
Rory Bathgate
Rory Bathgate is the Features and Multimedia Editor at ITPro, overseeing all in-depth content and case studies. He is a subject expert on artificial intelligence and business networks but in his time at ITPro has also covered a wide range of areas including cyber security and hardware. Throughout his time at ITPro, Rory has charted the rise in popularity of generative AI and specifically companies such as Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google.
Alongside this, he has delved into increasing calls for ethical and responsible AI as global legislators circle the technology, as well as the latest in mobile networking technology, from 5G mmWave to the 3G sunset and how it will affect businesses.
He has provided coverage from high-profile tech conferences such as Dell Technologies World, SuiteWorld, and VMware Explore Europe. His on-the-ground coverage has included live blogs, extensive daily coverage of the most significant announcements, analysis pieces, and podcasts.
Indeed, Rory is also a full-time co-host of the ITPro Podcast alongside Jane McCallion, where he swaps a keyboard for a microphone to discuss the latest learnings in tech. Each week, a guest comes onto the show to discuss topics such as cyber security, productivity, or digital transformation in detail.
Rory has an MA in Eighteenth-Century Studies from King’s College London, as well as a BA in English and American Literature from the University of Kent. He joined ITPro in 2022 as a graduate, after four years in student journalism.
In his free time, Rory enjoys photography and video editing, and can often be found at the cinema or reading a good science fiction paperback.
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Workday CEO vows to support HR workers as Sana integration automates more processes than ever before
News Sana from Workday seeks to bring agentic AI to Workday’s systems and beyond with natural language input and third-party connectors
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Dell Technologies unveils massive expansion to Dell AI Factory with Nvidia at GTC 2026
News New offerings aim to give Dell customers maximum flexibility, while providing the raw power necessary for tomorrow’s trillion-parameter models
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What’s the role of IT operations management in improving infrastructure visibility?
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COBOL developers are still needed in the age of AI
News While AI might help speed up mainframe modernization, an AWS executive tells ITPro that COBOL experts remain crucial and aren't at risk of losing out to the technology.
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Tomorrow's fraud techniques
ITPro Podcast Leaders need to proactive as attackers launch more consistent, sophisticated attacks
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Met Office hails huge efficiency gains in first year of cloud supercomputing with Microsoft Azure
News In moving to the cloud, the Met Office has bolstered operational resilience and helped to deliver more accurate forecasts
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Salesforce targets unified customer support automation with Agentforce Contact Center
News Combining AI agents, telephony, and CRM, Salesforce is making a firm case for automated customer interactions and controlled
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Will AI hiring entrench gender bias?
ITPro Podcast This International Women's Day, it's more important than ever to consider the inherent biases of training data
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SaaS-pocalypse now?
ITPro Podcast Geopolitical uncertainty is intensifying public and private sector focus on true sovereign workloads
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks up sovereign cloud credentials as firm announces general availability for Azure Local Disconnected, new capabilities for Foundry Local
News As Microsoft hands more control to customers, Satya Nadella touts the tech giant’s growing sovereign ecosystem
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Microsoft says UK business leaders fear falling behind competitor AI achievements
News New research shows AI is now a core part of UK business success strategies
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Going all-in on digital sovereignty
ITPro Podcast Geopolitical uncertainty is intensifying public and private sector focus on true sovereign workloads
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Anthropic promises ‘Opus-level’ reasoning with new Claude Sonnet 4.6 model
News The latest addition to the Claude family is explicitly intended to power AI agents, with pricing and capabilities designed to attract enterprise attention
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Vast majority of breaches enabled by preventable gaps, says Palo Alto Networks
News Identity controls and better understanding of threat surface are key to rebuffing increasingly threatening cyber attacks
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Google says hacker groups are using Gemini to augment attacks
News Google Threat Intelligence Group has shut down repeated attempts to misuse the Gemini model family
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Touchscreen laptops are always a bad idea
Opinion If the rumors of a touchscreen MacBook prove correct, it will kill my confidence in the brand
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The agentic identity crisis
ITPro Podcast With millions of AI agents being deployed, how can security teams maintain oversight and governance?
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Anthropic reveals Claude Opus 4.6, its new enterprise-focused model
News The AI developer highlighted financial and legal tasks, as well as agent tool use, as particular strengths for the new model
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Amazon layoffs and the return of XPS
ITPro Podcast This year's tech layoffs have just begun, as Amazon sheds 16,000 workers in one go
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Microsoft unveils Maia 200 accelerator, claiming better performance per dollar than Amazon and Google
News The launch of Microsoft’s second-generation silicon solidifies its mission to scale AI workloads and directly control more of its infrastructure
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Are hyperscalers backing out of Net Zero?
ITPro Podcast Expanding data center construction and demand for high-energy workloads are pushing hyperscalers off course on carbon
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Dell CTO John Roese says the real potential of AI agents is only just being realized
News As businesses look for return on investment with AI, Dell Technologies believes agents will begin showing true value at mid-tier tasks and in managerial roles.
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CES 2026: The year of AI PCs?
ITPro Podcast At tech's biggest event, manufacturers predicted major AI PC sales and Dell revived the XPS
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The AI-enabled Slackbot is now generally available
News With an entirely overhauled model behind the chatbot, users can summarize channels and ask for highly personalized information
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