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

Mobilicity chair resigns from one of his companies

The company's chair, John Bitove, resigned as executive chairman of fast food chain owner Priszm Income Fund. A telecom consultant says the failure of a company Bitove had invested in won't affect the wireless carrier

Ontario will be more open to cloud, says head CIO

The country's biggest province is willing to look closer at private and public cloud technologies, as long as security and privacy controls are there

Telcos reject call to study foreign investment

Broadcasters urged more study of proposals to increase foreign investment in wireless and phone companies at a conference, but the telcos were having none of it

Spectrum war highlights communications conference

Officials from two wireless startups explain why the big three incumbents should be limited in their ability to buy spectrum at the next auction

The next revolution in networking is months away

Seventeen organizations have formed a group to set standards for software-defined networking, which would give network operators the ability to virtualize network resources

Three telecom issues stranded by government defeat

ELECTION 2011: With the dismissal of Parliament a trio of important matters has been abandoned. Here's a primer on why they may be raised during the campaign

What IT wants to hear on the campaign trail

ELECTION 2011: Forging a digital economic strategy, encouraging telecom foreign investment and improving ICT skills of students are among the issues leaders should talk about, say observers

Network managers need to be ready for the cloud

Network resiliancy and redundancy is imperitive in your organization if cloud computing is going to work. In addition, co-ordination with others in the data centre is essential

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