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

Regulatory fines could be the tip of the iceberg for enterprises in 2025
By George Fitzmaurice published
News CISOs may soon need to contribute to class action defense funds within businesses

Software engineers are in for a rough ride as AI adoption ramps up
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The technology will create new roles throughout software engineering and operations, the firm said

AWS says enterprises are moving back on-prem
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The comments from AWS came as part of a hearing conducted by the UK’s competition watchdog

BT launches Global Fabric, a new AI-ready network as a service platform
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The new platform has points of presence in nearly 50 major cloud data centers

Proofpoint touts the benefits of having smaller models in its cybersecurity tools
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The firm suggests that smaller models are more secure to use and more efficient to run

California’s AI bill is dead in the water – and big tech can breathe a sigh of relief
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The bill sparked backlash from the tech community for it’s restrictive approach to the technology

Pure Storage announces VM assessment service – and it could please beleaguered VMware customers
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The firm unveiled a new tool for managing VM costs as part of its Pure//Accelerate London 2024 event

New GitHub rules mean users can store code and repository data in the EU
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The offering from GitHub appears to be a development-focused spin on the sovereign cloud trend

Data center carbon emissions are spiraling out of control
By George Fitzmaurice published
News New research shows data center carbon emissions could reach the billions of tons by the end of the decade, prompting serious environmental concerns

Could 'fair source' software be the key to solving open source licensing disputes?
By George Fitzmaurice published
News It could offer a mid-point between the financially precarious world of open source and the restricted world of closed-source

Oracle wants to power a new gigawatt data center with three small nuclear reactors
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The firm is pushing the size of its data centers to new heights according to Oracle’s Larry Ellison

Who is Teresa Ribera, the incoming EU antitrust chief?
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The politician's stance on competition could lead to some big changes for businesses operating in Europe

Microsoft signs off on $100 billion investment plan for data center development
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The fund will go towards creating new data centers and expanding existing sites, as well as investing in energy supplies

Intel inks deal with AWS to supply AI chips
By George Fitzmaurice published
News CPU giant ready to rise again after a troubled year of layoffs and poor financial performance

What is a cloud server?
By George Fitzmaurice published
Explainer With resources delivered remotely, cloud servers offer flexibility and scalability for enterprise data storage requirements

Partnerships are Oracle's key to success in the "multi-cloud era"
By George Fitzmaurice published
Analysis The firm championed collaboration with customers and rivals alike throughout its flagship CloudWorld event

Larry Ellison wants a biometric future in cybersecurity
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The Oracle CTO hit out at passwords, calling them insecure and easy to steal

Canva talked up its new AI features, then hiked prices by over 300%
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The design tool provider claims the pricing changes reflect a much-improved product range

Sovereign cloud demand is “truly global” according to Oracle — and the company is well placed to capitalize on it
By George Fitzmaurice published
News Oracle has been at the forefront of sovereign cloud buzz and is keen to offer customers tools to make it happen

Oracle CloudWorld 2024 live: All the news and updates from day-two
By George Fitzmaurice last updated
Live Blog It’s day-two at Oracle CloudWorld 2024 - Stay up to date with all the news and announcements at Oracle CloudWorld 2024 in our live coverage from Las Vegas

‘Many of our long-time rivals are now our partners’: Why Oracle is doubling down on multi-cloud
By George Fitzmaurice published
Analysis The firm is focusing heavily on integration with other major cloud providers to drive multi-cloud adoption for customers
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