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November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 News

Cl0p claims ransomware hit on NHS

Ransomware gangsters claim to have attacked the NHS but clarity on the nature of the incident is yet to emerge. Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 Blog Post

Mirantis k0rdent Enterprise: VMs, containers & AI in one

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America was busy. Although some have said not ‘quite’ as busy as expected (it was -3 centigrade and there was a US government shutdown impacting travel, plus there’s ... Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 News

Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack costs firm £485m in the quarter

Jaguar Land Rover’s quarterly financial statement discloses a £485m loss due to the late August cyber attack that halted production for six weeks, damaging the UK economy Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 News

Dutch datacentre growth stalls while hydrogen remains untapped

ING warns grid congestion threatens Dutch datacentre leadership, while the country’s championed hydrogen solution remains largely untapped Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 Blog Post

Ataccama Data Trust Summit: Day 1

There are technology press events aplenty. But aside from the standard fodder of the press conference, the technology symposium, the C-suite exec Zoom-style update call (possibly with earnings ... Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 News

NS&I’s digital overhaul £1.3bn over budget

NAO calls on the government-owned savings bank to come up with ‘realistic plan’ as digital transformation programme runs four years behind, and total costs rise to £3bn Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 News

Zayo builds backbone for Western US AI growth

Route connects two of the US’s fastest-growing AI, cloud hubs through first direct inland path, offering a resilient, diverse alternative to the existing corridor while expanding critical access to underserved communities Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 News

Qatar Airways checks in SD-WAN to take operations to higher altitude

MENA airline’s worldwide roll-out of airline technology provider’s software-defined wide-area network claimed to set a benchmark for aviation connectivity and performance Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 News

Nokia strengthens AI datacentre network performance

Supplier enhances portfolio, claiming ‘breakthrough’ network performance for new datacentre switches, doubling throughput and interface performance with added flexibility for range of deployment scenarios Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 News

MI5 made multiple applications for phone data to identify BBC journalist’s sources

MI5 discloses it made and authorised unlawful ‘sequential applications’ for Vincent Kearney’s phone data during his time at the BBC, but will neither confirm nor deny whether it undertook further ‘lawful’ surveillance of BBC journalists Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 News

Ericsson opens Bengaluru R&D unit to drive 5G software development

Research facility enhances comms tech provider’s presence in India, including the growth of application-specific integrated circuit development announced in June 2025 Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 News

Singapore Sports Hub to get Wi-Fi 7 network

The upgrade will provide faster, more reliable connections for visitors during concerts and sporting events, and will help manage crowds and improve services Continue Reading

November 14, 2025 14Nov2025 News

Lenovo to power FIFA World Cup 2026

Lenovo will provide its consumer and enterprise technology capabilities to power the upcoming FIFA World Cup, which has been deemed the most technologically advanced tournament in the game’s history Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 News

Two-thirds of finance firms use suppliers for AI agent development

Survey finds more banks and insurers are working with suppliers rather than going it alone when developing artificial intelligence agents Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 News

CBRE charts rise of neocloud providers within European colocation market

Real estate consultancy CBRE’s latest colocation market tracker shines a light on the impact neocloud providers are having on the supply and demand dynamics of the European datacentre market Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 Blog Post

IFS validates applied Industrial AI platform with real-world impact showcase

AI is everywhere, clearly. It’s not too far of a stretch to say that we have AI, AI everywhere, but not a drop to drink i.e. so many projects fail (95% according to MIT research), or lay ... Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 In Depth

Interview: EcoOnline’s David Picton on finding a business case for IT sustainability

EcoOnline’s senior vice-president for ESG and sustainability explains why sustainability practices should not be seen as a burden, but as a driver of business growth and long-term resilience in an unstable environment Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 News

Scottish government to launch cyber observatory

The observatory will analyse and share warnings on public sector cyber threats, and identify emerging risks Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 News

UK government vows to fast-track AI growth zone planning and energy access

On the same day the UK government confirms the location of its next AI growth zone, in North Wales, it also makes a series of pledges about fast-tracking planning and energy access to these artificial intelligence hubs Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 News

National Grid to extend Didcot substation in support of UK datacentre growth

National Grid is continuing with its work to ensure the nation’s electricity grids have the capacity to cope with the UK’s growing number of datacentres Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 Blog Post

An employee experience remedy to AI Kool-Aid

There is no denying that the tech sector is having a feeding frenzy selling all manner of artificial intelligence (AI) infused products to IT buyers even if they don’t actually require the ... Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 Blog Post

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2025: Sysdig (et al) points to Schrödinger’s security snag

We’re in Atlanta, Georgia all week and that can only mean one thing, it must be time for KubeCon CloudNativeCon (Americas) 2025… and it is. On the hunt for insight into the latest cloud-anative ... Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 News

