Zach Marzouk
Zach Marzouk is a former ITPro, CloudPro, and ChannelPro staff writer, covering topics like security, privacy, worker rights, and startups, primarily in the Asia Pacific and the US regions. Zach joined ITPro in 2017 where he was introduced to the world of B2B technology as a junior staff writer, before he returned to Argentina in 2018, working in communications and as a copywriter. In 2021, he made his way back to ITPro as a staff writer during the pandemic, before joining the world of freelance in 2022.
After studying an undergraduate degree in Arabic and Spanish at the University of Leeds, Zach completed a journalism internship at The Argentina Independent in Buenos Aires where he wrote about the country’s history, politics, and technology.
Contact him at zach.marzouk@futurenet.com or find Zach’s thoughts (and more) on Twitter @ZachMarzouk
Latest articles by Zach Marzouk
UK startup's Equinix deal marks step towards broad quantum computing access
By Zach Marzouk published
News Businesses around the world will be able to use its quantum computing as a service platform through Equinix
MI5 to establish new security agency to counter Chinese hacking, espionage
By Zach Marzouk published
News The new organisation has been compared to GCHQ’s NCSC, and will provide companies advice on how to deal with Chinese companies or carry out business in China
Four-year-old iframe flaw allows hackers to steal Bitwarden passwords
By Zach Marzouk published
News The password manager has known about the issue since 2018, publicising it in a report in 2018
Most business leaders think their digital transformation efforts are failing and directionless
By Zach Marzouk published
News Attempts to digitise organisations have mostly failed and have increased the amount of admin tasks placed on staff
Defra signs new AWS contract worth £20 million
By Zach Marzouk published
News The deal is reportedly worth six times more than the previous contract between the government department and hyperscaler
GitHub launches paid remote internships
By Zach Marzouk published
News The launch follows a successful trial and will initially be available for students in ten countries
Arm listing in the US shows the UK's tech strategy is in shambles
By Zach Marzouk published
Opinion Why was Arm even sold to a Japanese investment fund in the first place?
WH Smith hit by cyber attack, current and former staff data accessed
By Zach Marzouk published
News The company stated that it is notifying staff members who have been affected
UK set to appoint second-ever tech envoy to Indo-Pacific region
By Zach Marzouk published
News The role will focus on India after Joe White was made the first technology envoy, a role focused on the US, in 2020
Colt begins construction of 57MW London data centres
By Zach Marzouk published
News The company is aiming to attract large businesses and cloud service providers as customers
Lenovo to launch 24/7 business support service, new ThinkPads
By Zach Marzouk published
News Lenovo Premier Support Plus aims to provide maintenance services at rapid speed, while device launches cater to the hybrid work crowd
Australia commits to establishing second national cyber security agency
By Zach Marzouk published
News The country is still aiming to be the most cyber-secure country in the world by 2030
IT admins notified as Microsoft revokes Exchange antivirus exclusions
By Zach Marzouk published
News The tech giant warned that using the exclusions may prevent companies from detecting IIS webshells or backdoor modules
Medibank bleeds $26 million in cyber costs following hack
By Zach Marzouk published
News The company believes this figure could rise to $45 million for the 2023 financial year
Princeton Digital Group reveals "wise" $1 billion+ Indonesia data centre
By Zach Marzouk published
News The new investment will help customers located in Singapore expand their infrastructure
TikTok's two new European data centres 'won't solve all its problems'
By Zach Marzouk published
News The company is under pressure to prove its user data isn’t being accessed by the Chinese state
Dutch hacker steals data from virtually entire population of Austria
By Zach Marzouk published
News The data was stolen from a misconfigured cloud database found by the attacker through a search engine
Report: Regulatory and monetary incentives needed to adopt safer programming languages
By Zach Marzouk published
News Companies have been urged to create plans on how they intend to get rid of memory-unsafe code in their products
Turning back the clock on hybrid work is a huge mistake
By Zach Marzouk published
Opinion Executives who renege on promises of flexibility and freedom could soon find it a challenge to retain top talent
Suncorp signs three-year Azure deal to complete multi-cloud migration by 2024
By Zach Marzouk published
News The financial services firm seeks to wind down its on-prem data centres and wants 90% of its workloads in the cloud by the end of the year
Japanese telco NTT to invest $3.5 billion in Indian data centres
By Zach Marzouk published
News The money marks a steep increase in the telco's investment compared to recent years
AWS splashes $35 billion to expand data centres in Virginia
By Zach Marzouk published
News The massive figure is close to the total sum AWS has previously invested in the state since 2006
Google to cut global workforce by 12,000 roles
By Zach Marzouk published
News This comes after Microsoft revealed earlier this week it’s set to let go of 10,000 workers
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