Latest articles by Ross Kelly
Global IT outage: CrowdStrike CEO confirms update "defect" as the source of mass disruption
News CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has lifted the lid on the reason behind a global IT outage that left organizations scrambling
“We wanted to become the Rolls-Royce of cloud hosting”: Inside Hyve Managed Hosting’s global expansion plans
News Hyve Managed Hosting CEO Jake Madders believes the cloud industry is ripe with opportunities as the Brighton firm expands globally
Why the Wiz acquisition makes perfect sense for Google
Analysis Bringing Wiz under the Google umbrella would markedly improve the tech giant’s cybersecurity capabilities
AMD’s acquisition spree continues with $665 million deal for Silo AI
News The deal will enable AMD to bolster its portfolio of end-to-end AI solutions and drive its ‘open standards’ approach to the technology
New Snowflake security policies mean admins can now enforce mandatory MFA
News The changes come two months after a major breach affected dozens of Snowflake customers
Amazon set a goal to reach 100% renewable energy by 2030 – it reached it seven years early
News The tech giant has rapidly accelerated renewable energy investment in recent years
Amazon could be working on a new AI tool to crack ChatGPT's dominance
News Amazon could be preparing to mount a serious challenge on ChatGPT’s dominance with the launch of a new chatbot service
Wells Fargo firing staff for using 'mouse jiggler' tools raises questions over employee privacy, wellbeing
News Wells Fargo is by no means the first company to crack down on mouse jigglers
Change Healthcare shares details on medical data stolen during disastrous February cyber attack
News Those impacted by the Change Healthcare attack will be contacted and given advice on how to protect themselves
Kaspersky hits back at US software ban, citing political motivations and “theoretical concerns”
News Kaspersky said it has “repeatedly demonstrated" its independence from any government interference
US poised to ban sales of Kaspersky software – reports
News Kaspersky has long denied any links to the Russian government
‘Fast, modern, safe, and a joy to write’: Why Apple is banging the drum on Swift as a successor to C++
News Apple thinks shifting to the Swift programming language will help improve software safety across the industry
Big tech’s sleeping giant has finally entered the generative AI arena
Analysis Apple unveiled a raft of new AI-powered tools and features at its WWDC conference this week
CISPE rebuffs "pay off" claims in Microsoft antitrust case
News CISPE has denied it has struck a deal with Microsoft to drop an antitrust claim against the tech giant
Zscaler chief exec rebuffs Broadcom acquisition rumors
News A Broadcom-led acquisition of Zscaler isn’t on the cards, according to CEO Jay Chaudhry
Mistral just launched its own competitor to GitHub Copilot
News The launch of Codestral marks Mistral AI’s first foray into the coding assistant market, pitting it against major platforms like GitHub Copilot and Code Llama
What is the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and what does it do?
Explainer The NCSC plays a critical role in keeping the UK safe from cyber attacks, but can also help businesses get ahead of attacks through strategic changes
Former OpenAI exec claims ‘toxic atmosphere’ and ‘outright lying’ prompted Altman coup
News OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wasn’t truthful with the board on “multiple occasions”, prompting backroom discussions over his dismissal as early as October last year
Snowflake’s AI strategy is cooking up a storm with enterprise customers
Analysis Snowflake product revenue has skyrocketed on the back of the firm's ambitious AI strategy, offering the firm a springboard as it moves deeper into the generative AI space
Christie’s given Friday ransom deadline after threat group claims responsibility for cyber attack
News Christie's has been handed an ultimatum by RansomHub
Spain is rolling in hyperscaler data center investment
News AWS is the latest hyperscaler to announce significant investment in Spain, unveiling an extra €15.7 billion to expand infrastructure in the Aragon region
‘Multi-cloud all the way’: Why Google Cloud’s UniSuper fiasco shows you shouldn’t rely on a single cloud provider
News Google Cloud accidentally deleted UniSuper’s private cloud account, which crippled services for more than a week
Sluggish growth and blindsided by generative AI: Adam Selipsky’s predictable departure from AWS
Analysis Adam Selipsky has manned the helm at AWS since 2021, guiding the hyperscaler through a boom time and downturn
