Alex Coop

Former Editorial Director for IT World Canada and its sister publications.

Articles by Alex Coop

Pure Storage expands Pure as-a-Service offerings, unveils new service catalogue

Pure Storage dropped a major expansion of its Pure as-a-Service consumption-based offerings this week, including a new service catalogue providing public cloud levels of price transparency for partners.

Coffee Briefing, November 24, 2020 – Goodbye old Google Pay, brand refreshes, Telus earns global recognition for privacy, and more

A brand refresh for the OCE, the old Google Pay app is going byebye, plus the latest news from Telus

Scaling up in rural Canada: BC tech firm’s success a blueprint for growth outside of big tech’s shadow

One of North America’s largest Salesforce consulting and app development firms is betting big on rural Canada, a move its chief executive officer thinks other small enterprises should mimic to help Canada accelerate its overdue transition to a knowledge economy.

Hashtag Trending – Windows turns 35; Go SMS Pro removed from Google Play; Goodbye office perks

The internet takes a trip down memory lane as Windows turns 35, Go SMS Pro gets taken down from Google Play due to some serious security issues, and LinkedIn gets chatty about the death of office perks.

Coffee Briefing, November 20, 2020 – A licence-exempt spectrum proposal, news from HPE, Commvault, and MSPs on Reddit talk mental health

Partner program updates, the latest news from the Canadian government, and much more in today's Coffee Briefing.

Hashtag Trending – Apple slashes developer fees and settles for $113M over phone throttling; Solomon Islands to ban Facebook

Apple is slashing developer fees on one end and putting fires out in the other, and the Solomon Islands is looking at banning Facebook.

BCIT and other academic institutions join Fortinet’s Security Academy Program

Fortinet’s Security Academy Program is adding to its list of academic institutions that form the program’s backbone.

Hashtag Trending – HP removes free tier from payment plan; Massive data breach in Texas; Chaos at Ubisoft Montreal

People are not happy about HP’s latest decision to remove its print-free-for-life plan, nearly 28 million licensed Texas drivers have been hit by data breach, and a claim of hostage-taking at  Ubisoft Montreal turns out to be a hoax.

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