Latest articles by George Fitzmaurice
Admins beware, these Microsoft 365 features are being cut in 2025
News IT workers face further challenges on top of ones already posed by an approaching Windows 10 EOL
Microsoft is planning another round of job cuts
News The firm said it always takes the appropriate action when staff are underperforming
"Thinly spread": Questions raised over UK government’s latest cyber funding scheme
The funding will go towards bolstering cyber skills, though some industry experts have questioned the size of the price tag
Interest in traditional programming languages is declining
News Research raises questions about the relationship between AI coding tools and changing developer skill sets
CMA sets out plans for new digital markets regime – with Apple and Google expected to be first in its sights
News The regulator will use new powers to launch three investigations in the coming months
UN aviation body investigates potential data breach
News The agency is acting on a hacker forum post which claimed 42,000 records had been stolen in a recent incident
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Almost half of US organizations still using Kaspersky, researchers claim
News A ban was introduced due to Kaspersky’s supposed links to the Russian government
CISA issues new directive to bolster cloud security – and Microsoft was singled out
News The directive is a strong push towards bolstering cloud and SaaS security practices
Broadcom records huge growth as CEO Hock Tan hails “successful integration” of VMware
Analysis The VMware acquisition is finally paying dividends for Broadcom
IT leaders fear a repeat of the CrowdStrike outage in 2025
News Many organizations are woefully unprepared for a serious IT outage
Klarna has stopped hiring amid its relentless AI efficiency drive
News The firm previously boasted that its in-house AI assistant does the work of hundreds of staff
Enterprises are ramping up investment in private AI systems
News Firms will move out of public cloud services for AI needs, though smaller businesses will still opt for plug-and-play solutions
AWS wants to drastically cut down AI hallucinations – here's how it plans to do it
News The tool will act as a guardrail against AI hallucinations in specific use cases
Google wants regulators to break up Microsoft's OpenAI deal
News Google has already been nipping at Microsoft’s heels in the European cloud market over competition concerns
AI is causing a data storage crisis for enterprises
News Many organizations will need to rethink data management strategies and storage architectures to keep pace
AWS puts AI evolution front and center at re:Invent 2024
Analysis AWS re:Invent 2024 was a testament to the cloud giant’s commitment to AI diversification as it looks to take market share in the next era of AI
AWS sharpens sustainability focus as AI environmental concerns rise
News The hyperscaler says sustainability plays a part in core decision-making in the age of AI
AWS re:Invent 2024 live: All the news and updates from day-three in Las Vegas
Live Blog ITPro is live on the ground in Las Vegas for AWS re:Invent 2024 – keep tabs on all the news and updates from day-three here
Regulatory uncertainty is holding back AI adoption – here’s what the industry needs going forward
Analysis A lack of clarity on the legal side is hampering digital ambitions in Europe
AWS goes all in on AI agents with new features for Bedrock and Amazon Q
News Agentic customizability is coming to Bedrock and the Amazon Q developer assistant
Amazon just launched a powerful new AI foundation model
News The announcement covered a baseline model available in four tiers, as well as both image and video-focused models
Three things to look out for at AWS re:Invent 2024
Analysis The cloud giant is likely to come in hot on sovereign cloud and multi-cloud, alongside generative AI updates
