Alex Coop

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

Articles by Alex Coop

Commvault launches Metallic SaaS offering in Canada

Commvault has launched Metallic in Canada, their first expansion beyond the U.S.

Cisco is buying internet monitoring solution ThousandEyes

While Cisco wouldn't say what it plans to pay, the tech giant announced Thursday it plans to buy internet monitoring solution startup ThousandEyes.

IBM layoffs affect services groups, impact on Canadian business unknown

IBM said it's cutting an unspecified number of jobs in the first significant staff reduction under new chief executive officer Arvind Krishna, but the impact on the Canadian workforce is unknown.

Canada still lacks cybersecurity ‘street smarts’ says CIRA director

While the federal government combats hostile foreign intelligence services seeking the country’s biggest secrets, hackers and fraudsters are keen on cashing in on the...

CIO Strategy Council director says its new standards needed while legislation ‘catches up’

The CIO Strategy Council published a new National Standard of Canada for third-party access to data last week, news that quickly got buried after Sidewalk Labs announced it was pulling the plug on its smart city project in Toronto.

PowerStore, Dell EMC’s shiny new midrange storage option, arrives

Dell EMC quietly launched its new midrange storage device called PowerStore last week representing a culmination of its other midrange devices that, according to the tech giant, is seven times faster than previous Dell EMC midrange storage arrays.

ICT spending forecast ‘looks worse now’ than it did last month, says IDC Canada

Canada is looking at an “unprecedented” 5.4 per cent decline for the year for the combination of telecom and IT

Sidewalk Labs pulls the plug on smart city project

Despite signs that a high-tech, sensor-laden neighbourhood was going to be a reality in Toronto’s east downtown waterfront after successful negotiations between Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto in October, the Google-affiliated development company is pulling the plug on the entire project.

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