Howard Solomon

Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

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Cogeco Peer 1 offers direct connection to Microsoft Azure

Canadian service provider is latest to offer Microsoft ExpressRoute, a private direct link to its online services

Infoway touts studies on electronic heath records in Canada

Two surveys suggest user of interoperable Electronic Health Records such as lab and imaging reports are improving health care, says agency

Canada among countries giving cyber guidelines to financial sector

Recommendations range from creating a cyber security strategy, defining governance and regularly reviewing risks

Shared Services Canada defends progress in merging IT systems, vows to do better

Department has made "concrete progress," minister says, and will soon release more detailed plans

Future-proof and secure workspaces now, says report

Organizations will use more cloud applications in the future, while employees will increasingly work out ot the office and use social media. Tips for how CISOs should face these challenges

Thycotic releases Windows version of Privilege Manager

Like the Unix version, admins can minimize the use of privileged rights and enforces least privilege policies for superuser rights

Canada Revenue warning scam uses .MSG attachment

It isn't common to file malware embedded in message files used by Outlook and Exchange, but Trustwave found a recent example

Rogers goes after bigger customers with Unison UC packages

Managed services now available for workers who mainly use deskphones, IP phones or softphones

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