Alex Coop

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

Articles by Alex Coop

Canadians skeptical about cloud security, except at work, new study shows

Nearly half of Canadians aren’t comfortable storing sensitive information in the cloud, according to a new study. Forty-six per cent of Canadians don't like the...

CanCode recipients seeing investments pay off in Indigenous communities, underserved regions

CanCode recipients seeing investments pay off in Indigenous communities, under-served regions.

ISC lands $5.6 million tech contract with Yukon government

Saskatchewan’s Information Services Corporation lands $5.6 million tech contract with Yukon government.

BlackBerry sues again – this time it’s Snapchat for patent infringement

A month after suing Facebook, BlackBerry is going after Snapchat’s parent company Snap Inc.

Canadians still weighing the benefits of AI, according to new survey

Canadians are not worried about robots taking their jobs, but they’re also not comfortable about the idea of working alongside them either.

Canadian oil and gas companies team up with IBM to squeeze out efficiencies

Canadian oil and gas companies are teaming up with IBM to reduce drilling costs, improve forecasting methods, reduce energy consumption and improve employee safety.

Hashtag Trending – IBM discusses Phoenix problems; Boeing hit by ransomware; Microsoft shakes things up

IBM Canada warned federal bureaucrats about the problems plaguing Phoenix in 2015, Boeing gets hit with a ransomware attack, and Microsoft is shaking things up.

Federal government favours small players over Big Three in wireless spectrum auction

Large telecom carriers in Canada are barred from bidding on more than 40 per cent of the airwaves used to carry cellular signals in an upcoming auction, the federal government announced yesterday.

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