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• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Cato extends zero trust access to SASE platform

  Capability launched for secure access service edge platform extends zero trust network access to unmanaged devices including personal, contractor and BYOD endpoints

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Why AI agent projects are stalling in production

  A Confluent technology strategist explains why multi-agent workflows become brittle monoliths and how access to real-time, streaming data is key to the success of agentic AI deployments

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  How AI is driving a rethink of storage architecture

  Pure Storage’s head of AI infrastructure, Par Botes, argues that the growing use of artificial intelligence will require storage systems with audit trails and versioning to ensure trust and traceability

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Zen Internet launches Meraki to deliver SD-WAN portfolio

  Zen Internet introduces software-defined wide-area network offer to address needs of businesses as IT budgets come under increasing under pressure while cyber threats rise

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  MPs press outsourcer TCS over Jaguar cyber attack

  The government’s cross-bench Business and Trade Committee has written to Tata Consultancy Services seeking answers over possible links to cyber attacks on Jaguar Land Rover, Marks and Spencer, and Co-op

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Apple’s first iOS 26 security update fixes memory corruption flaw

  Apple issues an update for its brand new iOS 26 mobile operating system, fixing a potentially dangerous vulnerability affecting iPhones, iPads and other Mac devices

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Cloud provider publishes ‘tech sovereignty’ plan for UK

  In the face of mounting data sovereignty concerns across Europe, UK cloud provider Civo lays out high-level plan for how the government can retain control and access of its data should the geopolitical situation sour

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Bank of America builds GenAI assistant for instant answers for customers

  Queries that would take an employee an hour to answer are completed almost instantaneously with the Bank of America’s generative AI assistant

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Harrods hackers start contacting customers

  Retailer Harrods has revealed that a number of customers whose data was stolen in a cyber attack have been contacted by the perpetrators

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Infinidat doubles all-flash array capacity in Infinibox SSA G4 F24

  Enterprise array maker boosts capacity by two times to 33PB, promises high-density QLC flash drives in the fourth quarter, and adds native object storage that can be set up as customers configure volumes

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Google unveils AI-powered security to trap ransomware attacks

  The new security capability, available at no extra cost for most Google Workspace users, detects mass file encryption during ransomware attacks, stops the attacks from spreading and allows for restoration of files

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  NHS App set to front-end online health service access

  Additional functionality is being built into the NHS App to provide online appointments and access to healthcare professionals across England

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Google to pay $24m to settle lawsuit with president Trump

  Trump launched legal challenge after being blocked from posting on his YouTube channel, which Google is now seeking to settle

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Companies reap the rewards of being AI-first

  Few companies are seeing a return on their AI investment, but those that do tend to be laser-focused on artificial intelligence, with established training and IT growth plans

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Zayo, Equinix develop AI network framework

  Tailored connectivity solutions and managed services provider teams with datacentre firm to develop a common model for the underlying infrastructure required to scale for the next phase of AI

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  UK gigabit broadband coverage hits 89% of population

  Research finds UK has hit a major broadband milestone, marking a significant step towards nationwide coverage and reflecting rapid roll-out by market leaders and a growing number of alternative networks

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Cisco unveils software to accelerate quantum networks

  IT and networking giant claims first of its kind network-aware distributed quantum compiler capable of running quantum algorithms across multiple processors while handling error correction across a network

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Cloudian launches object storage AI platform at corporate LLM

  Object storage specialist teams up with Nvidia to provide RAG-based chatbot capability for organisations that want to mine in-house information in an air-gapped large language model

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  UK and US urge Cisco users to ditch end-of-life security appliances

  An ongoing campaign of cyber attacks is targeting users of end-of-life Cisco security appliance kit

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Harrods hit by second cyber attack in six months

  Data on approximately 430,000 Harrods shoppers was stolen in a third-party breach, but the cyber attack is not related to an earlier Scattered Spider incident, says the retailer

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  JLR tentatively restarts production, following £1.5bn government backing

  Jaguar Land Rover is to resume car production after a £1.5bn government loan guarantee amid its cyber attack fallout. Debate is growing over the bailout and insurance

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Finland government tax proposal worries datacentre investors

  Finland, like other Nordic countries, is targeting datacentre investment, but could tax reforms scupper this plan?

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Women’s Rugby World Cup premiered GenAI for broadcast match analysis

  England’s triumph at the Women’s Rugby World Cup also saw the debut of generative AI for real-time broadcast rugby match analysis

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Global payments network Swift builds blockchain capability

  Not-for-profit global payments network to initially use blockchain-based shared ledger for cross-border payments, with further use cases to follow

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Interview: GitLab CTO on freeing developers for innovation with AI

  Sabrina Farmer explains how GitLab’s platform for the software development lifecycle is using artificial intelligence to help eliminate developer toil and drive innovation

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  £3bn opportunity in digital network upgrade of UK critical infrastructure 

  Study from BT highlights multibillion-pound net benefit that could be unlocked by upgrading critical services to digital

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  5G-enabled FWA CPE shipments form majority in 4 out of 7 global regions

