Ross Kelly
Ross Kelly is ITPro's News & Analysis Editor, with a keen interest in cyber security, business leadership and emerging technologies.
He graduated from Edinburgh Napier University in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in Journalism, and joined ITPro in 2022 after four years working in technology conference research.
In his spare time, Ross enjoys cycling, walking and is an avid reader of history and non-fiction.
You can contact Ross at ross.kelly@futurenet.com or on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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PagerDuty looks to growth with double leadership appointment
News Pritesh Parekh is named as the company’s new CISO, while Rukmini Reddy becomes SVP of engineering
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Cybersecurity teams are understaffed, overworked, and underfunded
News Despite a growing array of cybersecurity threats, teams are still not being given the support they need
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Amazon workers aren’t happy with the company’s controversial RTO scheme
News An internal staff survey at Amazon shows many workers are unhappy about the prospect of a full return to the office
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How ready is your company for NIS2?
Supported Content The EU’s latest cybersecurity legislation raises the stakes for enterprises and IT leaders - and ensuring compliance can be a daunting task
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Tech leaders are ramping up IT modernization, but they’re wary of the productivity nosedive that comes with it
Enterprises simply cannot afford to mess up IT modernization efforts, new research finds
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If I’d spent billions on fancy office spaces, I’d probably want staff working from them too
Opinion Big tech’s insistence on getting back into the office rests on supposed productivity boosts – in reality it’s a mixture of buyer’s remorse and skewed memories of pre-pandemic working
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Network Rail confirms cyber attack on Wi-Fi systems at UK train stations
News The rail operator is working with relevant authorities to investigate and contain the incident
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Nasuni announces new Microsoft 365 Copilot integration
News Nasuni’s File Data Platform now includes integration with the Microsoft Graph Connector to enhance data access for Microsoft’s AI services
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Redis license changes were the “only way to compete with Amazon and Google”
News Redis sparked controversy when it announced licensing changes in March this year – but the company believes the move was warranted
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Keeper Security names James Edwards as senior director of engineering
Edwards will leverage his industry experience to help drive the firm’s privileged access management (PAM) offering
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High wire acts, Microsoft Clippy, and DIY AI at Dreamforce 2024
Analysis Salesforce announced a major new service at Dreamforce 2024 – just don’t compare it to Microsoft in front of Marc Benioff
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Salesforce may have had its ‘ChatGPT moment’ with AI agents – and it will take a lot to knock the company off its perch
Analysis With Agentforce, the CRM giant has struck an early lead in what appears to be the next evolutionary step in the AI race
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Dreamforce 2024: All the news and announcements as they happened
Live Blog ITPro was live on the ground in San Francisco for Dreamforce 2024 – catch up on all the announcements at the annual Salesforce conference
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Slack AI agents shift looks to “unify” enterprise data and drive team synergy
News The workplace collaboration platform is determined to make life as easy as possible for users
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Salesforce Ventures is ramping up AI investment, and ethical development is a key focus
News Having doubled its generative AI investment pot within just months of launching, Salesforce Ventures is once again expanding the scheme
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Salesforce CEO wants to “break the hypnosis" coming from major AI vendors in scathing critique of Microsoft Copilot
News Marc Benioff hit out at major industry players in a charged press briefing as Salesforce plans to drive adoption of its autonomous AI agents
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Sweden's biggest data center planned for 2027
EcoDataCenter has snapped up part of a former paper mill site after battery firm NorthVolt pulled out of plans to turn it into a battery manufacturing plant
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Salesforce wants to show what “AI was always meant to be” at Dreamforce 2024
Analysis Salesforce thinks you’ve been oversold on the promise of generative AI, but it’s got something up its sleeve to deliver real value
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Marc Benioff questions Klarna CEO's move to scrap Workday, Salesforce in SaaS ‘consolidation’ drive
News The payment firm is cutting SaaS products alongside staff as its in-house AI focus gathers pace
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AWS plans £8 billion UK investment in huge data center expansion scheme
The move by AWS is expected to contribute around £14 billion to the UK’s total GDP over the next five years
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So you lost your job at Klarna to AI – at least your former coworkers get a pay rise
Opinion The relentless pursuit of AI-driven productivity gains will be disastrous for many, but a choice few might see the benefits
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Poppy Gustafsson steps down as Darktrace CEO
Current COO Popelka replaces Poppy Gustafsson who stands down after eight years in the role
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How is hybrid cloud security different from multi-cloud or single cloud security?
Supported Content Hybrid cloud offers marked benefits for enterprises, but there are key security considerations that separate this approach from its public and multi-cloud counterparts
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Eric Schmidt’s car crash Stanford interview showed big tech’s true colors on remote work
Opinion Big tech bigwigs just can’t come to terms with remote work – RTO mandates and battles with staff could be their undoing
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