Edward Targett

Ed is a co-founder of The Stack. He previously edited Computer Business Review. He has also covered energy markets. He started his journalism career on local papers. He left school at 15 and has made a living asking "but why?" ever since.

Government | Jan 03, 2022

Watchdog's reports, fines reveal reliance of banks on spreadsheets

"Multiple gaps in the controls framework at every stage of the process..."

Featured | Dec 31, 2021

HPE software update wipes 77TB from Japanese supercomputer

"We were not aware of the side effects..."

Leadership | Dec 30, 2021

Cabinet Office launches hunt for a new CDIO

The good news: there's a public salary band. The bad news... well.

Policy | Dec 21, 2021

In which The Stack takes a short Christmas break that may include mulled wine and rum...

Lots to look forward to in 2022...

Business | Dec 21, 2021

Oracle buys "healthcare anchor" Cerner for $28 billion, grabbing a critical customer from AWS

Oracle’s biggest acquisition yet sends ripples across the NHS

Security | Dec 20, 2021

Christmas pay for police, nurses at risk after Kronos hit by ransomware

Company has 40 million users. "Secure" Private Cloud breached.

Security | Dec 16, 2021

10 key insights into UK’s bullish new national cybersecurity strategy

"We will increasingly act upstream on behalf of all internet users in the UK”

Security | Dec 13, 2021

Critical bug in ubiquitous Java framework sets off an internet cluster bomb

AWS, Red Hat, VMware, more affected with pre-auth RCE exploits circulating

Cloud | Dec 13, 2021

AWS admits support resilience issues, and vows architecture rebuild

"It really grinds my gears to hear AWS yammer on about cell-based deploys and minimizing blast radius..."