Latest articles by Zach Marzouk
China’s Tencent cracks down on corruption and fires more than 100 employees
News More than ten employees have been arrested, with one reportedly sentenced to three years in prison
Dell unveils 13 new PowerEdge servers to boost data centre performance
News The new hardware contain 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, and the company claims they offer a 3x performance improvement when compared to the 14th Gen PowerEdge servers from 2017
Businesses must overhaul “outdated” recruitment mindset to tackle dearth of privacy expertise
News Like many other disciplines within IT, businesses are struggling to fill crucial positions for months at a time - an issue somewhat of their own making
Microsoft releases scripts to restore shortcuts deleted in faulty Windows Defender update
News However, some users have resorted to creating their own fixes as they’ve encountered Microsoft’s to be problematic
AWS launches Australia's first local zone in Perth
News The company is aiming to help customers who need infrastructure closer to their data sources or end-users
Windows Defender update deletes Start Menu, Taskbar, Desktop shortcuts
News For now, it appears that administrators will have to manually recreate their shortcuts once the issue has been fixed
Vodafone plans job cuts as part of €1bn savings strategy
News The company has said that it will reveal more about the changes when it announces its quarterly results next month
Microsoft reportedly gives US workers unlimited time off
News The change is set to begin on 16 January and follows other companies like Oracle and Salesforce
Worldwide PC shipments suffer ‘biggest ever decline’
News Gartner found that enterprises are extending PC lifecycles and delaying purchases due to a number of variables
Vantage Data Centers enters London market with £500 million investment
News Based in North Acton, the company hopes to launch the new data centres by 2024
Microsoft acquires Fungible in “fire sale” to integrate DPU technology
Analysis The tech giant needs to keep up with competitors like AWS which has made acquisitions of its own in this space and introduced new technology to its offerings
“Botched government procurement” leads to £24 million Atos settlement
News Labour has accused the Conservative government of using taxpayers’ money to pay for their own mistakes
Australian gov renews IBM contract for quantum computing, AI
News The new five-year deal is worth $725 million and succeeds the digital transformation agency's previous contract which exceeded $2 billion in spending
HP launches PCs for hybrid workers with 'world-first' dual-camera setups
News The new devices unveiled at CES 2023 come with a host of features intended to help hybrid workers perform better, no matter where they are
Cyber attack on car dealership Arnold Clark forces systems offline
News The company was notified on 23 December about the suspicious incident and IT systems remain down, impacting customer-facing services
Offensive Security bans use of ChatGPT in cyber security certification exams
News It becomes the second major IT organisation to ban the use of the powerful tool that's taken the industry by storm
Developers more likely to introduce security vulnerabilities in code when using AI assistants
News The findings come as an increasing number of developers turn to AI pair programmers due to productivity benefits
Women pursuing computing degrees surges, the biggest growth rate of any subject area
News However, the amount of women beginning computing degrees this year is still low compared to men, a figure of 6,450 compared to 27,735
Apple to shift MacBook production to Vietnam in further step away from China
News The plan has been reportedly been worked on for two years, with the tech giant already having a test production site in the country
TSB bank fined £48 million over botched IT upgrade programme
News The bank upgraded its IT systems in 2018 which led to a significant portion of its 5.8 million customers experiencing disruption to banking services
IRS mistakenly publishes 112,000 taxpayer records for the second time
News A contractor is thought to be responsible for the error, with the agency reportedly reviewing its relationship with Accenture
Meta terminates $300 million Denmark data centre expansion contract
News The company is aiming to ensure its data centres can handle AI workloads and is currently re-examining its development plans
Tech talent market remains competitive as finance sector sees surge in applicants
News A major investment management firm has seen an increase in tech talent applying for roles with the company, and is still looking to fill 100 more, capitalising on industry-wide tech layoffs
