George Fitzmaurice
George Fitzmaurice is a staff writer at ITPro, ChannelPro, and CloudPro, with a particular interest in AI regulation, data legislation, and market development. After graduating from the University of Oxford with a degree in English Language and Literature, he undertook an internship at the New Statesman before starting at ITPro. Outside of the office, George is both an aspiring musician and an avid reader.
Latest articles by George Fitzmaurice
Currys eyes cloud overhaul in a bid for generative AI adoption
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The consumer tech retailer has been focused on improving its staff and customer experiences alike
Stack Overflow hailed its OpenAI partnership as a boon for developers — but now disgruntled users say they're being banned for deleting posts
By George Fitzmaurice published
News Stack Overflow users have pushed back against a new partnership with OpenAI by altering contributions
Google Cloud blames “combination of rare issues” for customer's mysterious outage
By George Fitzmaurice published
News Systems at an Australian pension fund were knocked offline following what has been described as a 'one-of-a-kind' confluence of failures – although little detail has been given
AWS hopes to "continue working closely" with Broadcom after clash over VMware services
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The situation with VMware is only getting messier as Broadcom moves to cut AWS out as an authorized seller
Telco cloud investment to reach $200 billion by 2028 amid surging network demands
By George Fitzmaurice published
News Increasing data consumption and network demands look to supercharge investment
Oracle bets on vector search capabilities to drive enterprise AI value
By George Fitzmaurice published
News Oracle claims its new tool will bring AI “to where the data is,” rather than the other way around
Internal emails reveal the fear that prompted Microsoft's OpenAI investment and pushed Google into an AI panic
By George Fitzmaurice published
News Internal Microsoft emails show the firm was worried about Google's AI potential, prompting its investment in OpenAI that kickstarted the generative AI race
AWS keeps pace with Microsoft, Google in cloud sector war of attrition
By George Fitzmaurice published
News AWS has quelled fears that it might not meet the high bar of its competitors
Everything you need to know about GitHub Copilot Workspace
By George Fitzmaurice published
News CEO Thomas Dohmke said GitHub Copilot Workspace represents a "radically new way of building software"
Analysts think Google Cloud's earnings show its AI strategy is working — here's why
By George Fitzmaurice published
Analysis Google Cloud was slow off the mark in the generative AI race, but recent earnings reports show the hyperscaler is beginning to pick up steam
How TUI rapidly scaled its generative AI integration through Amazon Bedrock
By George Fitzmaurice published
Case study The travel industry giant has been hard at work gearing itself up to utilize generative AI over the last few years
Google doubles down on AI skills training with $75 million investment across US
By George Fitzmaurice published
News Google will invest heavily in the national training scheme, which aims to ramp up AI skills for millions of workers
Just how open are the leading open source AI models?
By George Fitzmaurice published
Analysis Open source AI needs a rethink, as big-name AI models increasingly fall short of the traditional definition
CIO frustration grows as firms prioritize AI investment over digital transformation projects
By George Fitzmaurice published
News While CIOs see value in AI tools, many are frustrated over the reallocation of funding toward the technology
What is deep learning?
By George Fitzmaurice last updated
In-depth A brief guide to deep learning – the phenomenon behind some of today's most advanced AI
AWS targets easier AI adoption at AWS Summit London
By George Fitzmaurice published
Analysis Through its Bedrock and Amazon Q services, AWS has committed itself to AI accessibility at the enterprise level
AWS Summit London 2024: All the news and updates live
By George Fitzmaurice last updated
Live Blog Follow all the latest updates and announcements as they happen live at AWS Summit London
Broadcom’s attempts to quell VMware unrest aren’t cutting it as the war of words escalates
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The cloud industry isn’t satisfied with Broadcom’s recent commitments to subscription-based pricing
Kubernetes v1.30 has launched — here’s everything you need to know
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The newest version of popular container orchestration system Kubernetes comes with a raft of enhancements
AWS ups its cost-visibility game with free-to-use offering for Kubernetes clusters
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The new tool should help users make better cost-based decisions in their cloud environments
Meta's Llama 3 will force OpenAI and other AI giants to up their game
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The new model pushes open source as a serious contender in the AI space, and proprietary models might soon find themselves playing catch-up
Report reveals the one characteristic that every tech recruiter is looking for in new candidates
By George Fitzmaurice published
News Only one third of respondents described University degrees as being important for the roles they manage, despite many adverts still listing them under required experience
HashiCorp's claims of code theft dubbed "embarrassing" episode for the open source community
By George Fitzmaurice published
News HashiCorp claims OpenTofu used its code in a manner that violates licensing terms, undermining Hashicorp’s intellectual property rights in the process
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