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

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...

NetEx to support Microsoft Hyper-V

NetEx Inc. will soon add support for Microsoft’s Hyper-V server virtualization software to its HyperIP WAN acceleration software. The Minneapolis company said support will be...

Four tech-related bills dead in Parliament

With the ending of the session of Parliament, the anti-malware bill, an Internet child porn bill and legislation allowing police to seize electronic information died. Will they be resurrected, and when?

Why you’re wasting resources on your network

Many organizations miss good deals by being too close to their suppliers and not close enough to their users, says an industry analyst

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