Gary Hilson

Gary Hilson is a Toronto-based freelance writer who has written thousands of words for print and pixel in publications across North America. His areas of interest and expertise include software, enterprise and networking technology, memory systems, green energy, sustainable transportation, and research and education. His articles have been published by EE Times, SolarEnergy.Net, Network Computing, InformationWeek, Computing Canada, Computer Dealer News, Toronto Business Times and the Ottawa Citizen, among others.

Articles by Gary Hilson

Riverbed embraces software-defined networking as a means to support digital transformation

The current state of networking sees many enterprises managing hybrid WANs with thousands of edge points while looking to integrate on-premise and cloud workloads

Billing systems are transforming into complex monetization platforms

Customers are expecting choice and simplicity, but complex integration is required in the background to support agile billing and product delivery

Poorly secured smart home devices and wearables are a potential launch pad for cyber threats

Frameworks exist to keep Internet of Things devices secure but best practices must be followed to protect the broader connected IT infrastructure

Research shows Canadian organizations are quietly but aggressively upping their mobile game

IDC Canada said some enterprises are leveraging the mobile application development services available to them, but keeping mum to retain competitive advantage

SAP HANA pushes data warehousing to the cloud

The days of running a report overnight from day-old data are gone, as businesses look to be more agile and crunch even more data from more sources

Data centre capacity continues to shift to commercial providers

Corporate data centres in Canada are aging so as organizations refresh their technology stack and embrace cloud services, they are opting to move to the third party facilities

Early blockchain player looks to expand platform

Blockchain Foundry’s initial commercial product aims to be the world's first blockchain-based e-commerce platform

Is Runtime Application Self-Protection the key ingredient for more secure software development?

Just as DevOps has developers supporting the apps they create, RASP has developers integrating security rather than handing it off to another team

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