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

Apple’s open source release receives ‘Swift’ support from developers, IBM

A Toronto area company had already announced a framework for Swift on the server side, and IBM is ready to bring the development language to Linux

Microsoft beefs up Skype for Business within Office 365, focuses on supporting data-centric initiatives

Skype for Business is poised to replace traditional PBX systems, while Microsoft hopes to get more business data on mobile devices by enabling employees with PowerApps

Here’s why LTE networks are about to become much more useful

The growing global footprint for LTE make it a ubiquitous platform for innovation and applications as MPLS and private WAN infrastructure further ages.

IT workers lack faith about digital transformation: survey

New study finds most IT professionals give their companies failing or near failing grades on their ability to implement transformational technologies and drive IT innovation to gain competitive advantage.

Apple’s iOS programming language could offer ‘Swift’ approach when made open source

A Canadian firm is chomping the bit for Apple to open source Swift so its framework can make it popular on the server side

Dell sees open, ‘new IT’ as critical to Canada’s competitive advantage

Many vendors talk about being open, but Dell is willing to cannibalize its traditional businesses if it means being visionary for the long term

CentriLogic buys managed IT infrastructure provider to expand Canadian presence, high profile customer base

Acquiring Advanced Knowledge Networks gives the company more traction in Halifax, Calgary and Vancouver while adding retail customers such as Harry Rosen, Leon’s Furniture and Longos

It’s 2015. Do you know what your SDKs are up to?

Even mobile applications for major device platforms occasionally fall prey to bad SDKs that threaten device functionality, security or user privacy

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