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

Montreal student’s smart phone a design award finalist

Montreal's Felix Lorsignol is among 20 finalists for this year's James Dyson Award for student design, for his Research In Motion-based smart phone for children....

Lazaridis apologizes to BlackBerry customers

As the heads of Research In Motion try to explain how outage happened and what they're doing to fix it, industry analysts ponder the effect on the company

BelAir to offer small cell solution for carriers

Canadian company thinks it has a way to compete with big network equipment makers -- let them put their radios in its base station. An industry analyst says it makes sense

Cisco touts video solution for virtual desktops

New line of virtualization appliances process voice and video separately for improved performance. In addition, Cisco will torque WAN optimization performance for VDI

Polycom adds enterprise videoconferencing to tablets

Free application for Apple iPad, Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 devices will bring VC to businesses, says Polycom. It'll be a fad, predicts an industry analyst

Paessler Network Monitor bulks up

PRTG now has an Enterprise Console so multiple instances of the application can be seen on one screen. It also supports IPv6

Cisco overhauls WAN optimization appliances

Promises gains in performance and scalability in six new appliances. Read why an industry analysts thinks the network equipment maker may have a hit

Ontario cities prowl U.S. show for IT investment

The person beside you at Interop New York is shopping, but not for a router or a server. Meet Blair Patacairk, who's part of a team encouraging IT execs to branch out

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