Ken Klingenstein has led national networking initiatives for the past 25 years. He served as director of computing and network services at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1985-1999, and today, Klingenstein is director of middleware and security for Internet2. Truth is, this networking innovator has participated in the development of the internet from its inception, and admits he has had one of the best seats from which to watch the evolution of network infrastructure and applications. In this article, Klingenstein shares his experience and identifies new trends in higher education IT.