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 [email protected] or on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Latest articles by Ross Kelly

Apple just discreetly launched a raft of new machine learning tools, and they’re free
By Ross Kelly published
News The launch of Apple MLX sheds light on the tech giant’s future approach to AI innovation

Google Gemini shows tech giant is still in the generative AI race as model outperforms GPT-4
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis Google Gemini Ultra outperforms humans on benchmarks like MMLU

AWS joins Google in calling out restrictive Microsoft cloud practices
By Ross Kelly published
News Competitors are voicing their concerns over restrictive Microsoft cloud licensing rules

Competitor mudslinging at re:Invent shows AWS is sweating
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis Jokes at the expense of competitors at AWS re:Invent may deliver laughs, but not market gains

EU AI Act risks collapse if consensus not reached, experts warn
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis Industry stakeholders have warned the EU AI Act could stifle innovation ahead of a crunch decision

Sellafield cyber attack: Government refutes breach claims
By Ross Kelly published
News Reports on the Sellafield cyber attack have prompted a back-and-forth between the government and media

Reprieve for open source industry as agreement reached on Cyber Resilience Act
By Ross Kelly published
News The Cyber Resilience Act has been maligned by open source advocates across Europe

Inside AWS’ support for customer AI adoption: “Boots on the ground”
By Ross Kelly published
Case study The AWS Generative AI Innovation Center works with customers on their AI adoption journey

Amazon Q's foundations separate it from ‘monolithic’ competitor AI tools
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis AWS may be a latecomer to the AI assistant race, but Amazon Q offers a compelling tool for customers

AWS re:Invent 2023: All the day-three news and announcements
By Ross Kelly last updated
Live Blog Keep up-to-date with all the news and announcements from AWS re:Invent 2023, live from Las Vegas

AWS re:Invent: All the big updates from the rapid fire day-two keynote
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis AWS re:Invent has had no shortage of talking points so far

Amazon CodeWhisperer updates could be a game changer for shifting left
By Ross Kelly published
News CodeWhisperer offers productivity improvements across the developer lifecycle

New Amazon S3 Express One Zone promises 10x performance boost
By Ross Kelly published
News Amazon S3 Express One Zone offers some serious performance improvements on the standard edition

AWS unveils ‘Amazon Q’ enterprise-grade AI assistant
By Ross Kelly published
News The Amazon Q generative AI assistant will have applications across multiple business functions

Amazon Detective offers security analysts their own generative AI sidekick
By Ross Kelly published
News The AI assistant for Amazon Detective will supercharge security operations and incident response, according to AWS

AWS eyes AI-powered code remediation in Amazon CodeWhisperer update
By Ross Kelly published
News New AI features for Amazon CodeWhisperer will streamline security scanning

European AI startups risk being “regulated out of existence” under EU AI act
By Ross Kelly published
News European AI startups face stringent rules on the use of foundation models, which could harm lon-term innovation

AWS is all in on generative AI, and re:Invent offers a stage to blow competition out the water
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis Customers will be watching AWS re:Invent with bated breath amid a heightened focus on generative AI

Arm's Cortex-M52 is a powerful compact processor for low-cost AIoT development
By Ross Kelly published
News The Arm Cortex-M52 looks to drive developer enablement in AI-powered IoT devices

Anthropic just released Claude 2.1, and it vastly outperforms GPT-4 on token capacity
By Ross Kelly published
Analysis The Anthropic Claude 2.1 chatbot will provide a marked performance boost and more accurate outputs

Sam Altman makes triumphant return to OpenAI after days of chaos
By Ross Kelly published
News Altman’s return follows a tumultuous week, which saw him take refuge at Microsoft and a threatened employee exodus

Broadcom to close VMware merger after securing China approval
By Ross Kelly published
News The landmark Broadcom VMware acquisition is expected to close on Wednesday 22 November

Generative AI could be the key to delivering a four-day working week
By Ross Kelly published
News Firms considering a four-day working week could look to automation to ease the process and reduce staff workloads
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