Alex Coop

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

Articles by Alex Coop

Coffee Briefing, October 30, 2020 – Smile! You’re on Cadillac Fairview’s cameras! Plus, partner program updates, and more

Coffee Briefings deliver our entire audience -  the IT administrators and channel partners as well as the C-Suite - the most complete news package...

Hashtag Trending – Cadillac Fairview surveillance; WFH gets lonely; FBI issues warning about ransomware

A privacy investigation reveals that 5 million people’s images were collected at malls across Canada; People open up about the loneliness that comes with WFH, and U.S. federal agencies warn of cyberattacks against the U.S. healthcare system.

Technicity GTA an opportunity to educate and inspire

Canadian municipalities were facing extraordinary demands from the public prior to the pandemic. City services were already becoming increasingly digitized, a trend that’s only...

Coffee Briefing, October 27, 2020 – New beginnings, plus the latest from Dell, IBM, NetApp, and more

Starting today, we are combining our CDN and ITWC Morning Briefings to deliver our entire audience the most complete news package with the latest headlines, interviews, and social media chatter.

Ontario open data portal tracking COVID sees traffic spike in October as second wave of infections continue

A website built by volunteers monitoring Ontario's response to COVID-19 has been the go-to source for thousands of healthcare professionals keeping a vigilant eye on the pandemic's spread for the past six months.

Hashtag Trending – Right to repair movement swells; #CoronaVirusHiring; Cleaning up your digital history

The right to repair movement gains momentum in the U.S. and beyond, LinkedIn has a long-list of companies that are hiring right now and they include several tech companies, and a story about maintaining your digital history catches fire.

Hashtag Trending – Quibi is finished; Former Google CEO dunks on social networks; Trump’s Twitter password

Entertainment startup Quibi shuts down after blowing through $1.75 billion of funding, Google’s former CEO dunks on social networks, and a security researcher says they guessed President Trump’s Twitter password.

New CIOCAN president wants to ‘strengthen’ the CIO’s voice

Chief information officers across Canada have been driving change in their organizations, and in some cases, have helped accelerate digital transformation projects during the...

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