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

Nortel picks up open source software PBX partner

Nortel's purchase of Pingtel means it now owns an IP PBX it had been including in the SCS 500 bundle sold by IBM and Dell. Several analysts see merit in the deal, but one wonders what it means for Nortel's partnership with Microsoft

HP buys into the wireless

Hewlett-Packard is buying wireless LAN maker Colubris Networks, which gives it a line based on the draft 802.11n standard. Founded in Laval, Que., Colubris, maker of access points and controllers, has had success in verticals that HP prizes

Telus numbers good enough for revised annual revenue prediction

By Howard SolomonTelusCorp.’s scored $2.4 billion in revenue in the second quarter, anincrease of eight per cent over the same period a year ago...

Another way of monitoring

A number of organizations are turning to open source network management applications to keep an eye on their systems. For some, it less expensive than alternatives from IBM, HP, CA and others. The ability to customize open source apps is also appealing. We look at five choices

Juniper adds router, switch coverage to security manager

Juniper now calls its NSM software Network Security Manager after adding coverage for many of its switches and routers. The company now claims it offers a unified security and infrastructure management solution

Nortel to provide networks for London Olympics

Nortel will supply carrier and enterprise gear to the 2012 games, including some 20,000 phones and 9,000 routers. It will be the second converged IP network the company is designing for an Olympics, following up on its work now for the 2010 Vancouver winter games

Rogers paying

Rogers Communications is paying a hefty but unspecified subsidy on every iPhone it sells, Still, it may well be worth it. According to its latest quarterly report wireless data revenue was up 34 per cent in the latest quarter, not counting the just-released iPhone

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