The ITPro Podcast

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The ITPro Podcast is a weekly show for technology professionals and business leaders. Each week hosts Rory Bathgate and Jane McCallion are joined by an expert guest to take a deep dive into the most important issues for the IT community. New episodes premiere every Friday. Visit itpro.com/uk/the-it-pro-podcast for more information, or follow ITPro on LinkedIn for regular updates.

  1. 6D AGO

    January rundown: Amazon layoffs and the return of XPS

    January is supposed to be a month full of new starts and potential, in which we try to embrace resolutions or set out our plans for the year ahead. But in the tech sector, it’s become something of an ominous month – the start of layoff season. January 2026 has been no different, with Amazon announcing 16,000 jobs cut in a plan that could see up to 30,000 cut by the end of May according to Reuters. Earlier in the month, Dell made waves at CES 2026 with the news that it’s reviving the XPS laptop line, just one year on from its announcement that the brand would be deprecated. What can we make of the job cuts and of Dell's reversal? In this episode, Rory welcomes back Ross Kelly, ITPro's news and analysis editor, to explore some of January's biggest stories. Read more: Amazon is cutting 14,000 roles in a bid to ‘operate like the world's largest startup’‘Lean into it’: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy thinks enterprises need to embrace AI to avoid being left behind – even if that means fewer jobs in the futureFresh Microsoft layoffs hit software engineering roles, documents showReturn of the XPS: Dell resurrects iconic brand at CES after customer demandDell kills off XPS and other brands for PC simplicity

    15 min
  2. Building a secure payments strategy

    JAN 28

    Building a secure payments strategy

    Every business wants its payments to process smoothly. Simply put, if you’re introducing friction into your payment processes, you’re making it harder to drive revenue and dissuading users from becoming return customers. One sector that knows this better than most is iGaming, which has to meet the demands of users around the world including mobile payments, virtual wallets, and cross-border social gaming payouts. Delivering all this in near real-time, with adequate security and reliable infrastructure, is no small feat. How are these payment systems possible? In this special edition of the ITPro Podcast, in association with Paysafe, Rory is joined by Bob Legters, chief product officer at Paysafe, to discuss the best practices for building a payments strategy – and how this can be applied to iGaming.

    25 min
  3. SPECIAL EDITION: Mitigating bad bots

    JAN 26

    SPECIAL EDITION: Mitigating bad bots

    One of the major challenges of today’s environments is the rising tide of bots, with generative AI driving a new era of the technology. Bots have been a part of the internet since at least the 1990s but recent technological advancements have swollen their number exponentially. Some of these net dwellers are benign, others are malicious, and some sit somewhere in between. But no matter what category they fall into, they can all cause problems for businesses. How much of an issue is this for businesses and what can they do to mitigate it? In this special discussion, in association with Fastly, Jane speaks to Marshall Irwin, chief information security officer (CISO) at Fastly, to discover more about how organizations can protect themselves from the risks of bots.

    16 min

  4. JAN 23

    Are hyperscalers backing out of Net Zero?

    The environmental impact of AI is a growing area of study and one that businesses must begin to seriously consider. When you power a data center with coal, it’s obvious that it’s having a detrimental impact on the environment. But is a ‘green’ data center really green? And to what extent might the benefits of AI outweigh potential environmental negatives? In this episode, Jane and Rory discuss the shifting sustainability targets of the world’s public cloud giants, as caused by AI, and what they’re doing to get back on track. Read more: Microsoft Environmental Sustainability Report 2025Amazon 2024 Sustainability ReportGoogle 2025 Environmental ReportGoogle emissions have surged 51% in five years – but it’s making solid progress in data center efficiencyData center carbon emissions are set to skyrocket by 2030, with hyperscalers producing 2.5 billion tons of carbonSmall businesses are ‘flying blind’ on carbon emissions and struggling to meet sustainability goals – and the blame lies with big tech vendorsBig tech’s solution for AI-related carbon emissions could be more AIMicrosoft wants to drastically cut carbon emissions, so it’s building data centers with woodCan small modular reactors meet data center power demand?Google just confirmed the location of its first small modular reactora href="https://www.itpro.com/infrastructure/data-centres/hyperscalers-go-nuclear"

    33 min
  5. CES 2026: The year of AI PCs?

    JAN 16

    CES 2026: The year of AI PCs?

    The tech sector started this year with a bang at CES 2026, the annual event that brings together over 140,000 attendees to share the latest innovations in consumer and business technology. Unsurprisingly, at this year’s event AI was a primary focus – with more details on Nvidia and AMD’s latest hardware, alongside AI PC innovations by brands like Lenovo. Alongside these headlines, however, we also saw a return to form by companies such as Dell, with the resurrection of the XPS laptop range. What did we learn from CES about what to expect in business hardware over the coming year? In this episode, Jane and Rory are joined by Mike Moore, deputy editor at TechRadar Pro, to discuss the biggest moments from CES 2026.

