Latest articles by George Fitzmaurice
Increased IT spending marred by industry price hikes
News Data center spending saw the biggest growth rate, followed by devices and software
AI helped Google engineers cut code migration times in half
News The firm also simplified communications as migrations can be completed by a single engineer
Google Workspace is getting a Gemini makeover – but prices are going to increase
News The new pricing structure may help Google boost competition with Microsoft
Third-party AI tools are muddying sustainability metrics
News The climate impact of AI tools has become an increasingly important conversation at firms
Microsoft staff face second round of layoffs as firm continues cost-cutting measures
News The size of the layoffs has not been specified, though Microsoft has said they will be small
Data centers are growing in size and number as AI prompts widespread global expansion
Analysis Generative AI continues to push up demand for more sites and increased capacity at physical locations
Microsoft sharpens agentic AI focus with new ‘CoreAI’ division
The new department will bring together teams from across engineering and AI
Developers are struggling to build generative AI applications – here's why
News AI coding tools could help, though experts told ITPro that businesses should keep a focus on core software engineering skills
“A huge disaster”: Marc Benioff hits back at Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, claims customers don’t take Copilot seriously
News Benioff fired the latest shot in an ongoing war of words over Microsoft's Copilot service
Admins beware, these Microsoft 365 features are being cut in 2025
News IT workers face further challenges on top of ones already posed by an approaching Windows 10 EOL
Microsoft is planning another round of job cuts
News The firm said it always takes the appropriate action when staff are underperforming
"Thinly spread": Questions raised over UK government’s latest cyber funding scheme
The funding will go towards bolstering cyber skills, though some industry experts have questioned the size of the price tag
Interest in traditional programming languages is declining
News Research raises questions about the relationship between AI coding tools and changing developer skill sets
CMA sets out plans for new digital markets regime – with Apple and Google expected to be first in its sights
News The regulator will use new powers to launch three investigations in the coming months
UN aviation body investigates potential data breach
News The agency is acting on a hacker forum post which claimed 42,000 records had been stolen in a recent incident
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Almost half of US organizations still using Kaspersky, researchers claim
News A ban was introduced due to Kaspersky’s supposed links to the Russian government
CISA issues new directive to bolster cloud security – and Microsoft was singled out
News The directive is a strong push towards bolstering cloud and SaaS security practices
Broadcom records huge growth as CEO Hock Tan hails “successful integration” of VMware
Analysis The VMware acquisition is finally paying dividends for Broadcom
IT leaders fear a repeat of the CrowdStrike outage in 2025
News Many organizations are woefully unprepared for a serious IT outage
Klarna has stopped hiring amid its relentless AI efficiency drive
News The firm previously boasted that its in-house AI assistant does the work of hundreds of staff
Enterprises are ramping up investment in private AI systems
News Firms will move out of public cloud services for AI needs, though smaller businesses will still opt for plug-and-play solutions
AWS wants to drastically cut down AI hallucinations – here's how it plans to do it
News The tool will act as a guardrail against AI hallucinations in specific use cases