10 World Trade office tower boosts connectivity with indoor 5G solution

Investors, real estate firm and tech provider deliver small-cell based neutral host network at premier commercial building to provide high-capacity, multi-operator indoor coverage with scalable, sustainable performance Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 Podcast

AI job chaos: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

AI job disruption was among the hot topics at the Gartner Symposium in Barcelona. We speak to Gartner’s Helen Poitevin about AI job chaos Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 News

Abu Dhabi hits accelerator on autonomous mobility commercialisation

Investment arm of Emirates development agency reveals 29 strategic partnerships to drive development of autonomous mobility in increasingly important region for smart mobility Continue Reading

November 13, 2025 13Nov2025 News

Post Office contract with Fujitsu has option to extend into 2028

Extension agreement for controversial Horizon contract with Fujitsu has option that could take the relationship well into 2028 Continue Reading

November 12, 2025 12Nov2025 News

Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme

The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for people across the bloc Continue Reading

November 12, 2025 12Nov2025 News

US cyber intel sharing law set for temporary extension

The CISA 2015 cyber intelligence sharing law, which lapsed just over a month ago amid a wider shutdown, will receive a temporary lease of life should attempts to reopen the federal government succeed Continue Reading

November 12, 2025 12Nov2025 News

Microsoft users warned over privilege elevation flaw

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Kernel tops the list of issues to address in the latest monthly Patch Tuesday update Continue Reading

November 12, 2025 12Nov2025 News

Synnovis to notify NHS of data breach after nearly 18 months

Synnovis, the pathology lab services provider hit by a Qilin ransomware attack in 2024, is notifying its NHS partners that their patient data was compromised, following a lengthy investigation Continue Reading

November 12, 2025 12Nov2025 In Depth

Cohesity leverages AI and cloud flexibility to boost cyber resilience in the Middle East

As data threats grow, Cohesity helps enterprises and government institutions in the UAE and wider Middle East secure, manage, and derive value from their data Continue Reading

November 12, 2025 12Nov2025 News

UAE advances urban air mobility with simulation-driven regulatory framework

Abu Dhabi’s TII, Aspire and GCAA are pioneering autonomous flying taxi and delivery drone regulations through advanced simulations and real-world pilot zones Continue Reading

November 12, 2025 12Nov2025 News

IT services companies and datacentres face regulation as cyber security bill reaches Parliament

The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will require large IT services companies, including datacentres, to report security incidents within 24 hours Continue Reading

November 12, 2025 12Nov2025 Blog Post

Red Hat bids to ‘unite’ enterprise IT with OpenShift 4.20

At the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2025 Americas conference this year, we learned of the general availability of Red Hat OpenShift 4.20, the latest version of the company’s hybrid cloud application ... Continue Reading

November 12, 2025 12Nov2025 News

How Japanese banking giant MUFG is using AI

Japan’s largest bank aims to transform into an AI-native company by using agentic AI, changing how it handles data, and inking key partnerships with OpenAI and Sakana AI Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 News

Most Singapore SMEs yet to start their sustainability journey

Lack of funds, skills and time are the barriers faced by Singapore’s small and medium-sized enterprises in the green transition, according to a study by Gprnt and PwC Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 Blog Post

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 and 9.7: An ‘evolving foundation’ for the stack

Red Hat used its appearance at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Americas 2025 to detail the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 and 9.7, which the company says builds on the innovations ... Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 Blog Post

SUSE drives deeper in observability for AI workloads

SUSE used its appearance at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2025 Americas in Atlanta, Georgia this week to deliver what it says is AI simplicity and deeper observability for both container and AI ... Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 Blog Post

CNCF: AI is the new workload, cloud-native is the new OS

The great and the good among the (widely open source) cloud-native community gathered together this week for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2025 (Americas) in Atlanta, Georgia. The message from the Cloud ... Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 News

Major software issue occurred in PSNI emergency call system

An issue with Police Service of Northern Ireland’s ControlWorks software, used to record information reported by the public, led to a delay in urgent information being passed to investigators Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 News

National Highways to get more out of its data through single platform

Government-owned organisation National Highways will get more out of its data through extended working with IT service provider Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 News

Abu Dhabi accelerates autonomous mobility push with 29 commercial partnerships

The emirate is building one of the world’s most advanced regulatory and testing ecosystems for AI-driven mobility, from high-speed racing labs to city-wide delivery pilots Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 News

New high-accuracy GPS aims to end navigation woes

Grab and its tech partners are trialling a system that promises lane-level accuracy, a first for ride-hailing in Southeast Asia Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 News

