Alex Coop

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

Articles by Alex Coop

Hashtag Trending – AMC streaming, more WeWork issues, no Pixel 4 in India

*Sigh* .... Anoooother player enters the streaming wars, reports surface of a cancer risk at WeWork phone booths, and the Pixel 4 isn’t launching in India because of specific computer chip.

SAP HANA Cloud Services has Canada written all over it

BARCELONA --- SAP’s new cloud data storage products were formally revealed at its TechEd conference last week, and despite a round of layoffs announced...

Canada’s CIO Strategy Council publishes national AI standards

In what it claims is a world first, Canada’s CIO Strategy Council has released a new set of standards to help organizations responsibly deploy...

AWS is making moves in Canada, but so are its critics as protests disrupt summit

The AWS Summit in Toronto featured a bit of everything last week, some news, some demos, and some protests.

Hashtag Trending – Facebook takes a left hook, Uber Works, ‘Get to the choppa’

Facebook gets an earful from the Court of Justice of the European Union, Uber’s new gig economy and helicopter service.

Avaya announces strategic partnership with RingCentral

While it didn’t get acquired like many were anticipating, the unified communications and contact center solutions provider today announced a strategic partnership with RingCentral.

Telus to buy ADT Security Services Canada for $700 million

Telus is expanding its home and business security operations after buying ADT Security Services Canada Inc. for approximately $700 million.

Hashtag Trending – Zuckerberg is nervous, Facebook unlikes ‘likes’, Amazon Go-ing mainstream

Democratic presidential candidate hopeful Elizabeth Warren makes Mark Zuckerberg nervous, Facebook tests the removal of its ‘likes’ system, and Amazon’s cashierless Go stores are reportedly expanding to hundreds next year.

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