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John Leonard

Research Editor

John Leonard is responsible for the setting up and running qualitative and quantitative surveys for Computing Research's clients in order to assess the opinions and experiences of IT professionals on issues important to the industry, such as cloud computing, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and the IT decision making process as a whole.

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Articles by John Leonard

'I walk into the room and I see the risk of burnout,' HSBC IT head

Leadership

'I walk into the room and I see the risk of burnout,' HSBC IT head

Charlie Walters: 'How do I help those teams and those people to recognise that they're trying too hard?'

clock 01 November 2023 • 3 min read
IT Essentials: Making plans for sovereignty

Cloud and Infrastructure

IT Essentials: Making plans for sovereignty

Too many eggs in too few cloud baskets?

clock 30 October 2023 • 3 min read
UK cyber skills gap grows 29% despite record hiring

Skills

UK cyber skills gap grows 29% despite record hiring

93% of UK cybersecurity professionals report a shortfall

clock 30 October 2023 • 2 min read
The social engineering of the self: How AI chatbots manipulate our thinking

Software

The social engineering of the self: How AI chatbots manipulate our thinking

We need structured public feedback to better understand the risks, says red teamer Rumman Chowdhury

clock 27 October 2023 • 4 min read
How gen-AI is getting faster and learning to admit it doesn't know

Developer

How gen-AI is getting faster and learning to admit it doesn't know

DataStax CTO Jonathan Ellis on the breakneck pace of AI innovation

clock 24 October 2023 • 5 min read
14,000 jobs to go at Nokia as cost pressures bite

Corporate

14,000 jobs to go at Nokia as cost pressures bite

Represents 17% of the workforce

clock 19 October 2023 • 2 min read
Cyber, cloud and automation: UK IT leaders reveal their spending priorities

Leadership

Cyber, cloud and automation: UK IT leaders reveal their spending priorities

IT budgets hold firm but there are tough choices to be made

clock 19 October 2023 • 12 min read
D-Link breach exposes customer information

Threats and Risks

D-Link breach exposes customer information

Attacker claims 3 million records stolen, D-Link says 700 inactive accounts affected

clock 18 October 2023 • 2 min read
Cisco warns of actively exploited zero-day in IOS XE software

Threats and Risks

Cisco warns of actively exploited zero-day in IOS XE software

No patch yet so disable web UI on affected devices

clock 17 October 2023 • 2 min read
EU opens formal investigation into illegal content on X

Legislation and Regulation

EU opens formal investigation into illegal content on X

X must answer questions about its crisis response protocol by next week

clock 13 October 2023 • 2 min read