Nokia Bell Labs and KDDI team to research 6G energy efficiency

Comms research facility enters joint research agreement with leading Japanese operator to explore ways to boost resiliency and energy efficiency on forthcoming generation of mobile networks Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 News

Gartner Symposium 2025: Get the IT team AI ready

Research from Gartner suggests that CIOs believe every role in IT will be AI-augmented. IT staff are worried about job security Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 News

Google: Don’t get distracted by AI, focus on real cyber threats

While hackers are using artificial intelligence to optimise attacks, many of the most damaging breaches still rely on old-school methods, says a top security analyst from Google Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 News

North American fleet management systems to show double-digit growth to 2029

Research from IoT analyst reveals installed base of fleet management systems in North America to reach 33 million units over the next three years, dominated by a handful of providers with installed bases in the millions Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 News

German healthcare aims to replace faxes and phones with secure messaging

Germany’s digital health agency, Gematik, has turned to open source for secure messaging services that will link patients, doctors and pharmacies Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 E-Zine

The Most Influential Women in UK IT 2025

In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we take our annual look at the 50 most influential women in IT, and sit down with the winner of this year’s list to hear all about how she got where she is today. We also shine a light on the trailblazers, ... Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 Opinion

Simplify IT, save money and carbon: The rise of the minimalist CIO

With the link between IT over-consumption and carbon emissions now firmly established, analyst house Gartner sets out how CIOs can counter this trend by taking a more "minimalist" stance on IT projects and spend Continue Reading

November 11, 2025 11Nov2025 Opinion

Gartner Symposium 2025: VMware NSX migration tips

How should organisations approach migrating off VMware NSX Continue Reading

November 10, 2025 10Nov2025 News

Oxford launches Equinox to build innovation hub in region

Oxford University and its host city have launched Equinox as a regional organisation uniting academia, business and government to establish Oxfordshire as a global innovation hub Continue Reading

November 10, 2025 10Nov2025 Blog Post

(Some) software developers may now evolve to become orchestrators

Coding is dead. No, it’s not. Good, that’s out of the way and crystal clear. Of course, software application development is not going away, despite the rise of AI and the multifarious layers of ... Continue Reading

November 10, 2025 10Nov2025 News

Inside HP’s plan to build the Middle East’s next generation of tech creators

Through gaming labs, artificial intelligence mentorship and inclusive partnerships, HP is helping young people in the Middle East, especially women, turn digital skills into real-world careers Continue Reading

November 10, 2025 10Nov2025 Blog Post

Sysdig widens open source vision for cloud security

Real-time cloud security company has come forward with new features that aim to unite detection, investigation and response across Falco and Stratoshark. The company used its appearance at KubeCon ... Continue Reading

November 10, 2025 10Nov2025 Opinion

Who is really accountable for the online safety gap?

There has been a flurry of regulatory activity on online safety around the world with no consensus on the best approach. How should companies and governments respond? Continue Reading

November 10, 2025 10Nov2025 News

Post Office extends controversial Fujitsu contract in £41m deal

The Post Office’s controversial Horizon contract with Fujitsu will run until at least March 2027 Continue Reading

November 10, 2025 10Nov2025 News

DBS enhances GenAI chatbot for business clients

The bank’s virtual assistant, DBS Joy, has been enhanced with generative AI capabilities to provide business customers with faster and better answers to their queries Continue Reading

November 10, 2025 10Nov2025 News

Gartner Symposium 2025: The AI opportunity for CIOs

CIOs are seeing AI projects failing to deliver return on investment. The conversation with the business needs to move beyond efficiency Continue Reading

November 10, 2025 10Nov2025 News

UK’s ‘deregulatory’ AI approach won’t protect human rights

Expert witnesses called before Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights have told MPs and Lords that the UK’s current approach to artificial intelligence regulation will fail to effectively protect people’s rights Continue Reading

November 10, 2025 10Nov2025 News

Vodafone, AST SpaceMobile form base for EU satellite constellation

Looking to further strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty, European operator and space comms leader advance partnership and select Germany for satellite operations centre Continue Reading

November 09, 2025 09Nov2025 News

Nikkei data breach exposes personal data of over 17,000 staff

Hackers used stolen login details from an employee's computer to access the Japanese media giant’s Slack messaging platform, with names, email addresses and chat histories potentially exposed Continue Reading

November 09, 2025 09Nov2025 Blog Post

StarkWare aims to make Bitcoin ‘everyday infrastructure’

Developers are typically fond of esoteric prototype-level embryonic technologies. It’s part of why the open source ecosystem is so vibrantly filled with forks, skews and variants i.e. everyone is ... Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 Blog Post

Why Apache Kafka is the AI workflow you (probably) already have

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Anil Inamdar in his capacity as global head of data services at NetApp Instaclustr. The company provides a managed platform ... Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 Blog Post

Is the OCR caterpillar becoming a very useful IDP butterfly?

