Alex Coop

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

Articles by Alex Coop

Canadian municipalities are on an island fighting ransomware, and hackers are barely trying

While their interest in enterprises hasn’t waned, experts and public data suggest cyber criminals, some of whom have little technical skills, are targeting Canadian municipalities with surgical precision due to a disturbing lack of cybersecurity training and poor reporting protocols across schools, hospitals and municipal offices.

Hashtag Trending – Facebook ad policy upset, gender neutral emojis, Adobe accounts exposed

Facebook workers decry the company’s ad policy, the latest Apple iOS offers gender-neutral emojis, and Adobe faces backlash for leaving millions of Adobe accounts exposed.

Hashtag Trending – Google search update, fast delivery cuts Amazon’s profits, Facebook News tab

Google executives are calling the search engine’s latest update as one of the biggest leaps forward in the history of Search, fast deliver is cutting into Amazon’s profits, and Facebook’s new News tab raises eyebrows.

IBM walking away from single cloud focus deserves ‘huge respect’ says Red Hat

Red Hat and IBM executives leading the Canadian business opened up about last year’s $34 billion deal that saw the two tech companies tie...

Canadian expansion woes haven’t stopped OVHcloud from betting big on the Great White North

OVHcloud has come a long way since its early days as a web hosting provider in 1999, and so has its Canadian presence in the past several years despite significant challenges.

ServiceNow announces Bill McDermott as new CEO days after his exit from SAP

Days after exiting as SAP's chief executive officer, Bill McDermott has been named the CEO of ServiceNow, the software company announced today.

Hashtag Trending – Oracle’s Hurd dies, Zuckerberg talks free speech, Air Force ditches floppy disks

Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd passes away, Facebook’s CEO gives a talk about how Facebook promotes and regulates free speech, and the U.S. Air Force finally retires its 8-inch floppies from its missile launch control system.

Hashtag Trending – Netflix misses its target, goodbye smartphone VR, bad screen protector

Netflix misses its subscriber growth target, smartphone VR continues to die as Google and Samsung call it quits, and a bad screen protector on a Galaxy S10 allows anyone to unlock the phone with their thumb.

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