large cache of e-mail files and documents from the University of East Anglia University's prestigious Climactic Research Unit onto the ‘Net. The CRU is one of the leading climatology research institutions, and its data and models provide much of the infrastructure on which the theory of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is based. Johna Till Johnson 2009-11-25T02:30:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/111209johnson.html It's autumn again. Wood smoke in the air, leaves crunching underfoot … and budgets weighing down the desktop. Johna Till Johnson 2009-11-12T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/110209-johna.html October 27 marked the 105th birthday of the New York City subway system, which is both gratifying and depressing. Johna Till Johnson 2009-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/101509johnson.html The folks over at the Femto Forum, in conjunction with the European telecommunications standards institute, recently announced a "plugfest" for March 2010. The plugfest will serve as a forum to for interoperability tests among femtocell network gateways, security gateways, femtocell access points and chipsets. Johna Till Johnson 2009-10-15T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/100109johnson.html As the old adage goes, "Be careful what you wish for — you might get it, and wish you hadn't." Proponents of net neutrality might want to keep that in mind now that net neutrality regulations from either the FCC, Congress or both are a virtual certainty. Johna Till Johnson 2009-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/091609-johnson.html Innovations seem to have a natural economic life cycle: an obscure invention (say, electricity, or the internal combustion engine) sparks an entire constellation of industries, which grow exponentially for a while, then settle into a stagnant maturity. Johna Till Johnson 2009-09-16T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/090109-johna.html Unified Communications is a buzzword that's front-and-center for many organizations this year. Some are already deploying various UC technologies (UC is one of the top three "recession-proof" technologies in Nemertes' 2009 benchmark). And many are building out long-term UC strategies. Johna Till Johnson 2009-09-01T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/081909johnson.html IT departments are behind the virtual workplace curve despite rise of unified communications and other technologies that ease telecommuting. Johna Till Johnson 2009-08-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509johnson.html Last week, I wrote about the possible implications of the new lineup of FCC commissioners. They certainly haven't wasted any time: On Aug. 3, the FCC launched a full-scale investigation into the decision by Apple and AT&T to reject Google's voice application for the iPhone. Johna Till Johnson 2009-08-05T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/073009johnson.html With the recent swearing-in of the FCC's chair, Democratic Commissioner Julius Genachowski last month, and the Senate approval of the nominations of Democrat Mignon Clyburn and Republican Meredith Attwell Baker as commissioners last week, the FCC is back to its full strength of five commissioners. Johna Till Johnson 2009-07-30T12:00:00-04:00