
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
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IBM files lawsuit against UK-based Micro Focus alleging software plagiarism
News The company claims that Micro Focus took the software when it was part of IBM’s partner programme
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Ericsson to invest tens of millions in UK 6G research unit
News The Swedish company predicts the new technology will be used for smart agriculture and precision healthcare
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Microsoft issues emergency fixes for wide-reaching Kerberos issues
News The tech giant released updates for domain controllers after swathes of IT teams reported authentication issues within their organisations
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India’s new data protection bill continues to “facilitate state surveillance”
News Although data localisation requirements have now been removed, it’s down to the Indian government to select which countries data is allowed to be sent to
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Hiring is down 14% in Singapore following global surge
News This has been referred to as a rebalancing of the industry, with more jobs available on the market than there are people available for the jobs
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Singapore's government cloud saves country 50% in hosting costs
News The country is developing new systems on its cloud which has helped it to improve the time it takes to complete projects as well as giving employees knowledge of the technology
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NSA: Phase out memory-unsafe languages like C and C++
News The US agency advises organisations to begin using languages like Rust, Java, and Swift
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Dell unveils four new PowerEdge servers with AMD EPYC processors
News The company claimed that customers can expect a 121% performance improvement
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TSMC set to invest further $12 billion into Arizona fab
News The Taiwanese company is currently constructing a $12 billion chip factory in the state, which is expected to complete in 2024
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IBM unveils its 'most powerful' 433-qubit quantum processor
News The Osprey is three times more powerful than IBM's 127-qubit Eagle processor the company launched a year ago
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Microsoft hit with fresh anti-competition claims over new cloud licences
News A European cloud group has filed an extensive list of complaints with the European Commission, asking it to open a formal investigation into the tech giant’s practices
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Intel unveils Max Series chip family designed for high performance computing
News The chip company claims its new CPU offers 4.8x better performance on HPC workloads
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Snowflake aims to keep developers on its platform with general release of Snowpark for Python
News New platform upgrades make it possible to do more on Snowflake's platform throughout the development lifecycle
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Singtel to build $300 million submarine cable system to link Southeast Asian economies
News The cable will connect Singapore and Hong Kong SAR with the Philippines, Brunei, and Hainan in China
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UK and Taiwan commit to £5 million business innovation fund
News The two countries are also aiming to promote diversified and resilient supply chains, especially as Taiwan is a leading chip manufacturer
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Medibank admits ransomware attack is far worse than previously thought
News The company now believes around 9.7 million past and present customers have been affected by the attack, and has said it is refusing to pay the ransom
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Continental 'held to ransom', refuses to confirm if LockBit has stolen data
News The ransomware group is threatening to leak the data it has on the German manufacturer tonight if a ransom isn't paid
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Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot sued over “software piracy on an unprecedented scale”
News The lawsuit stated that this is the first class-action case in the US challenging the training and output of AI systems
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LinkedIn: Demand for remote jobs increases but opportunities are waning
News Three of the top four priorities candidates have all emerged as a result of the pandemic
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Japan to establish $450 million fund for 6G research
News The country is aiming to revitalise its domestic industry to compete with telecoms giants around the world based in Finland, Sweden, and China
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Protecting CIOs' IT budgets is "paramount" in maintaining business growth
News If CIOs are forced to make emergency budget cuts, they should also explain the risks to high level stakeholders so the responsibility is shared
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Dropbox confirms hackers stole 130 code repositories in GitHub phishing campaign
News The attackers carried out a phishing attack and gained employee login credentials to CircleCI, which they then used to access GitHub
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Major security exploits expected to rise before New Year
News Supply chain attacks are also expected to increase, along with affiliate programmes becoming more popular
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Gartner: Public cloud spending to reach nearly $600 billion by 2023
News However, it could decrease if overall IT budgets shrink due to inflationary pressures
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