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

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Rogers going Android

Rogers Wireless will be the first to launch smartphones powered bythe hopen source Android operating system. The company said today thatnext month it will...

Recession hits Telus, Bell revenues

Telus CEO tells shareholders he's unhappy with Q1 performance, including wireless revenue of only three per cent. Bell's wireless revenue went up 3.5 per cent. Both blamed the economy and competition

F5 bulks up Web application firewall

Company adds denial of service and brute force attack defences to its Application Security Manager software.

Bridgewater avoids shareholder fight

Deal over board representation ducks a confrontation between enterpreneur and chairman Terry Matthews and Eric Rosenfeld outspoken fund manager who runs New York investor Crescendo Partners

SolarWinds adds IP address manager

Latest entry into this market can scan subnets automatically and with different frequency. Find out why an industry analyst says IPAMs are better than keeping track of addresses with a spreadsheet

A netbook-cellphone deal up north

Four weeks ago I wondered how fast Canadian carriers would followAT&T in the U.S. and bundle a cellphone with anetbook. It didn't take too...

Virtual network test tools from Ixia

Ixia has added a virtual network and virtualization testing productinto its lineup of layer 2-7 performance test tools. The IxVM suite isaimed at helping...

HP adds security module to core switch

Addition is "potentially game-changing" for the ProCurve switches because it expands their usefulness in the data centre, says an industry analyst

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