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

Articles by Howard Solomon

Cyber-bullying law in final stage

Legislation that will affect private sector retention of data by police order close to vote

OpenSSL and other open projects to get money for security audits

Linux Foundation announces first critical projects to get long-needed funding to test their security

SolarWinds tweaks Storage Manager

Added to the suite is enhanced monitoring of EMC arrays and the ability to create custom LUN groups

Canadian vendor ups DNS protection

BlueCat Networks' latest solution is a DNS firewall that stops malicious activity in domain name servers

Dimension Data offers cloud in Canada

Consulting and integration firm now offers its cloud services here

Survey of audit committees of Canadian firms raises IT questions

They advise directors on corporate risk. But survey shows surprising difference on IT security compared to U.S.

The porous firewall – and what you can do about it

Highlights of findings and recommendations from a security vendor's annual global report

Data research group gets funding help

The CANARIE high speed research network will fund Research Data Canada's work for a year

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