Alex Coop

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

Articles by Alex Coop

2018 Channel Innovation Awards at a glance

The inaugural Channel Innovation Awards, a new event celebrating the innovative solution providers making a direct impact on Canadian businesses and communities, made its debut last week.

Cyber security is changing, and so is the way it’s being sold

Customers are overwhelmed by the number of security products out there. Experts at this year's Toronto Enterprise Security Solutions Summit think they have a solution to this problem.

Red Hat rolls across North America with 18 wheels worth of open source solutions

Red Hat is taking, or more precisely, driving, its open source solutions directly to customers across North America

Hashtag Trending – Army of Amazon workers; AR used to explain danger of Florence; Facebook will fact-check photos and videos

An army of Amazon workers are tweeting about how awesome the company is, the Weather Channel uses AR technology to scare everyone, and Facebook expands its fact-checking net to include fake photos and videos.

Hashtag Trending – Internet providers are throttling your streaming; Google fights ‘right to be forgotten; Facebook talks meme recognition

Internet providers in the U.S. are throttling streaming services, Google fights the ‘right to be forgotten,’ and Facebook wants to crack down on offensive...

Microsoft Canada announces new headquarters in Toronto

Microsoft Canada is building a new base of operations downtown Toronto

Hashtag Trending – Tor Project’s new Android app; Snap loses strategy chief; British Airways sued for data breach

A new web browser for Android will make it easier to access websites anonymously, Snap loses strategy its chief Imran Khan, and British Airways...

2018 Women in IT Channel Recognition Luncheon at a glance

The 7th annual Women in the IT Channel Recognition Luncheon featured a full house, four new honourees and several guest speakers.

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