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

MTS to upgrade Manitoba’s data network

While Ottawa works on a digital strategy, Manitoba pays $100 million to ensure its provincial offices and participating hospital and school boards boost their broadband speed ten-fold

Push-to-talk coming to Android phones

Popular among public safety organizations and field workers, the capability has been limited to a small number of wireless carriers. But a U.S. company has found a way to add it to 3G/4G phones

Telus to double wireless data speed to 42 Mbps

Move may trigger a wireless speed war as carrier announces technology will start to be deployed in a few weeks. However, handsets and USB modems aren

Wedge Networks unwraps 10 Gbps gateway for ISPs

With dual six-core CPUs, the NDP-2080 can handle demanding throughput, says the company. However, an industry analyst believes regional and local Internet providers and not big carriers will be the buyers

Telecom industry revenue slowed in 2009, says study

Service revenues grew by only 1.8 per cent last year, but wireless and Internet revenue showed solid gains. However, an industry analyst wonders why so many Canadians still don't have broadband

Fibre Channel over Ethernet solution for VMware

Cisco Systems Inc, NetApp Inc. and VMware Inc. have certified an end-to-end Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) solution for VMware-virtual environments. The idea, the...

Polycom unwraps conferencing bridge for branches

The RMX 1500 becomes the company's fourth bridge, aimed at remote sites and teleworkers. Like others in the lineup, it supports H.264 High Profile compression

Quad CPUs gives Exinda WAN optimization a kick

New top line model ups throughput to 10 Gbps thanks to new processors. An industry analyst says data centres can take advantage of more powerful WAN optimization

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