John Cox

Senior Editor, Infrastructure

 

jcox@nww.com (978) 834-0554 Fax: (978) 834-0558

Network World, Inc. 118 Turnpike Road Southborough, MA 01772

Recent articles by Cox

Firefox for Mobile alpha release due next week
Oct. 09, 2008
By this time next week, Mozilla will have unveiled the alpha release of its mobile Firefox browser, codenamed Fennec.

Sprint's Xohm zooms: mobile wireless at 5Mbps
Oct. 09, 2008
Sprint's Xohm network in Baltimore shows consistent, and unprecedented, broadband wireless download speeds ranging from 3.7M to 5Mbps on the downlink and 1.8M to 2.6Mbps on the uplink.

Higher education goes back to school on communication technologies
Oct. 06, 2008
Changes in communication technologies are forcing higher education to make big, expensive, and potentially risky decisions, according to two campus CIOs speaking at this week's fall seminar for ACUTA, an association of ...

Aruba extends radio management to wireless LAN clients
Sep. 30, 2008
Aruba Networks has unveiled a new release of software that's designed to improve wireless LAN throughput and reliability.

Identity Engines goes on the block
Sep. 29, 2008
Start-up Identity Engines is shutting down. The company and its assets are up for sale, though the man responsible for selling it, or carving it up into saleable components, doesn't want to say so.

U4EA's WLAN gear targets SMBs
Sep. 25, 2008
U4EA Technologies has released a low-priced wireless LAN controller and access point that can be up and running securely in 15 minutes.

4 steps to take control of your mobile devices
Sep. 25, 2008
Mobile enterprise clients pose new security and management challenges. Here's how you can meet them.

DiVitas releases updated software for cellular/Wi-Fi voice convergence
Sep. 22, 2008
DiVitas this week will release an improved version of its software application for shifting mobile phone calls between cellular and Wi-Fi networks.

Porn nightmare at 37,000 feet?
Sep. 16, 2008
Bloomberg reported last week that American Airlines flight attendants are urging their employer to block passengers from using inflight Internet access to view pornography and other inappropriate Web content.

Meet the eBay of wireless spectrum
Sep. 12, 2008
SpecEx.com is billed as the first fully online, fully automated exchange for buying, selling and leasing spectrum licensed by the FCC. The Web site is run by a start-up called Spectrum Bridge, which aims to bridge the ...

IEEE readies launch of gigabit Wi-Fi project
Sep. 11, 2008
The IEEE working group that is putting the finishing touches on the 802.11n 100Mbps wireless LAN standard is about to launch a new project, for a 1Gbps WLAN standard.

Agito encrypts cellular/Wi-Fi voice
Sep. 08, 2008
The ability to encrypt VoIP calls for mobile workers talking over Wi-Fi links is one of several new features in Agito Networks' cellular-WLAN convergence appliance.

SMC updates 802.11g Wi-Fi hotspot gateway
Sep. 08, 2008
SMC Networks has released an updated 802.11g gateway targeted at the small and medium enterprise market for quick, simple, secure Wi-Fi hotspot deployments at hotels, cafes, exhibition areas, bus station and similar ...

Plan rolling to improve vehicle-based Wi-Fi nets
Sep. 04, 2008
The "Vi-Fi" protocol's goal is to improve interactive Wi-Fi connections dramatically for moving vehicles.

Virtual Computer targets corporate laptops
Sep. 04, 2008
Virtual Computer, a newly minted start-up, is promising to extend the benefits of desktop virtualization to mobile computers.

Updated management appliance corrals Apple iPhone
Aug. 29, 2008
If you've been wondering how to manage the Apple iPhone 3G smartphones mushrooming on your network, wonder no more. Kace has updated its systems management appliance with beta software to put that Apple in the palm of ...

Wireless LANs face huge scaling challenges
Aug. 28, 2008
Wireless LANs are facing big scaling challenges as the number of clients and the multimedia content they consume surges, according to network professionals. Universities are seeing evidence of this in a big way.

Hosted RFID service targets mobile users
Aug. 26, 2008
A new hosted service from SkyeTek is designed to apply RFID technology for mobile users and applications.

802.11n rate of adoption unprecedented, study finds
Aug. 25, 2008
Controller-based, pervasive wireless LANs are quickly become a standard feature of enterprise networks, according to a new study by BT North America.

Disruption-tolerant nets set for large-scale test
Aug. 22, 2008
Scientists have begun readying a large-scale field test of a mobile network designed to keep working despite failures, glitches and long delays.

Palm unwraps the unlocked 3G Treo Pro smart phone
Aug. 20, 2008
Palm took the wraps off Palm Treo Pro, a new, and unlocked, Windows Mobile 3G smart phone, aimed directly at enterprise users.

RFID, radio location services use soaring at hospitals, study shows
Aug. 20, 2008
Hospitals are embracing a range of radio technologies to track everything from drugs to doctors with increasing accuracy. Location and identity data are fostering new efficiencies, costs savings, and redesigned ...

Nine wireless companies to watch
Aug. 14, 2008
This year's crop of companies focuses on voice and data convergence, spectacular technical advances in radio technology, the personalization of cellular, and what can only be called mobile spontaneity.

Google, Microsoft woo higher ed with free online services
Jul. 31, 2008
Google announced new college and university customers, who are outsourcing e-mail services and collaboration applications to the cloud. Microsoft also is making the Web a battleground for a new generation of users.

802.11n support added to wireless intrusion defense
Jul. 25, 2008
AirTight Networks this week announced the planned mid-September release of its SpectraGuard Enterprise wireless IPS, which will let network managers identify and manage 11n access points and clients.