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

Juniper strengthens appliances to remote attacks

Strategy aims to connect application acceleration, VPNs, IDPs and access control to give 'global roaming policies'

Nortel polishes Communications Server 1000

Nortel has released a new version of its Communication Server 1000,it’s IP PBX for communications and telephony-based  unifiedcommunications. CS 1000 v. 6.0 provides even...

Akamai takes another bite of Apple

Akamai Technologies, Inc. said its Media Delivery solution for contentproviders now supports variable bit rate streaming support for live andhigh quality video content on...

Blueslice adds WiMAX AAA to server

Blueslice Networkshas released the latest version of its Converged Subscriber Platform(CSP) 3000 for mobile operators,  a fully-integrated 3GPP HLR, IMS HSSand WiMAX AAA server. The...

Wi-Fi company to tackle Canada with thousands of free hotspots

Vex Canada vows to create 5,000 hotspots in the country over the next 18 months, an ambitious plan considering there are an estimated 3,500 here already. It believes people will prefer its ad-supported free service rather than paying for connectivity

Controversial Internet traffic management hearings start today

The leading Internet telcos and cablecos, small ISPs, content creators and consumer groups will square off during six days of testimony before the CRTC. At stake is whether the federal regulator should - or could - impose restrictions on the ability of providers to manage their networksrn

Juniper adds more voice-related services to portfolio

Software and hardware updates mean more flexibility for service providers wanting to offer VoIP products and enterprises looking to shift to IPrn

Updates for FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer announced

Fortinet  hasissued new software releases of FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer, whichthe company says significantly improve the enterprise managementcapabilities of it’s FortiGate multi-threat security appliances. Thenew...

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