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

More details on Shaw’s Wi-Fi network

The Western Canadian cable company is thinking big: 60,000 access points for its new network. Read why the president says it makes sense

Toronto tower debuts integrated building network

A new 26-floor structure has a network that offers tenants a single link to many building systems, which should lead to cost savings

Montreal joins open data movement

City joins a handful of Canadian municipalities in allowing citizens online access to data. However, an expert says the committment in this country by governments is weak

Takeover fight between Ottawa competitors ends

WiLAN has surrendered to a U.S. private equity firm in its fight for Mosaid Technologies. It had hoped to create a Canadian-based patent powerhouse

Ciena ready to tout benefits of Nortel deal

Carrier and enterprise customers will get a peek in Ottawa in the next weeks of more benefits Ciena says it can offer from the acqusition

DragonWave joins race for microcell solutions

Ottawa company's newest line, called Avenue, offers small cell radios for cellular operators having downtown or in-building capacity problems

Rometty to replace Palmisano as IBM CEO

After 11 years of overhauling IBM Corp., CEO and president Sam Palmisano will step aside for senior vice-president of sales and marketing Virginia Rometty in the new yearrn

IBM releases OpenFlow-enabled switch

Device adds to the growing number of switches available to network managers so they can try the new technology

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