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.

Leadership | Mar 13, 2023

Step up, Sir Humphrey: Why UK govt’s digital failings are a business sponsor problem

CDDO's roadmap risks "petering out" warns NAO.

Leadership | Mar 13, 2023

US Army CIO leaves for ServiceNow amid Pentagon CIO exodus

Outgoing US Army CIO Dr Raj Iyer has joined software firm ServiceNow as Head of Global Public Sector. He leaves after a well-regarded and highly modernising two year stint overseeing a $16 billion annual IT budget (including ~$3 billion in software and $1.5 billion in hardware costs) for 1.

Financial Services | Mar 10, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank fails: Regulators step in

Goodnight, sweet prince.

Leadership | Mar 07, 2023

The Big Interview: Pleo CTO and Monzo veteran Meri Williams

On business continuity, microservices, and masking...

Developer | Mar 01, 2023

ChatGPT API lands: OpenAI bans use for dating apps or "high-risk gov't decision making"

OpenAI is making its ChatGPT API and Whisper API available to companies so they can incorporate the AI chatbot and speech-to-text capabilities into their products – Instacart, Snapchat and Spotify are all early adopters. ChatGPT API terms and conditions meanwhile emphasise that users can't deploy the ChatGPT API to

Business | Mar 01, 2023

Bloomberg, Man Group team up to develop open source "ArcticDB" database

"Build it or buy it?" That's been answered here...

Enterprise IT | Feb 28, 2023

Klarna losses hit $1 billion but CEO is merrily optimistic

Eyes profitability by summer 2023...

Security | Feb 28, 2023

Server backup vulnerability piggybacked to live systems

Open source bug leads to server backup bug leads to... crime.

Leadership | Feb 27, 2023

5 leadership lessons for CIOs from Manchester United's Erik Ten Hag

Nurture, Discipline, Analytics...