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

B.C. softphone company buys NewHeights

The ink is barely dry on a multi-million deal combining two Canadian softphone developers but already company

Mitel finally secures Inter-Tel

?Mitel Networks had to conquer a stubborn founder and a shareholder, but it has finally won control of IP-PBX competitor Inter-Tel Inc.

VoIP opens up opportunity for service providers

Organizations are willing to hand off their next-generation voice systems, according to a recent market research report. Gartner explains why the call centre tends to remain off-limits

WLAN spending to average 17 per cent annually

WiMax will be one big driver, but users may be waiting for the Wi-Fi Alliance to ratify the 802.11n standard before they start deploying en masse. Plus: The key vertical markets

Vancouver softphone firm buys NewHeights

The brains behind CounterPath, which makes consumer products for Vonage and others, hope Terry Matthews' name and a startup founded by his son will bring it some added cache in the enterprise. Also: In search of a sticky interface

Mitel claims victory over Inter-Tel

New sales forecasts convince shareholders of the Arizona telecommunications company to embrace what could soon be its Canadian owner. As long as that preliminary injunction doesn't go through

Polycom to reveal multimedia app server

The firm best known for audio products is working with a provider of Linux-based, IMS-compliant SIP products to engage the market for videoconferencing. Frost & Sullivan discusses the need for high availability

PBX server protects legacy phones

A key goal of the Vertical Communications' latest system is to assure users of its Comdial and Vodavi digital phone systems

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