Alex Coop

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

Articles by Alex Coop

Cisco expands its Catalyst portfolio, targets mid-market with 9200 switch

Cisco introduces new Catalyst switches.

VMware acquires Heptio, bets big on Kubernetes

In an effort to improve its Kubernetes-based offerings, VMware announced that it’s acquired Heptio, a Seattle startup co-founded by two of the three people...

Dell EMC makes flurry of announcements around VxRail, VxBlock, and more

Dell's new hyper-converged infrastructure and converged infrastructure products can be managed by VMware vCenter.

Hashtag Trending – Pakistani banks hacked; Microsoft uses Minecraft for a demo; Homemade flying car turns heads

A new report says almost all Pakistani banks have been hacked, Microsoft uses Minecraft to demo its upcoming campus revamp, and a man’s homemade flying car turns heads.

Hashtag Trending – Amazon to split HQ2 in two; Bill Gates reinvents the toilet; Voting machine instructions turns heads

Amazon plans to split HQ2 between two locations, Bill Gates unveils a futuristic toilet that doesn’t need water or sewers, and a voting machine...

IBM Watson helps Goldcorp mine its data for value [Ingenious winner]

IBM and Goldcorp are using AI and machine learning to squeeze out every bit of gold from an Ontario mine.

McAfee: Decade-old cyber espionage campaign targets South Korea, U.S. and Canada

A series of cyber attacks in South Korea, the U.S. and Canada has set off alarm bells among researchers at McAfee

McAfee adds EDR and cloud protection to its Mvision platform

McAfee has announced new additions to its Mvision portfolio at its MPower conference in Las Vegas.

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