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

Fledgling distributed test platform scales fast to address enterprise application QA requirements

Startup Testlauncher wants to improve testing in the software world with a unique algorithm that matches the most suitable testers with customers

Basho tackles ‘time series’ data common to Internet of Things enterprise applications

While Hadoop is commonly deployed for crunching large volumes of historical, Riak TS is designed to keep up with fast-paced real-time IoT data

Microsoft picks up CRM expertise through Canadian acquisition

Adxstudio will help further the software giant’s Dynamic CRM product and ongoing strategy to provide social, customer facing apps and features

Big data vendors look to simplify tools and processes for average enterprise user

There remains a lack of expertise in the organizations for platforms such as Hadoop and enterprises should look for vendors who can provide more than just software to address skills gap

Here’s why you should put developers on the front lines

There is still a structural gap between developers and operations, but by putting developers on call, they get a better understanding of the impact of their code

5 sectors where enterprise wearables are starting to fit in

Artificial reality glasses, particularly Google Glass, are being rolled out for employee use in field services, automotive manufacturing and medical, among others, to improve accuracy of tasks and overall productivity

Microsoft’s assistant general counsel gives his verdict on moving the cloud

Dennis Garcia outlines a due diligence process when sorting through a wide range of providers, and the regulatory and compliance issues that should be top of mind

Networking patent and appliance looks to reduce Internet usage and file sync times

Connected Data’s Transporter for Business product provides IT departments with more control over file sync and share by keeping more traffic on the LAN instead of the WAN

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