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.
Latest articles by Ross Kelly

Why Mistral AI could be Europe’s answer to US dominance
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis Mistral AI has raised a significant amount of investment amid a meteoric rise

Microsoft seeks to ward off potential union action over AI job risks
By Ross Kelly published
News Microsoft has partnered with a leading union federation to tackle lingering AI concerns

OpenAI drama prompts CMA review into Microsoft relationship
By Ross Kelly published
News The CMA will examine whether Microsoft and OpenAI’s relationship could be considered a merger

US and EU cyber agencies strike agreement to boost global threat response
By Ross Kelly published
News The US and EU authorities have struck a deal to improve cross-border cyber security cooperation

New Cisco AI Assistant looks to drive cloud security automation
By Ross Kelly published
News The Cisco AI Assistant for Security is the latest automated tool launched by big tech security vendors this year

Linux Blue Screen of Death gives users a taste of the dreaded Windows feature
By Ross Kelly published
News The Linux Blue Screen of Death has been added in a recent update

Apple just discreetly launched a raft of new machine learning tools, and they’re free
By Ross Kelly published
News The launch of Apple MLX sheds light on the tech giant’s future approach to AI innovation

Google Gemini shows tech giant is still in the generative AI race as model outperforms GPT-4
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis Google Gemini Ultra outperforms humans on benchmarks like MMLU

AWS joins Google in calling out restrictive Microsoft cloud practices
By Ross Kelly published
News Competitors are voicing their concerns over restrictive Microsoft cloud licensing rules

Competitor mudslinging at re:Invent shows AWS is sweating
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis Jokes at the expense of competitors at AWS re:Invent may deliver laughs, but not market gains

EU AI Act risks collapse if consensus not reached, experts warn
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis Industry stakeholders have warned the EU AI Act could stifle innovation ahead of a crunch decision

Sellafield cyber attack: Government refutes breach claims
By Ross Kelly published
News Reports on the Sellafield cyber attack have prompted a back-and-forth between the government and media

Reprieve for open source industry as agreement reached on Cyber Resilience Act
By Ross Kelly published
News The Cyber Resilience Act has been maligned by open source advocates across Europe

Inside AWS’ support for customer AI adoption: “Boots on the ground”
By Ross Kelly published
Case study The AWS Generative AI Innovation Center works with customers on their AI adoption journey

Amazon Q's foundations separate it from ‘monolithic’ competitor AI tools
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis AWS may be a latecomer to the AI assistant race, but Amazon Q offers a compelling tool for customers

AWS re:Invent 2023: All the day-three news and announcements
By Ross Kelly last updated
Live Blog Keep up-to-date with all the news and announcements from AWS re:Invent 2023, live from Las Vegas

AWS re:Invent: All the big updates from the rapid fire day-two keynote
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis AWS re:Invent has had no shortage of talking points so far

Amazon CodeWhisperer updates could be a game changer for shifting left
By Ross Kelly published
News CodeWhisperer offers productivity improvements across the developer lifecycle

New Amazon S3 Express One Zone promises 10x performance boost
By Ross Kelly published
News Amazon S3 Express One Zone offers some serious performance improvements on the standard edition

AWS unveils ‘Amazon Q’ enterprise-grade AI assistant
By Ross Kelly published
News The Amazon Q generative AI assistant will have applications across multiple business functions

Amazon Detective offers security analysts their own generative AI sidekick
By Ross Kelly published
News The AI assistant for Amazon Detective will supercharge security operations and incident response, according to AWS

AWS eyes AI-powered code remediation in Amazon CodeWhisperer update
By Ross Kelly published
News New AI features for Amazon CodeWhisperer will streamline security scanning

European AI startups risk being “regulated out of existence” under EU AI act
By Ross Kelly published
News European AI startups face stringent rules on the use of foundation models, which could harm long-term innovation
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