    14 min
  6. Are AI cyber threats overhyped?

    JAN 9

    Are AI cyber threats overhyped?

    We’re just over a week into 2026 but already, enterprise cybersecurity teams will be hard at work repelling attacks – and business leaders will be worrying about the year ahead. On the one hand, we’re told that AI tools are beginning to empower security teams to go further and faster. On the other, the use of AI by hackers to launch attacks also appears to be on the rise. All of this is happening against a backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions and continual attacks by state-sponsored hacking groups against businesses. How will all this come together in 2026 and beyond? In this episode, Jane and Rory are joined by Jamie Collier, lead advisor in Europe at Google Threat Intelligence Group, to explore the risks – both novel and ordinary – enterprises face in 2026. Read more: NCSC issues urgent warning over growing AI prompt injection risks – here’s what you need to knowCyber experts have been warning about AI-powered DDoS attacks – now they’re becoming a realitySalt Typhoon attack on US congressional email system ‘exposes how vulnerable core communications systems remain to nation-state actors’OpenAI says prompt injection attacks are a serious threat for AI browsers – and it’s a problem that’s ‘unlikely to ever be fully solved'OpenAI turns to red teamers to prevent malicious ChatGPT use as company warns future models could pose 'high' security riskA flaw in Google’s new Gemini CLI tool could’ve allowed hackers to exfiltrate dataGoogle says you shouldn't worry about AI malware – but that won’t last long as hackers refine techniquesNorth Korean IT workers: The growing threatNorth Korean hackers...

    33 min
  7. The trends we're watching in 2026

    JAN 2

    The trends we're watching in 2026

    As we ring in the new year, we’re returning to the ITPro tradition of looking ahead and discussing the key trends that will shape the tech sector in 2026. While there will undoubtedly be surprises ahead, both exciting and concerning, it’s also possible to look at some of the standout moments from 2025 to help us understand where we’re headed. So what can we expect IT decision makers to come up against in 2026? For this new year’s edition of the podcast, Jane and Rory welcome back Ross Kelly, ITPro’s News and Analysis Editor, to discuss the key trends that will shape 2026. FootnotesAI adoption is finally driving ROI for B2B teams in the UK and EUAI is finally delivering bang for its buck, according to MicrosoftUK firms are pouring money into AI, but they won’t see a return on investment unless they address these key issuesFormer NCSC head says the Jaguar Land Rover attack was the 'single most financially damaging cyber event ever to hit the UK' as impact laid bareIf you're not taking insider threats seriously, then the CrowdStrike incident should be a big wake up callNorth Korean IT workers: The growing threatUS Department of Energy’s supercomputer shopping spree continues with Solstice and EquinoxInside Isambard-AI: The UK’s most powerful supercomputerNvidia just announced new supercomputers and an open AI model family for science at SC 2025

    29 min
  8. The 2025 that didn't happen

    12/26/2025

    The 2025 that didn't happen

    2025 has almost come to a close and the new year is right around the corner. At this time of year, it’s usual to reflect on the year and consider some of the biggest, most impactful things that have happened. But here at ITPro, we like to take a different approach: what didn’t happen? The tech industry can’t help but make bold promises and some just don’t pan out. What are some of the biggest targets, trends, and predictions that just haven’t come to fruition in 2025? In this episode, Jane and Rory are once again joined by Ross Kelly, news and analysis editor at ITPro, to discuss the biggest misses of the year. Read more: Is enterprise agentic AI adoption matching the hype?‘Agent washing’ is here: Most agentic AI tools are just ‘repackaged’ RPA solutions and chatbots – and Gartner says 40% of projects will be ditched within two yearsAgentic AI carries huge implications for security teams - here's what leaders should know'It's slop': OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy pours cold water on agentic AI hype – so your jobs are safe, at least for nowIBM is targeting 'quantum advantage' in 12 months – and says useful quantum computing is just a few years awaySAS thinks quantum AI has huge enterprise potential – here's whySAS rejects generative AI hype in favor of data fundamentals at Innovate 2025Post-quantum cryptography is now top of mind for cybersecurity leadersWhy does Nvidia have a no-chip quantum strategy?Meta executive denies hyping up Llama 4 benchmark scores – but...

    44 min
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The ITPro Podcast is a weekly show for technology professionals and business leaders. Each week hosts Rory Bathgate and Jane McCallion are joined by an expert guest to take a deep dive into the most important issues for the IT community. New episodes premiere every Friday. Visit itpro.com/uk/the-it-pro-podcast for more information, or follow ITPro on LinkedIn for regular updates.

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    2019 - 2026
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