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

EastLink to upgrade network in suburban Halifax

East Hants area to get $1million in improvements

Sophos endpoint suite adds network access control

The British firm said the application, which will be available next month, will also cover antivirus, antispyware, intrusion protection and application access

Mitec cuts loss in Q3

However, Montreal company says it had positive cash flow for first time in four years

Nortel partners testing 40Gbps-plus technology on existing infrastructure

Select providers testing what Nortel says is the industry's first optical technology that can deliver both 40G and 100G network capacity over existing infrastructure

Cisco CSO shows how to foster security savvy

John Stewart says he knows most employees tune out when the IT department discusses policies to protect the network. Lessons from the vendor's own education program

The battle for the data centre

Cisco's Data Centre 3.0 strategy envisions switches at the heart of the architecture, with servers relegated to commodity status. But server makers won't picture a data centre build around a switch

Nortel raises hopes for IPTV with new app server

The Canadian network equipment gear maker will offer an application platform using open interfaces allowing development of services for many brands of middleware

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