Stephen Cooper

Stephen Cooper

Stephen Cooper has taken a close interest in online security since his thesis on Internet encryption in the early 90s. That formed part of his BSC (Hons) in Computing and Informatics at the University of Plymouth. In those days, encapsulation techniques were just being formulated and Cooper kept an eye on those methodologies as they evolved into the VPN industry. Cooper went on to study an MSC in Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Kingston University. He also holds an MSc Advanced Security and Digital Forensics from Edinburgh Napier University.

Cooper worked as a technical consultant, sitting DBA exams and specializing in Oracle Applications. With a long experience as a programmer, Cooper is able to assess systems by breaking into programs and combing through the code. Knowledge of IT development and operations working practices helps him to focus his reviews on the attributes of software that are really important to IT professionals.

After working as an IT consultant across Europe and the USA, he has become adept at explaining complicated technology in everyday terms. He is a people person with an interest in technology

Articles by Stephen

Dynatrace and Datadog both offer system monitoring tools from SaaS platforms. It’s difficult to choose between them, so we investigate.
By Stephen Cooper in Net Admin on March 11, 2025
Moogsoft is an AI-driven incident management system that is delivered as a SaaS platform. Find out about the features of this system monitoring and management tool.
By Stephen Cooper in Net Admin on March 10, 2025
ScienceLogic focuses on AIOps tools. However, if you are interested in applying AI and automation to your system management, this might be the platform for you. 
By Stephen Cooper in Net Admin on March 11, 2025
VictorOps is now called Splunk On-Call. What does this product do and how has the buyout by Splunk changed it? We investigate.
By Stephen Cooper in Net Admin on March 5, 2025
SecPod Saner now is a security and compliance platform that features a vulnerability manager.
By Stephen Cooper in Net Admin on March 10, 2025
Checkmk and Datadog are both IT system monitors, but there are significant differences between these two services. Find out more.
By Stephen Cooper in Net Admin on March 4, 2025
LogicMonitor and Datadog are two cloud-based system monitoring packages. We examine both services.
By Stephen Cooper in Net Admin on March 4, 2025
OpenText AI Operations Management, AKA Operations Bridge, and Datadog are two IT system monitoring services. What is the difference between them? We explain.
By Stephen Cooper in Net Admin on March 4, 2025
Netdata is a free, open source monitoring package for IT systems. Is it any good or would it be better to pay for a rival service?
By Stephen Cooper in Net Admin on August 22, 2025
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