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

Sun, Mitel to release turnkey telephony box

The two companies are about to start building on their OEM partnership by selling the Ottawa firm's flagship communications suite bundled with a Sun x4150 server

Avaya, Polycom push video

In the war for talent, the latest technologies will keep valued employees from leaving for competitors, the companies say

The knock on NAC

Industry analysts differ on whether network access control is best for pre- or post-admission security

Cisco creates new aggregation router family

The ASR 1000 line powered by 40-core CPU. An analyst praises Cisco for its innovation with the QuantumFlow Processor and its new operating system, the Linux-based IOS XE

CRTC opens door slowly to deregulating telcos

Commission turns down Bell, Telus pleas for more freedom but in five years Ethernet access circuits could be deregulated.

No mix and match yet in VoWiFi: Analyst

Be careful when selecting a voice over WiFi integrator to make sure it has a broad partner ecosystem

Job cuts continue at Nortel

The Canadian telecom equipment maker

Novell buys Toronto virtualization firm PlateSpin

A company best known for software to manage multiple server instances will add to Novell's ZenWorks line of products. Info-Tech looks at the commoditization of a niche

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