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

Toronto cloud provider bought by Virtustream

Enomaly, which offers a private cloud management service, has been bought by a U.S.-based cloud provider

The Leafs and Ottawa’s telecom policy

The announcement that Bell Canada parent BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. – normally arch telecom rivals – are teaming up to take control...

Ontario teachers among new Blue Coat owners

Pension Plan in group that will take WAN optimization and security product maker private for over $1 billion

Ottawa turns to hosted utility management solution

When utilities were tired of circulating and marking up documents for public works approvals, the city went for an answer in the cloud

Shaw starts Wi-Fi trial in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton

Initial test will have a small number of access points, but the carrier promises that in the spring there will be thousands of locations

Polycom gets tighter with Lync

Polycom Inc. has announced a range of ways in which it is increasing the interoperability of its SIP-based endpoints with Microsoft Lync, the company's...

Paessler tweaks iPRTG remote network monitor app

iPhone/iPad users may find it easier to send precise messages to staff about which device on a network to fix in the latest release of the app

Riverbed upgrades operating system for video

The RiOS operating system for the Steelhead WAN optimization appliances now handles Flash and Silverlight-based live video feeds

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