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

Hybrid cloud is essential for digital business, and Canada is doing quite well: IDG Research

A survey commissioned by EMC found that hybrid cloud has come of age as organizations, including those in Canada, are looking for agility to stay competitive and better serve customers

Retailers turn to enterprise tech and IoT to enhance in-store shopping experience

VMware is leveraging its legacy in remote computing to help retailers provide personalized shopping, while Cisco IoT is combining the physical and digital in the store

CIOs need to be ready for digital transformation in 2016, says IDC

Digital transformation is not a one-off task, but a continuum of actions. The ability to integrate is the biggest challenge and also the biggest opportunity for CIOs

Rocana uses big data to proactively troubleshoot IT problems

Rocana, which was founded by Cloudera employees, among others, is looking at going beyond just providing a single dashboard of alerts to providing more context, which is especially more valuable as enterprise IT has become more complex

Centrify secures threats created by outsourced IT support and development credentials

Outsourcing IT functions and app development means outsiders need access, but "privilege creep" can increase risk to enterprise security by creating more points of entry

AirTight gets its Mojo on with rebranding, cloud-based WiFi subscription service

Name change reflects company’s broadening portfolio as it sets its sights on a growing WiFi market

IBM’s new alert service helps DevOps solve issues before they affect users

The IBM Alert Notification Service works with Netcool Operations Insight and be used in the cloud or on-premise in hybrid environments

Archiving is evolving: Here are the functionalities every enterprise should have

The days of simply dumping all old data in a virtual file cabinet are giving way to more feature-rich and risk-aware approaches thanks to cloud architectures

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