Gary Hilson

Gary Hilson is a Toronto-based freelance writer who has written thousands of words for print and pixel in publications across North America. His areas of interest and expertise include software, enterprise and networking technology, memory systems, green energy, sustainable transportation, and research and education. His articles have been published by EE Times, SolarEnergy.Net, Network Computing, InformationWeek, Computing Canada, Computer Dealer News, Toronto Business Times and the Ottawa Citizen, among others.

Articles by Gary Hilson

Metalogix works with Microsoft to simplify SharePoint migrations to the cloud

The company is working with Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) to help organizations to take their current SharePoint instances and move them to Office 365 SharePoint Online

Survey: There’s too much data, yet there’s also too much storage capacity

Overprovisioning is standard operating procedure for most organizations -- which has led to storage sprawl and capacity that sits idle, according to a recent survey

Are software containers the key to reducing operating system sprawl in the cloud?

DH2i is helping enterprises containerize Microsoft SQL Server in the cloud while reducing overprovisioning

How ‘cultural fit’ contributes to Collins Barrow’s IT outsourcing strategy

Tax advisory firm chose CentriLogic over larger, brand name IT providers due to entrepreneurial attitude during RFP process

Latest SharePoint release inspired by cloud infrastructure, Office 365 experience

Microsoft has drawn on experiences from Office 365 and SharePoint Online to build out the latest version of its collaboration tool that includes a hybrid deployment option

FBI vs. Apple: how legislation struggles to keep pace with technology

Suspended court case could still have legal ramifications in Canada, where investment in cloud and security technology is catching up to the U.S.

Dell Services to be sold in wake of EMC acquisition

Japan’s NTT Data is poised to take over the business unit as it expands its IT services capability in North America. Has Dell ceded public cloud to Microsoft and Amazon?

How Porter Airlines bypasses the public Internet to connect with mission-critical partners

Console platform simplifies historically complex configurations so enterprises can easily connect to cloud providers and other partners

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