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

Wi-Fi marketing firm struggles to meet Canadian goal

Six months ago the head of Vex Canada vowed to have 5,000 hospitality hotspots across the country. However, it's going slower than expected

Videotron’s wireless network won’t extend to Toronto

Although it spent tens of millions on spectrum covering Toronto, the Quebec-based cable company's new network will be limited to its home province. It's not a surprise, says an industry analyst.

How fast can we go?

 Canada’s four wireless carriers are at the moment running spanking new HSPA+ data networks, which offer the possibility – under ideal conditions – of...

Storage spending to firm up in 2010: Analysts

Budgets will allow storage managers to spend this year on technologies to extend capacity, such as de-duplication and virtualization. But one expert warned that before shelling out a penny organizations should look at consolidating platforms and user charge-backsrn

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....

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