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Oxa gains more mileage from Nvidia for autonomous vehicles

UK-based autonomous vehicle systems provider looks to speed up its commercial roll-out in the $2tn industrial mobility automation market with use of advanced AI technology, including Cosmos World Foundation Models
Techcombank wields data and AI to drive customer engagement

By unifying data on the Databricks platform, the Vietnam bank has built AI capabilities to deliver hyper-personalised offers to 15 million customers and expand its footprint beyond its traditional affluent base
Heightened global risk pushes interest in data sovereignty

Survey finds all those questioned have looked at data location, with most recognising the need to plan for data sovereignty or risk severe damage to reputation and customer trust
Tech Prosperity Deal: Business spend in AI set to grow

The UK-US tech deal promises vast amounts of AI capacity and technology infrastructure, which will be needed as businesses ramp up their AI spend
Microsoft scores win against Office 365 credential thieves

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit disrupts a major phishing-as-a-service operation that targeted and stole Office 365 usernames and credentials
Microsoft to invest $30bn in UK operations and AI infrastructure

Microsoft is making its biggest ever investment in building out its AI and general operations in the UK, citing the government’s commitment to making it easier for big tech to thrive in the country

Serving up tennis improvements through AI

Elite sports have long deployed artificial intelligence and computer vision to gather vital data to improve player performance and deliver marginal gains. Tennis is no exception - but now players can get data to ace performance
Go big or go home: Should UK IT buyers favour US clouds or homegrown providers?

Against a backdrop of geopolitical unrest and concerns about the US government snooping, the UK's reliance on overseas cloud providers is coming into sharper focus and giving IT buyers some pause for thought on the issue of data sovereignty
Retailers turn to tech as in-store crime soars

Retailers such as H&M, Iceland, Poundland and Tesco are deploying tech in stores as a way of protecting themselves and their employees from rising shop crime

Workday Rising Day 3: Microsoft collaboration & Agent System of Record- CW Developer Network

Workday staged its Workday Rising 2025 conference and exhibition to showcase its work to extend its human resources and finance platform, tools and services for the age of agentic AI - and the ... Continue Reading
Workday acquires agentic AI-search & learning specialist Sana- CW Developer Network

Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach spoke openly at Workday Rising 2025 to explain how his firm has developed some of its own talent pool organically (through internal skills and competency development) ... Continue Reading
Goldilocks moment for AI in British society- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

It is being described as a “Goldilocks moment” to encourage US investment in UK AI infrastructure, but Donald Trump’s state visit and the UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal that has been announced, come at ... Continue Reading
Workday expands Illuminate, introduces Workday Data Cloud- CW Developer Network

Workday Rising 2025 was busy for product announcements. The company (which now defines itself as the enterprise AI platform for managing people, money and agents) announced new Workday Illuminate ... Continue Reading

Cyber leaders must make better use of risk experts

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how security leaders can help assure access to the new and innovative cloud tech while minimising risk and ensuring they do not fall foul of regulators.
Lessons from Jaguar Land Rover – preparing for a cyber attack

A cyber attack at Jaguar Land Rover has halted production lines and caused widespread disruption. How can businesses protect themselves and mitigate the risks of such an attack?
Why the next AI advantage is in model ownership

Enterprises have become familiar with AI tools by accessing publicly available models - but to gain true differentiation, it's time to explore ownership of your AI model