  Annual fixed wireless access CPE market survey reveals that as 5G-based FWA is increasingly the norm, suppliers expect shipments to accelerate, with over 50% of sales in key regions being 5G-enabled

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  Celanese looks to private 5G to transform manufacturing at the edge

  Fully managed private 5G network designed to deliver what is claimed to be resilient connectivity to accelerate Industry 4.0 innovation

• September 28, 2025 28 Sep'25

  Boldyn Networks enhances 5G fan experience at AO Arena

  Leading UK neutral host network provider engaged to deliver advanced 5G connectivity at sports arena in Manchester, one of the UK’s busiest entertainment venues and one of the largest indoor sporting homes in Europe

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  Keir Starmer launches digital ID scheme, but does it stand a chance?

  Amid an economic crisis, public scepticism and confusing messages, could the government’s digital identity programme fail before it even gets off the ground?

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  Over half of India-based companies suffer security breaches

  Business supply chains, which include Indian companies, are at risk of attack as more than half of suppliers were breached last year

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight

  Microsoft’s own documentation confirms that data hosted in its hyperscale cloud architecture routinely traverses the globe, but the tech giant is actively obfuscating this vital information from its UK law enforcement customers

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  Government to introduce mandatory digital ID

  Prime minister Keir Starmer says the scheme, which will be compulsory by the end of this parliament, will help crack down on illegal workers, as well as provide benefits to citizens

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  Amazon joins coalition to reduce water usage habits of AI datacentres

  Amazon is joining forces with academics, research groups and utility firms to reduce the water usage habits of datacentres, and also find ways that AI can help tackle the problem of water scarcity in some regions of the world

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  Okta CEO: AI security and identity security are one and the same

  At Oktane 2025 in Las Vegas, Okta CEO Todd McKinnon describes AI security and identity security as inseparable as he tees up a series of agentic security innovations

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  How Mediacorp stops livestreams from freezing at key moments

  Singapore’s national broadcaster has achieved a 99.5% crash-free rate for its mobile apps by using observability tools to find and fix issues in real time, ensuring a smoother experience for users

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  AI infrastructure provider Nscale secures $1.1bn in series B funding

  A week after it was revealed that Nscale would be working with Microsoft to build the UK's largest supercomputer, the company announces it has secured $1.1bn in series B funding

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Nokia and Boldyn Networks deploy private 5G to power mining

  Global comms tech firm teams with wireless neutral network provider for mining technology deployment to enable safer, smarter and more sustainable operations, where most workforces can operate from above ground

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Green energy microgrids hailed as cost-effective answer to UK’s datacentre energy supply woes

  Research from the Centre for Net Zero claims green energy microgrids could be a more cost-efficient alternative to nuclear small modular reactors when it comes to powering the UK’s datacentres

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Government might support Jaguar Land Rover supply chain to mitigate cyber attack impact

  The government is considering buying car parts from JLR’s supply chain to sell them on to the company once it recovers from the August cyber attack

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Brightsolid expands national network with diverse 100Gbps optical connectivity

  Strategic partnership issues assurance to deliver what it claims will be ‘ultra-fast’ resilient connectivity from Scotland to London, supporting UK digital infrastructure growth

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Openreach UK broadband upgrade reaches 20 million homes

  UK’s largest comms provider celebrates full-fibre access milestone but points to lag in active network switchovers

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Co-op declares cyber attack damage cost £206m

  Co-op reveals £206m costs from April cyber attack, with revenues hit, member data stolen and shelves emptied, exposing major retail supply chain vulnerabilities

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Netherlands establishes cyber resilience network to strengthen public-private digital defence

  Network will connect organisations in a cyber crime defence initiative that goes way beyond information sharing

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Government launches AI growth zone taskforce to support expansion in North East England

  The UK government is launching a coalition to support the accelerated development of its AI growth zone in the North East England

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Get HDD temperature right, or risk more drive failures

  We talk to Rainer Kaese of Toshiba about the right temperature to run hard disk drives at. Not getting it right risks higher failure rates than what would normally be expected

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Lenovo targets AI and hybrid cloud to drive APAC growth

  The tech supplier’s infrastructure arm is tapping its partner ecosystem and as-a-service model to help the region’s enterprises move from AI experimentation to delivering tangible business outcomes

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Zoom includes AI at no extra cost to crack enterprise adoption puzzle

  Zoom bets on free AI to drive enterprise adoption, despite evidence the highest return on investment comes from back-office automation

• September 24, 2025 24 Sep'25

  Internet shutdowns in Africa on upward trajectory

  A comparative analysis of internet shutdowns in African countries highlights how the tactic is increasingly used to repress dissent and political opposition, depriving millions of people and businesses access to vital digital tools that sustain ...

• September 24, 2025 24 Sep'25

  Oktane 2025: Okta takes aim at agentic AI governance gap

  Identity specialist Okta is laying the groundwork for a number of incoming announcements designed to help its customers get to grips with the challenge of securing non-human, agentic identities.