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
Microsoft Teams Premium aims to make it easier to miss meetings
By Zach Marzouk published
News The new version of Microsoft's collaboration platform brings a plethora of new features as well as upgrades to its base version too
Zoom-themed cyber attacks fuel rapid malware growth
By Zach Marzouk published
News The Vidar malware has become more popular since August, allowing threat actors to steal sensitive information, IP addresses, and crypto wallets from infected devices
Thoma Bravo's $2.3bn ForgeRock acquisition brings 2022 cyber investment to $12bn
By Zach Marzouk published
News The firm will have spent big on three different digital identity access management companies in the last year, in addition to significant industry investments since 2019
GCHQ chief calls for greater quantum investment, warns of looming Chinese tech dominance
By Zach Marzouk published
News Fleming said that the politically motivated actions of the Chinese state represent an urgent problem that must be addressed
Google Cloud makes significant BigQuery upgrade in pursuit of the ‘ultimate data cloud’
By Zach Marzouk published
News The tech giant is also adding support for Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, and Apache Hudi - the leading open source table formats commonly used in data lakes
Google commits to $690 million Japan investment as Asia priority grows
By Zach Marzouk published
News The tech giant’s CEO also revealed that he hopes the company can lead digital transformation in Japan
Equinix's $74 million Indonesia data centre branded "strategically important" to its Asia-Pacific ambitions
By Zach Marzouk published
News The eight-story facility is expected to have more than 1,600 cabinets and over 5,300 square metres of colocation space
Google opens first cloud region in Africa, following AWS and Microsoft
By Zach Marzouk published
News The tech giant is intending to open a new region in South Africa, taking around two years longer than its competitors to enter the continent
China cracks down on citizens' anti-censorship tools with Great Firewall upgrades
By Zach Marzouk published
News This new discovery comes a week before a predicted major reshuffle of leadership in the Chinese Communist Party
NCS partners with Singapore government to provide 1,600 tech opportunities
By Zach Marzouk published
News The Singtel subsidiary has launched two new programmes to provide work and training to university graduates
White House proposes fresh Bill of Rights to limit AI threats
By Zach Marzouk published
News The Biden administration is hoping it will act as a guide for the development and use of AI that protects citizens from harms
Tech Nation and PwC partner to scale 20 of the UK's most exciting climate tech companies
By Zach Marzouk published
News The initial cohort can participate in opportunities from coaching and roundtables with industry leaders, to investor networks and mentorship
Telstra suffers 'sizeable' data breach, mandates two-step security upgrade
By Zach Marzouk published
News The breach affected around 30,000 past and present employees, with their information being posted in the same forum that the Optus attackers used
More than half of all young tech workers are considering changing career
By Zach Marzouk published
News More than a third also reported being unhappy in their role, suggesting a looming crisis for the UK's tech-heavy economy
Mars taps Accenture to roll out digital twins across global business
By Zach Marzouk published
News The two companies are also set to create a new cloud platform for manufacturing applications, data, and AI
The economic crisis will pave the way for a fire sale in British tech
By Zach Marzouk published
Opinion With the pound tanking, the UK tech sector's prized assets could be available at bargain rates
US office space demand sinks below half of pre-pandemic pace
By Zach Marzouk published
News New demand has fallen the most in New York, Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles, where office-using employment is relatively concentrated in the finance, insurance, and real estate sector
WatchGuard finds malware volume decreased in Q2, but warns Emotet is resurging
By Zach Marzouk published
News The network security company underlined that Microsoft Office exploits continue to spread more than any other category of malware too
Blackberry revenue falls by 4% as cyber security division takes hit
By Zach Marzouk published
News Despite this, the company’s Internet of Things (IoT) division increased its revenue by 28% as it attracted new customers from the automotive sector
Toshiba partners with Accenture to support clients’ green transformation
By Zach Marzouk published
News The pair are hoping to target industries with high greenhouse gas emissions and provide sustainability services to drive emission reductions
Arm appoints new CFO as it gears up for IPO
By Zach Marzouk published
News The company has hired Jason Child, former Splunk CFO, who has experience in helping companies go public
Saudi Arabian university taps HPE to build region’s most powerful supercomputer
By Zach Marzouk published
News The supercomputer is set to advance insights in areas including clean combustion, Red Sea ecosystems, climate events, and the Arabian tectonic plate
35 cyber startups join largest UK government-backed accelerator
By Zach Marzouk published
News The startups will benefit from business masterclasses, mentoring and engineering support, and technical product development support
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