Ross Kelly
Ross Kelly is a staff writer at ITPro, ChannelPro, and CloudPro, 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

Can the CBI survive its misconduct scandal?
By Ross Kelly published
News The industry trade body has been embroiled in one of the largest scandals in British business history in recent weeks

Building human connections key to cloud-native success
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis Empathy takes center stage at KubeCon 2023 with avoiding burnout and skills-sharing crucial components

EU’s Cyber Resilience Act would benefit from US’ open source approach
By Ross Kelly published
News The EU is said to be “shooting itself in the foot” if current proposals are passed into law

AI acceleration represents a ‘tectonic shift’ for DevSecOps
By Ross Kelly published
Interview David DeSanto, chief product officer at GitLab, believes there’s still much more to come for AI use cases in DevSecOps

Red Hat: Relentless pace of development causing cloud native security headaches
By Ross Kelly published
News Red Hat says the rapid development of cloud native technologies means that security issues could go unnoticed

LockBit macOS ransomware strain discovered, sparks concerns over shifting tactics
By Ross Kelly published
News Researchers noted that while this disclosure should be a cause for concern, the program is currently very buggy

Sundar Pichai: AI keeps me up at night
By Ross Kelly published
News The Google chief warned that recent AI developments will have a profound impact on society

Former TSB CIO fined £81,000 for botched IT migration
By Ross Kelly published
News It’s the first penalty imposed on an individual involved in the infamous migration project

AWS Bedrock distances firm from Microsoft, Google in generative AI race
By Ross Kelly published
News AWS Bedrock's ‘developer-first approach’ aims to offer businesses the easiest way to build unique AI applications

Google Workspace Review
By Ross Kelly published
Reviews Google Workspace offers SMBs a powerful, easily-navigable suite of tools that will supercharge workforce productivity

Sony invests in Raspberry Pi to strengthen edge AI offering
By Ross Kelly published
News The move follows longstanding ties between the two firms

ChatGPT needs ‘right to be forgotten’ tools to survive, Italian regulators demand
By Ross Kelly published
News ChatGPT users in Italy could be granted tools to have false information changed under new rules

US starts exploring “accountability measures” to keep AI companies in check
By Ross Kelly published
News The move follows Italy’s recent ban on ChatGPT due to data privacy concerns

Lawsuit concerning HP's “fraudulent” printing supply sales resurrected following appeal
By Ross Kelly published
News Complainants argue that HP actively defrauded investors over printing supply sales between 2016 and 2016

OpenAI to pay up to $20k in rewards through new bug bounty program
By Ross Kelly published
News The move follows a period of unrest over data security concerns

UK to spend £100m on 6G research centres in bid for sector dominance
By Ross Kelly published
News The move is part of a ‘national mission’ to drive the adoption of next-generation wireless technologies

Global PC shipment decline continues as Apple, Lenovo feel the pinch
By Ross Kelly published
News Apple, Lenovo, Dell, and ASUS all experienced a significant dip in device shipments during Q1 2023

CBI director general sacked following misconduct probe
By Ross Kelly published
News The industry lobby group commissioned a probe into claims workplace toxicity and gross misconduct

Nearly half of security practitioners told to ‘keep data breaches under wraps’
By Ross Kelly published
News Security professionals are increasingly worried about legal action due to a mismanaged data breach response

Google staff stage London office walkouts in layoffs protest
By Ross Kelly published
News Google confirmed in January that it plans to lay off 12,000 workers globally, sparking protests in the UK and Switzerland

Microsoft, AWS face CMA probe amid competition concerns
By Ross Kelly published
News UK businesses could face higher fees and limited options due to hyperscaler dominance of the cloud market

UK’s offensive hacking force plans to scale operations to meet government's demands
By Ross Kelly published
News The NCF conducts cyber operations "on a daily basis" to protect UK national security and counter growing cyber threats

Quantexa becomes UK's first unicorn of 2023 with $129 million investment
By Ross Kelly published
News The news of Quantexa’s unicorn status comes amid a period of strained conditions for high-growth tech firms
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