This is a guest blog post by John Bates, CEO, SER, in which he reviews important new findings about what’s really happening with text extraction. OCR, which is now is being replaced by IDP, ... Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 News

Government showcases UK quantum computing pledge

With £670m set aside, the government is keen to show how the funding is supporting quantum innovation Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 News

Popular LLMs dangerously vulnerable to iterative attacks, says Cisco

Cisco researchers probed some of the most widely used public GenAI LLMs and found many of them were dangerously susceptible to so-called multi-turn cyber attacks producing undesirable outputs Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 News

City of London deploys SASE to future-proof public infrastructure

Managed services provider to deliver an end-to-end networking connectivity offering, encompassing what is said to be a UK-first enterprise secure access service edge roll-out for public services Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 Opinion

Resilience for resilience: Managing burnout among cyber leaders

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the burdens and responsibilities that accompany the role of chief information security officer, and share guidance on how to navigate a challenging career path. Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 News

Industry calls for clarity on government digital ID plans

The digital identity industry asks UK government for transparency on its digital identity scheme and proposes a formal collaboration agreement Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 News

Vodafone IoT teams with Iridium for NTN NB-IoT connectivity

Global voice, data and PNT satellite services firm forges a partnership with comms operator’s IoT division to deliver narrow band internet of things connectivity to devices even in the most remote locations Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 News

IAG aircraft to take off with Wi-Fi Starlink connectivity

Leading airline group announces strategic investment in satellite-based Wi-Fi connectivity for its aircraft starting from early 2026, with speeds claimed to enable fast downloads, smooth streaming and cloud-based work Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 Opinion

Gartner: How CIOs can lead the talent remix

AI value is often associated with workforce reduction headlines. But nearly half of CIOs believe AI has not met their ROI expectations Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 News

Broadband Forum: 5G FWA offers broadband fix for multi-dwelling units

Trade association publishes report highlighting simplification of delivering 5G broadband to apartment buildings through new specification that allows a single 5G fixed wireless access modem to deliver high speed connectivity to multiple tenants Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 News

Verizon Business delivers neutral host network to KPMG’s New York City office

Leading comms provider takes Manhattan headquarters of audit, tax and advisory firm to new levels of communication with a dedicated network powered by 5G network Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 News

Global Open RAN suppliers scale advanced connectivity in UK

Comms tech research hub announces latest cohort of international open radio access providers it’s working with to trial, validate and scale advanced connectivity offerings across the UK Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 News

SnapLogic Integreat: Preparing legacy IT for agentic AI

If replacing legacy was easy, IT leaders would be falling over backwards in the race to get onto the latest and greatest technology Continue Reading

November 07, 2025 07Nov2025 News

How Palo Alto Networks is leveraging AI

Palo Alto Networks CIO Meerah Rajavel explains how the company is using AI to sieve through 90 billion security events a day, and why security and user experience are two sides of the same coin Continue Reading

November 06, 2025 06Nov2025 Blog Post

Nubia Z80 Ultra review

In a world with too many smartphones, why do we need another one and - crucially - what might set one apart from another? The Nubians might have originated in the Nile Valley, but Nubia today is a ... Continue Reading

November 06, 2025 06Nov2025 Blog Post

Buoyant adds MCP support for Linkerd

Buoyant is the creator of Linkerd, an open source service mesh for cloud-native applications. Linkerd provides lightweight tools for securing, observing and managing “service-to-service ... Continue Reading

November 06, 2025 06Nov2025 News

Computer Weekly’s Women in UK Tech Rising Stars 2025

Each year, Computer Weekly selects a number of Rising Stars who are making waves in the women, diversity and inclusion in tech space and may find themselves on the top 50 list in the future Continue Reading

November 06, 2025 06Nov2025 News

Collaboration, founders and entrepreneurs – career path of 2025’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech

Fully admitting her career path has been a happy accident, this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech, Naomi Timperley, tells us about her work with entrepreneurs and startups Continue Reading

November 06, 2025 06Nov2025 News

Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2025

Computer Weekly has revealed who is on the 2025 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, including this year’s winner, Naomi Timperley Continue Reading

November 06, 2025 06Nov2025 News

Blackpool Council preps datacentre planning application for tech-focused town regeneration bid

After setting out its ambition to embark on building a tech-focused regeneration project, Blackpool Council has revealed it is prepping a planning application for a datacentre, and has submitted a bid to become one of the UK government’s AI growth ... Continue Reading

November 06, 2025 06Nov2025 In Depth

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