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

Shaw starting to look at getting into wireless

The Calgary-based cableco isn't saying when, but a year after buying licences the head of the company says it is now doing the groundwork for launching service. And maybe it will have a U.S. partner

Sandvine still in the red

Sandvine Corp., a maker of deep packet inspection and traffic management appliances for service providers, suffered a net loss of $19.5 million for fiscal...

Manufacturer adds to optical media converter line

MRV Communications has added the Fiber Driver EM316-10G-XY, a 10-Gbps media converter for enterprise and carrier applications, to its XY family of optical media converters....

Emulex boasts of Q2 results

Emulex Corp., a maker of converged network and host bus adaptors, said it ended 2009 with sales that beat expectations. The Costa Mesa, Calif.,...

Cisco snares maker of enforcement appliances

Rohati Systems makes a highly-desirable solution, says an industry analyst: A network-based entitlement management device that doesn't need to interfere with applications

Public Mobile to contest Globalive foreign ownership

A court appeal, which may bring in other wireless carriers, could determine if all telecom companies can get the break Ottawa gave last month to Globalive. Cabinet overturned a decision by the federal telecom regulator denying Globalive a carrier licence on the grounds of its relationship with Orascom

DragonWave has stellar third quarter

Ottawa backhaul wireless manufacturer DragonWave Inc. easily surpassed financial analysts' revenue expectations for its third quarter, pulling in $55.8 million largely due to U.S. carrier Clearwire....

WAN optimization trial for VMware

NetEx Inc., a Minneapolis maker of WAN optimization software, is offering a 10-day free trial of its HyperIP business continuity and disaster recovery application for...

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