
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.
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Sam Altman in damage control mode over government 'backstop' commentsNews OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appears to be in a state of damage control in the wake of recent comments touting potential government support for the AI company.
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AI is transforming Agile developmentNews The influx of AI tools is helping reshape Agile development at a critical juncture for the methodology
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IBM layoffs loom as ‘single-digit percentage’ of global workforce set for cutsNews Headcount at the cloud giant has been decreasing steadily in recent years
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Colt DCS to expand West London data center campus in £2.5bn investmentNews Three new hyperscale data centers and an innovation hub will be added to the site
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Cisco wants to take AI closer to the edgeNews The new “integrated computing platform” from Cisco aims to support AI workloads at the edge
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Software developer salaries are surging in the UK as AI skills gaps drives demandNews Stack Overflow says positive growth in developer salaries shows the community is thriving
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Enterprises risk losing top talent with botched digital transformation projectsNews Digital transformation “fatigue” is becoming a real problem as enterprises look to modernize at rapid pace
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Microsoft’s huge AI spending still has investors sweating despite solid cloud growthNews Capital spending at Microsoft continues to surge, despite previous claims it would cool down
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Red Hat eyes developer workflow efficiency, app modernization gains with new AI toolsNews An AI assistant specifically designed for application migration and modernization looks to reduce developer toil
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Google says reports of a 'huge' Gmail breach affecting millions of users are false, againNews Reports of a major Gmail affecting millions of users have been flooding the web this week – Google says they're "false" and you've nothing to worry about.
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UK software developers are still cautious about AI, and for good reasonNews Experts say developers are “right to take their time” with AI coding solutions given they still remain a nascent tool
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Critical Dell Storage Manager flaws could let hackers access sensitive data – patch nowNews A trio of flaws in Dell Storage Manager has prompted a customer alert
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Dropbox is adding a range of handy new AI features – here’s what users can expectNews Long-awaited features from Dash AI will be integrated within Dropbox
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Enterprise AI adoption is about to get the Big Brother treatmentOpinion Worried your staff aren’t using those shiny AI tools you petitioned for? Big tech has you covered
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GitHub is scrapping some Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini models in CopilotNews GitHub Copilot users are urged to switch to the newer models following the retirement cut-off
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Global IT spending set to exceed $6 trillion in 2026News Several key areas are expected to drive the bulk of investment next year
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OpenAI co-founder pours cold water on agentic AI hypeNews Despite the hype surrounding agentic AI, OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy isn't convinced and says there's still a long way to go until the tech delivers real benefits.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says future enterprises will employ a ‘combination of humans and digital humans’News Enterprise workforces of the future will be made up of a "combination of humans and digital humans," according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. But how will humans feel about it?
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IT leaders are throwing money away maintaining legacy systemsNews Enterprises still have a long way to go to tackle legacy systems and technical debt
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Amazon Web Services outage live: Hundreds of apps including Slack, mobile carriers, banking services downWeb users globally have been impacted by an outage at Amazon Web Services - keep tabs on all the latest updates in our rolling live coverage
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Global PC shipments surge in Q3 2025, fueled by AI and Windows 10 refresh cyclesNews The scramble ahead of the Windows 10 end of life date prompted a spike in sales
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The UK’s aging developer workforce needs a ‘steady pipeline’ of talent to meet future demandAnalysis With the average age of developers in the UK rising, concerns are growing about the flow of talent into the sector
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Oracle’s new marketplace is a one-stop shop for enterprise AI agentsNews The cloud giant is the latest in a string of firms to launch AI marketplaces
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Databricks wants to train 100,000 people in AI across the UK and Ireland – here's how to get involvedNews The company will work with government and academic institutions to bolster AI and data skills
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